Vol. 152 No. 13

NATION

Lights, Camera...Fred!
An upset win upsets Vermont as a farmer steps out of retirement (and a movie) to run for the Senate

Requiem for an Arsonist
GEORGE CORLEY WALLACE: 1919-1998

WORLD

The Sword Of Islam
With Pakistan isolated and near economic collapse, its leader plays the religion card

Tehran vs. The Taliban
Iran's Shi'ite regime threatens to turn a theological rivalry with the Sunni Afghans into a shooting war

SCIENCE

The Redwoods Weep (Environment)
In California's ancient forests, the clash between industry and idealism culminates in tragedy

Vacations in Orbit (Space)
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin has flown in space twice. Now he's hoping to send you there too

Jovian Jewelry (Space)
New pictures explain Jupiter's mysterious rings

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Arthritis Under Arrest (Medicine)
New treatments may finally succeed in putting one of the worst forms of this painful illness on ice

RELIGION

O, Say, Can You Pray?
A grass-roots ritual by young Christians tests church-and-state borders

SPORT

Grand Slam
As Sammy Sosa passes Roger Maris and duels with Mark McGwire, he brings both fun and class to this remarkable season

NOTEBOOK

Notebook

Friends In Need (The Scoop)
It May Be Summit Time, But Tokyo Is Chilly

Politics Watch (Politics Watch)

Milestones (Milestones)

Iran (The Scoop)
Supreme Leader Cracks Down on Newspaper

The West Bank (The Scoop)
Two Guerrillas Are Killed; Now Attacks May Follow

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Dispatches from the Grave
For divers recovering what's left of Flight 111, the horror is indescribable

Clinton's Pyrrhic Victory
In January, Clinton decided to win by lies and delay. And he'll rue the day he did

BUSINESS

Frequent Flyers: It's Tougher to Get What You Want

Are Flyers Fed Up?
Profits are up. A big strike is over. But the airlines seem to be leaving service on the runway

Aircraft Safety: Blowing Smoke?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Battle Of The Bugs (The Arts / Cinema)
Biting like flies. Stinging like bees. No, not the cartoon insects--the studios that made them

A Man of His Time (The Arts / Books)
Jay McInerney's Model Behavior depicts a '90s New York nightlife that looks awfully familiar

Five Cheers for Frasier (The Arts / Television)
It made history by winning its fifth Emmy in a row. It has the Seinfeld slot. But is everybody laughing?

Common Points of Pain (The Arts / Books)
A crime injures victim, survivors and the culprit

Outside of the Attic (The Arts / Books)
New pages from her diary and a new biography give a more complex portrait of Anne Frank's life

Is That...? (The Arts / Short Takes)

Irvine Welsh (The Arts / Q + A)

The Loop (The Arts / Short Takes)
Nicholas Evans

Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death (The Arts / Short Takes)
Firesign Theatre

Once Upon the River Love (The Arts / Short Takes)
Andrei Makine

Mechanical Animals (The Arts / Short Takes)
Marilyn Manson

Painted From Memory (The Arts / Short Takes)
Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach

The Roseanne Show (The Arts / Short Takes)
Syndicated

YOUR TIME

Oil-Patch Bargains (Personal Time / Your Money)
Wall Street analysts hate the oil-service firms. But insiders are buying stock, and so am I

Monopoly Mail? (Personal Time / Your Technology)
I hate to admit it, but Microsoft's Outlook 98 is the best Internet e-mail program. Here's why

It's Worth a Shot (Personal Time / Your Health)
More and more students are getting vaccinated against hepatitis B. You probably should too

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

Your Money (Personal Time / Your Money)

Your Technology (Personal Time / Your Technology)

SPECIAL SECTION

High-Flying Phones (Time Select / Business)
Watch out, Bill Gates: Europeans are getting a jump on the next information revolution. A British company called Psion is giving brains to new mobile phones that receive e-mail, surf the Internet and

Clinton and Congress: A Bad Marriage (Special Report)

The "It Could Be Me" Factor (Special Report)

Next: The Super-Cell (Time Select / Business)
The Iridium consortium and rival joint ventures are closing in on their goal of making sat phones into multibillion-dollar mainstays of the info-superhighway

Is There A Way Out? (Special Report)
The search is on for someone who can find a punishment that fits the crime, and then sell it to all sides

"We Fight Like Cats & Dogs" (Special Report)
Clinton's case has landed before a House Judiciary Committee where zealous partisans rule the day

The Letter Formerly Known As Scarlet (Special Report)

The Monica Effect: A Democrat Shuns Clinton (Special Report)

Going Public With Prayer (Special Report)

Is The Top Democratic Gun Ready For War? (Special Report)

PEOPLE

People

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