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THE WEEK
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COVER: Nightmare in the Balkans
What began as a local tragedy has grown into an international disgrace as thousands die in the middle of Europe
Slobodan Milosevic
His dream of Greater Serbia makes him the central villain in Yugoslavia’s war
Diplomatic Impotence
First the hand wringing, now sanctions, but even that isn’t likely to end the fighting
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U.S. POLICY: Too Much Carrot, Not Enough Stick
Was George Bush once too eager to help Saddam Hussein?
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REFUGEES: Turn Around and Go Home
Why Washington doesn’t welcome the Haitian boat people
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U.S. POLITICS: Dial D for Democracy
How Perot’s notion of electronic town meetings would work
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THE PRESIDENCY: Graying, but Ready to Charge
Nearing 68, Bush talks about his health and how he stays fit
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THE CAMPAIGN: Clinton’s Forgotten Childhood
What the candidate’s troubled upbringing says about him today
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INTERVIEW: Goodbye, Mr. Smith
Three Congressmen tell why they are calling it quits
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EDUCATION: Revolution in the Classroom
Grading the Whittle plan for a profitmaking school system
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BUSINESS: Your Office Aboard the Airplane
Phone, fax, conference, order — all from your seat aloft
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ENVIRONMENT: Brazil’s Dirty Secrets
The Earth Summit host country is no ecological saint
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HEALTH: Smart Pills and Think Drinks
They promise to boost the brain, but is it dumb to try them?
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TELEVISION: A Tougher Game Under New Rules
What’s behind the networks’ fall schedules
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LIVING: Playing Hard to Get
It can be easier to buy an assault rifle than a nicotine patch
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PROFILE: Milestone for McCartney
At fifty, Paul celebrates babies, ballads and happy endings
REVIEWS
BOOKS The amazing story of physicist Stephen Hawking 88
Clockers delivers the grit 89
CINEMA Harrison Ford enlivens Patriot Games, fortunately 89
In Zentropa, the European cinema comes alive again 90
MUSIC Wilson Phillips gets personal in its second album 91
Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis go Baroque 93
SHORT TAKES 95
DEPARTMENTS
LETTERS 15
PUBLISHER’S LETTER 20
GRAPEVINE 23
PEOPLE 97
ESSAY 98
Cover: Executed Croat lying in a street in Vukovar
Photograph for TIME by Christopher Morris — Black Star
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