Vol. 146 No. 18

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I, TOO, SING AMERICA.

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NATION

THE BOOK PARTY'S OVER (Campaign '96)
AND AS POWELL DECIDES WHETHER TO RUN, A SMALL ARMY OF POLITICAL OPERATIVES GETS READY TO SERVE

STOMPING ON PRINCIPLE (Politics)
CLINTON AND DOLE: JUST BECAUSE WE SAID IT DOESN'T MEAN WE MEANT IT

THE BATTLE TO REVIVE U.S. UNIONS (Labor)
AS THE AFL-CIO PREPARES TO ELECT A LEADER, A NEW MILITANCY IS TAKING HOLD IN AMERICA'S WORKPLACE

WORLD

THE U.N. AT 50: WHO NEEDS IT? (United Nations)

ALL TOGETHER NOW: WE ARE THE WORLD (United Nations)

WAR & TERRORISM

TIME TO KEEP THE PROMISE (The Balkans)
PRESIDENT CLINTON PLANS TO SEND 20,000 U.S. TROOPS TO BOSNIA. HE HAS ONLY BEGUN TO EXPLAIN WHY

SCIENCE

CAN THE GALAPAGOS SURVIVE? (Environment)
GREED, OVERPOPULATION AND POLITICAL INTRIGUE ARE THREATENING TO DESTROY THE REMARKABLE ECOSYSTEM THAT INSPIRED DARWIN'S THEORY OF EVOLUTION

HEALTH & MEDICINE

WHEN THE VACCINE CAUSES THE POLIO (Medicine)
EXPERTS SEEK TO ELIMINATE THOSE FEW CASES THAT ARE STILL CAUSED BY INOCULATION

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

THE MIRAGE OF FARRAKHAN

BACK TO THE DARK AGES

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AN ELEGY FOR INTEGRATION

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THE WEEK
OCTOBER 15-21

MILESTONES

THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER--EVEN AHAB

WINNERS & LOSERS

BUSINESS

A TILT TOWARD THE RICH? (The Economy)
A TIME FORUM DEBATES THE IMPACT OF REPUBLICAN SPENDING CUTS ON AN ALREADY POLARIZED ECONOMY

THE BARINGS COLLAPSE: SPREADING THE BLAME (Banking)

LENDING A HAND TO GODZILLA (Banking)
THE FED PITCHES IN AS THE DAIWA SCANDAL AND OTHER ILLS SHAKE UP JAPAN'S BANKS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

THE REAL GOLDEN AGE IS NOW (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
NO KIDDING--TV'S PRIME-TIME SHOWS ARE WITTIER, MORE RELEVANT, MORE COMPELLING THAN EVER BEFORE

A FALL CLASSIC MATCHUP (The Arts & Media / SPORT)
THE 91ST WORLD SERIES, BETWEEN THE INDIANS AND THE BRAVES, MAY BE POLITICALLY INCORRECT, BUT IT'S JUST RIGHT FOR BASEBALL

PLAYWRITING ISN'T PRETTY (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
STEVE MARTIN VENTURES ONTO THE STAGE WITH A BRAINY BUT CONFUSED WORK ABOUT TWO GENIUSES WHO CHANGED THE WORLD

WHEN ART REDEEMS LIFE (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
WOODY ALLEN TURNS AN OLD OBSESSION INTO A DECENT FILM

PRIME-TIME TUNES (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
TV SOUND TRACKS USED TO BE GOOFY, BUT ALBUMS TIED IN WITH POPULAR SHOWS NOW FEATURE HIP GROUPS AND HIT SINGLES

TWILIGHT ZONE (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
WAS ALBERT SPEER A REPENTANT NAZI OR A MAN IN DENIAL?

DIVINITY IN THE DETAILS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A LONG-AWAITED COLLECTION OF SHORT FICTION BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV IS A TREAT FOR OLD ADMIRERS AND ENTRY-LEVEL FANS ALIKE