NATION
Mutually Assured Destruction
Eight months after impeachment, the defeat of the test ban proves that the air in Washington is still radioactive. And it's likely to get worse
Is It Trick or Treaty?
The critics have blasted the Senate for rejecting a nuclear test-ban pact. Big deal
Campaign 2000: The Empire Strikes Back (Campaign 2000)
Reeling in Big Labor and improvising well, Gore has a big week. Finally. But can it last?
For McCain, Flak Becomes Fuel
WORLD
The Good News Coup?
Pakistanis exult over the fall of Sharif. But will military rule make the volatile subcontinent any safer?
BRIEFING
Notebook: Oct. 25, 1999 (Notebook)
Crime: Did an Intruder Kill JonBenet Ramsey? (Notebook)
Did an Intruder Kill JonBenet Ramsey?
For Left-Handed Caddies Named Gatlin: Payday! (Notebook)
The Emasculation Proclamation (Notebook)
Milestones Oct. 25, 1999 (Notebook / Milestones)
Eulogy: WILT CHAMBERLAIN (Notebook)
Wretched Excess (Notebook)
Talk About a Full Moon (Notebook)
Numbers: Oct. 25, 1999 (Notebook)
Head Rush (Notebook)
Special Treatyment (Notebook)
Follow-Up: Air Force Disowns $32 Million T-3 Planes (Notebook)
Air Force Disowns $32 Million T-3 Planes
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Big Story--Seen Through a Microscope (To Our Reader)
The Way We Look at Giants (Essay)
The Big Dipper dominated his game, but carried an oversize burden
In the Company of Men (American Scene)
An all-male college, once embattled, now finds that its gender is hip
BUSINESS
Mattel: Some (Re)Assembly Required
The big toymakers have a basic problem--they don't bother to come up with new toys anymore
Berkshire's Buffett-ing
The stock has dropped--to $57,000. Time to buy?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Cinema: A Grand Quest (The Arts / Cinema)
Triumph and regret in a David Lynch surprise
Television: TV's Coming-Out Party (The Arts / Television)
Gay characters have quietly become hot. Can their love lives?
Theater: Necessary Targets (The Arts / Theater)
Eve Ensler takes to the stage to push feminist and social-activist causes. Men are allowed too
Doo-Wop And Knife Fights (The Arts / Opera)
Bolcom's A View from the Bridge packs the punch of a boilermaker
Books: Ishmael, Meet Jane Eyre (The Arts / Books)
A remarkable novel dares to take on Melville--and succeeds
Music: Peace (The Arts / Short Takes)
Eurythmics
Melissa Etheridge (The Arts / Q&A)
Cinema: Living with the Dead (The Arts / Cinema)
Nicolas Cage stars as a haunted ambulance driver in Martin Scorsese's harrowing new film
Music: The Fire This Time (The Arts / Music)
Thirty years after he shook the world at Woodstock, Carlos Santana is back on top
Books: Ethel & Ernest (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Raymond Briggs
Cinema: The Story Of Us (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Rob Reiner
Books: Plainsong (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Kent Haruf
Music: The Once And Future (The Arts / Short Takes)
The Jazzyfatnastees
YOUR TIME
Divided We Stand (Personal Time / Your Family)
As Hollywood keeps telling us, marriage isn't always a breeze. But do trial separations work?
Mr. November (Personal Time / Your Money)
In October, leaves fall gently, stocks fall hard, and investors lose their mind. Count me out
Wealth Valley (Personal Time / Your Technology)
A fine new book about the legendary Jim Clark shows how the engineers humbled Wall Street
A Racial Gap (Personal Time / Your Health)
Blacks undergo lifesaving lung-cancer surgery at a lower rate than whites. What can be done?
In Brief: Oct. 25, 1999 (Personal Time / Your Family)
Your Health: Oct. 25, 1999 (Personal Time / Your Health)
In Brief: Oct. 25, 1999 (Personal Time / Your Money)
In Brief: Oct. 25, 1999 (Personal Time / Your Technology)
SPECIAL SECTION
A Week In The Life Of A High School (A Week In The Life Of A High School)
Tuesday: 7:33 A.M. The Auto Shop (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Tuesday)
Among the engines, lessons about life
Thursday: 8:30 A.M. Cafeteria Lady (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Thursday)
Paying for breakfast with a $100 bill
Friday: 10:45 A.M. School Library (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Friday)
Moving through life in a fog
It's Stockholm Calling. Oslo Too (Briefing On The Nobel Prize)
The honors go to the discoverer of protein ZIP codes, a laser photographer, two particle theorists, the father of the euro and death-defying doctors
Friday: 6 P.M. Football Game (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Friday)
Come on, everybody, clap your hands
Friday: Over Lunch They Dissect Their Day (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Friday)
11:38 A.M.
Monday: 10:36 A.M. First Lunch (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Monday)
The tribes of Webster
Monday: 7:10 A.M. School Security (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Monday)
Always on the lookout for signs of trouble
Monday: 7:30 P.M. School Finance (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Monday)
The high price of civic pride
Monday: 7:30 A.M. English Class (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Monday)
Do you reach for the sky, or just get by?
Monday (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Monday)
Thursday: 10:52 P.M. Astronomy (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Thursday)
A teacher who will stay forever young
Thursday: 11:00 P.M. Softball (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Thursday)
Remembering five who died
Thursday: 3:30 P.M. The Basement (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Thursday)
The Church Step Dirties find refuge
Thursday: 6:00 P.M. Teen Romance (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Thursday)
Many find friendship and sex without dating
Tuesday: 1:20 P.M. At The Party (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Tuesday)
Never too young for a beer buzz or a smoke
Tuesday: 11:10 A.M. School Spirit (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Tuesday)
All our heroes are created equal
Tuesday: 11:59 P.M. The Longest Day (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Tuesday)
Being an overachiever means little time for sleep
Tuesday: 12:45 P.M. Faculty Meeting (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Tuesday)
Always preparing for the worst
Tuesday: 5:30 P.M. On The Job (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Tuesday)
Taking care of business?
Tuesday: 9:40 A.M. U.S. Studies (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Tuesday)
Hester Prynne, meet Muhammad Ali
Tuesday: 9:40 A.M. Senior Seminar (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Tuesday)
And what was that about college?
Wednesday: 6:15 A.M. The Early Bus (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Wednesday)
Race and class at a suburban school
Wednesday: 3:30 P.M. Mental Health (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Wednesday)
On down days, try talking to a teacher
Wednesday: 6:30 P.M. Matt's House (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Wednesday)
Trying to help a self-destructive teen
Wednesday: 7:01 P.M. Home And Away (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Wednesday)
A football star dangles on the edge of manhood
Wednesday: 7:00 P.M. Faith (A Week In The Life Of A High School / Wednesday)
Students for Christ