Vol. 146 No. 19

COVER

THE PAT SOLUTION (Cover Stories)
PAT BUCHANAN, G.O.P. BLAME THROWER, SAYS HE KNOWS WHO'S AT FAULT FOR AMERICA'S ECONOMIC BLUES

WHO'S REALLY TO BLAME? (Cover Stories)
JOB-STEALING ALIENS AND JOB-EXPORTING CEOS ARE EASY TARGETS, BUT GROWING INCOME INEQUALITY HAS DEEPER ROOTS

NATION

A WOMAN ON THE VERGE (Republicans)
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON IS MAKING A SPECTACLE OF HERSELF AS GINGRICH'S MUSE AND DOLE'S BANE

A LITTLE DIP IN THE CESSPOOL (Politics)
A WEEK OF UNEXPECTED REVELATIONS AND SLIPUPS EXPOSES THE WAY THE NATION'S CAPITAL REALLY WORKS

PICK ONE OF THE ABOVE (Cities)
THE RACE FOR MAYOR IN SAN FRANCISCO PITS SEASONED POLITICIAN AGAINST SOCIAL ACTIVIST AGAINST TECHNOCRAT

WORLD

RISKY CHANGE IN A DYNASTY (China)
AMID PROFOUND ECONOMIC DISLOCATION, DENG FADES AWAY, AND HIS HEIR APPARENT FACES A POWER STRUGGLE

GOBLINS TO SAINTS (Bosnia)
THEY STILL CAN'T LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYE, BUT ALL SIDES GATHER FOR A CONFERENCE AT AN OHIO AIR BASE TO CONSIDER A PEACE PLAN AND STOP THE SLAUGHTER--MAYBE

FIDEL TAKES MANHATTAN (Cuba)
DESPERATE TO PERSUADE THE U.S. TO LIFT ITS EMBARGO, CASTRO SHEDS HIS FATIGUES AND GOES ON A P.R. BLITZ

END OF THE YELTSIN ERA? (Russia)
SHOULD HE RECOVER FROM HIS LATEST BOUT OF HEART TROUBLE, HE MAY STILL BE FINISHED POLITICALLY

SCIENCE

RETURN OF THE ICE MAIDEN (Archaeology)
SCIENTISTS FIND AN INCA GIRL FROZEN FOR 500 YEARS

AN EARY TALE
A BIZARRE CREATURE SHOWS A NEW WAY TO REPLACE ORGANS

SOCIETY

PERILS OF THE SIMPLE LIFE
SURPRISE! THE GURUS WHO PROMOTE THE PLEASURES OF UNADORNED LIVING ARE BUSIER (AND RICHER) THAN EVER

RELIGION

FULL OF PROMISE
A NEW CHRISTIAN MEN'S MOVEMENT, PROMISE KEEPERS, GRAPPLES WITH PHENOMENAL GROWTH AND PUTS DOWN COMMUNITY ROOTS

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THE WEEK
OCTOBER 22-28

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

BUSINESS

ALL THAT GLITTERS...
INVESTCORP HAS A RECORD OF SPECTACULAR SUCCESSES, BUT THE BANK'S PRACTICES RAISE SERIOUS QUESTIONS

FIRE IN THE BELLY, MONEY IN THE BANK (Marketing)
GET READY FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR COMBAT AS DRUG COMPANIES GET THEIR BRAND NAMES READY FOR A (STOMACH) ACID TEST IN THE NONPRESCRIPTION MARKET

DIFFERENT WAYS TO SPELL RELIEF (Marketing)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

THOSE PRYING EYES (The Arts & Media / PUBLISHING)
CAROLINE KENNEDY--WHO KNOWS HER SUBJECT--AND ELLEN ALDERMAN OFFER A PRIMER ON PRIVACY

BARB'S WIRED (The Arts & Media / PROFILE)
WITH A STRING OF COUPS, BARBARA WALTERS SHOWS SHE WON'T RELINQUISH HER TITLE AS TV'S CHAMP INTERVIEWER

LE JAZZ NOT SO HOT (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
JULIE ANDREWS STILL COMMANDS THE STAGE, BUT THE BROADWAY VERSION OF VICTOR/VICTORIA FOUNDERS ON A HUMDRUM SCORE

A BRAVURA SEASON (The Arts & Media / SPORT)
ATLANTA WASN'T THE ONLY WINNER DURING A YEAR THAT RESTORED LUSTER TO THE GAME

THE IRRITABLE YOUNG MAN (The Arts & Media / OBITUARY)
KINGSLEY AMIS 1922-1995

DEAD DRUNK (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
FEAR AND SELF-LOATHING IN LEAVING LAS VEGAS

ONCE MORE WITH FEELING (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
CLAUDE LELOUCH'S UPDATING OF LES MISARABLES HAS THE SWEEP AND ROMANCE OF CLASSIC FILMS. HOW UNFASHIONABLE!

ELEGY FOR DEGENERATION X (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
THREE NEW FILMS FROM PROMISING YOUNG DIRECTORS CAPTURE THE RAGE, DESPAIR AND WILD WIT OF THE TWENTYSOMETHING CROWD

MAIL-ORDER MAPPLETHORPE (The Arts & Media / ART)
A FOUNDATION TRIES CATALOG SHOPPING TO SUPPORT THE ARTS

ELITIST ON A GRAND TOUR (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
PAUL THEROUX EXERCISES HIS MISANTHROPY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

OLD TRUNK (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
PETER HOEG SATIRIZES DANISH PROVINCIALISM IN HIS FIRST NOVEL

TARGET: TRASH (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
REFORMERS DECRY THE "CULTURAL ROT" OF DAYTIME TALK SHOWS