Table of ContentsA River Of Chicken Soup An uplifting tale: two guys get very rich serving uplifting tales to an endless stream of readersIt's A Tough Job... But somebody had to test-drive the new computer games. Here are the ones I liked bestFight To The Finish Clinton and Starr are plotting their endgames, each trying to move the battle onto his favorite turfIndonesia Army Helps Habibie Avert a Nascent CoupCool Cats, Hot Music And All That's JazzMilestones Of The CenturyNow Isn't THAT the Truth?Unchain My Heart Millions of healthy people could benefit from an anticholesterol medicine. Are you one?Our Second 20 This installment of the TIME 100 was harderOther VoicesFive For The AgesRight Before Our Eyes Technology shaped the show as the 20th century transformed old arts and created an array of new onesThe Man Behind Prop. 227 Meet Ron Unz, the tycoon who waged a campaign to all but outlaw bilingual education in CaliforniaEconomic Meltdown If investors continue to take the money and run, all of Yeltsin's hard-earned stability could collapseThe Conscience of a Curmudgeon BARRY GOLDWATER: 1909-1998The Ticks Are Back And thanks to El Nino, there may be more than ever. The good news: that new vaccine worksYour Crash Plan Here's how to protect your profits, and get ready for new bargains, if the stock market slidesNotebookHigh And Low Pop culture once aspired upward. Now it's all downward. Blame BrandoThe TV Star LUCILLE BALL The first lady of comedy brought us laughter as well as emotional truth. No wonder everybody loved LucyPublicist, Prankster, Parvenu, Andy Warhol Was The Pan Of Modern ArtThe Writer JAMES JOYCE His Ulysses baffled readers and challenged aspiring writers; it also revolutionized 20th century fictionA Maverick Who Believed In Form With FeelingThe Unknown CRANFORD GLIMP Painter, writer, composer, chef. How did such an unbelievably versatile artist get left off our list?Myriad VisionsThe Soul Musician ARETHA FRANKLIN The Queen of Soul reigns supreme with a heavenly voice and terrestrial passionThe Moviemaker STEVEN SPIELBERG No director or producer has ever put together a more popular body of work. That's why the movies we're now seeing are made in his imageThe Actor MARLON BRANDO Brooding, raw, honest, he was unlike anyone audiences had seen before. Now the mark of his style is in descendants from De Niro to DiCaprioAmid The Mass-Market Noise, These Writers Made Themselves HeardRequired Reading The very word nonfiction defines some literature by what it is not. But often such books, including these 10, changed minds and livesGuarding The Dream Thirty years later, Juan Romero honors R.F.K.CoverJapan A Humdrum Sex Scandal? No, Espionage TooThe TV Creator JIM HENSON Hundreds of millions of kids--and adults--have been entranced by the MuppetmasterYour HealthBack To The Roots Long before Aretha demanded respect, black female vocalists discovered liberation in the bluesKinder, Gentler--And In The Lead After a family crisis and religious conversion, Jeb Bush is back in the running for Governor of FloridaYour MoneySmaller Pond Jerry Brown is back with a downsized ambitionThe Most Happy Fella Phil Hartman's career was at a peak, then home life erupted violentlyCamera ReadyLetter To A Bride-To-BeEnemies Go Nuclear Pakistan answers India with its own atomic tests. Now will the two rivals be able to avoid going to the brink?Weird World Hubble snaps the first photo of a distant planetPeopleLettersMilestonesThe Long And Winding RoadsJob Bank Which Heavyweight Does Albright Prefer?The Artist PABLO PICASSO Famous as no artist ever had been, he was a pioneer, a master and a protean monster, with a hand in every art movement of the centuryThe Designer COCO CHANEL She was shrewd, chic and on the cutting edge. The clothes she created changed the way women looked and how they looked at themselvesThe Comedian CHARLIE CHAPLIN The endearing figure of his Little Tramp was instantly recognizable around the globe and brought laughter to millions. Still is. Still doesThe Poet T.S. ELIOT Serious poetry was about to be eclipsed by fiction. He provided the stark salvation of The Waste LandThe Folk Musician BOB DYLAN Master poet, caustic social critic and intrepid, guiding spirit of the counterculture generationThe Architect LE CORBUSIER He was convinced that the bold new industrial age required an equally audacious style of architecture. And who better to design it than him?The Showmen RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN Each had already made his mark--but as collaborators they created musical theater that enchanted audiences and redefined the art formThe Century's Style FileThe Rock Musicians THE BEATLES Irrepressible and irresistible, they were--and remain--the world's most astonishing rock-'n'-roll bandThe Cartoon Character BART SIMPSON Talk about arrested development--this kid has been 10 for 11 years! And we hope he stays there. Deplorable, adorable, Bart is a brat for the agesThe Singer FRANK SINATRA He loved, he brawled, he had style, he had guts, he could even act. And, oh yeah, he defined American popThe Dancer MARTHA GRAHAM Her fierce choreography sometimes amazed and sometimes horrified, but in it she embodied modern dance--arrogantly and spectacularlyRemembering "Presleymania"Artists & EntertainersYour TechnologyFuture Shocks Move over, couch potato. New technology is making room for the armchair creatorThe TV Host OPRAH WINFREY She didn't create the talk-show format. But the compassion and intimacy she put into it have created a new way for us to talk to one anotherThe Jazz Musician LOUIS ARMSTRONG With dazzling virtuosity on the trumpet and an innovative singing style, Satchmo was the fountainhead of a thoroughly original American soundThe Classical Musician IGOR STRAVINSKY His Rite of Spring heralded the century. After that, he never stopped reinventing himself--or modern music
