NATION
The Deadly Trainer
Air Force cadets are dying in a new aircraft with a dubious mission and many mechanical problems
Ted Kaczynski: At His Own Request
Is Kaczynski's rejection of his best chance for a defense a result of paranoid schizophrenia?
The Kennedy Family: Tragedy Strikes Again
As it has done too often, the Kennedy clan gathers to mourn an untimely death, the painful result of a senseless accident in Aspen
Bobby and Ethel Kennedy's Brood: The Weight of Legacy
WORLD
The Asian Crisis: The Rubin Rescue
After trying to whistle past the Asian crisis, Washington has now waded in. Will the bailout work?
Will Asians Dump Their Treasuries? Not Too Likely
Laws of the Jungle
In the wake of a massacre, Mexico is struggling to avoid slipping even further into chaos
Northern Ireland: Violence On The Fringe
A paramilitary leader in Northern Ireland is murdered. Can the moderates prevail?
SCIENCE
A Lousy, Nit-Picking Epidemic
A hair-raising plague of head lice has descended on America's schoolkids. What can stop it?
Heading Into Thick Air
After a rocky ride claims the life of a passenger, airlines look for better ways to spot turbulence
Preventive Medicine: Murder Most Fowl
SOCIETY
Road Rage
Aggressive driving is America's car sickness du jour. But is there a cure for thinking everyone else on the road is an idiot?
BRIEFING
Notebook: Jan. 12, 1998 (Notebook)
Hollywood (Notebook / The Scoop)
Problems with Scream Make Weinsteins Holler
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words (Notebook)
Techwatch: Jan. 12, 1998 (Notebook / Techwatch)
Milestones Jan. 12, 1998 (Notebook / Milestones)
Washington: When Rehnquist Talks, The Fight Begins (Notebook / The Scoop)
When Rehnquist Talks, The Fight Begins
Campaign Finance (Notebook / The Scoop)
Immunity May Be Given To Indonesian Pair
The Kremlin (Notebook / The Scoop)
High-Tech Images Show That Yeltsin's O.K.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Alzheimer's: This Long Disease (Essay)
Prohibition All Over Again (Nation)
In California, smokers lose a once sacrosanct haven--bars
BUSINESS
American Express: Charge!
American Express may not have the cachet it once did, but its card business is growing again, thanks to a grittier game plan and no-nonsense management
Goodbye, Freebies--Hello, Fees
LAW
The Honeymooners
Attention voyeurs: after two years of legal haggling, Pamela and Tommy's home video hits the stores
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Television: It's All About Timing (The Arts / Television)
That's why, nine seasons into one of TV's great runs, Jerry Seinfeld called it quits
Television: Can Anybody Fill Seinfeld's Shoes? (The Arts / Television)
From yada to nada, NBC copes with no more Jerry--and maybe no more ER
Cinema: Short Takes: The Boxer (The Arts / Cinema: Short Takes)
What If Rocky Fought All the I.R.A. Bad Guys?
Photography: Dames! Stiffs! Mugs! (The Arts / Photography)
Weegee, king of the tabloids, could always give the rough picture
Books: Havana Punch (The Arts / Books)
Elmore Leonard writes a historical novel. Kind of
Books: Billy's Ashes (The Arts / Books)
A shrewd, elegiac novel about a lifelong drunk
Cinema: Short Takes: Afterglow (The Arts / Cinema: Short Takes)
Insignificant Others
Cinema: Short Takes: Ma Vie En Rose (The Arts / Cinema: Short Takes)
He's Pretty in Pink, and the Town Is Seeing Red