Vol. 143 No. 3

NATION

Chronicles (Chronicles)

Clinton's Obstacle Course (Foreign Policy)
The President's swing through Europe will test his ability to define America's role in a complex postwar world

Clinton Visits, But Moscow Does Not Believe in Cheers (Foreign Policy)

Dispatches After the Apocalypse (Chronicles)

In Search of Zviad (Georgia)
Shevardnadze's erratic rival creates his latest mystery

Informed Sources (Chronicles)

Inside Washington Gergen in Eclipse? (Chronicles)

Searching for the Missing Pieces (The White House)
The Clintons' messy handling of the Whitewater scandal intensifies the demand for a special prosecutor to find some answers to its complex puzzles

Should Auld Connections Be Forgot ... (Chronicles)

Streisand: the Year in Tantrums (Chronicles)

The Crystal Ball (Chronicles)

The Sun Always Rises (Chronicles)

The Week January 2-8 (Chronicles)

WORLD

A Litany of Latin American Troubles (Mexico)

Mommie Dearest (Pakistan)
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto resorts to force to quell her own family's challenge to her power

SCIENCE

Battler for Gene Therapy
French Anderson's obsession has turned fantasy into reality

Riding the Dna Trail
Francis Collins leads an international drive to track down all the genes and take their measure

The Breast Cancer Gene: a Woman's Dilemma

The Genetic Revolution (Cover Science)
New technology enables us to improve on nature. How far should we go?

SPORT

'Why? It Hurts So Bad. Why Me?'
A vicious attack on an Olympic figure-skating hopeful raises fresh concerns about the safety of all athletes

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Spectator the Agony of Victory

The Political Interest
Why Clinton Blew His Cool

BUSINESS

A Blockbuster Deal for Beavis and Butt-Head
Viacom's surprise merger reignites a major takeover battle and poses a conundrum for Wall Street

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Assault By Paragraph (The Arts & Media Press)
Catharine MacKinnon, feminist legal scholar and antiporn activist, says she was raped by a book review

Drenched in the Spirit (The Arts & Media Radio)
An ambitious National Public Radio series on the history of African-American sacred music is a cause for rejoicing

Rock Goes Interactive (The Arts & Media Music)
From David Bowie to Peter Gabriel -- and even including Elvis -- computerized pop stars are letting listeners take a hand in the music

ESSAY

Is Democracy Losing Its Romance?