Table of ContentsWhy Coors Went Soft Employers are outpacing the law in embracing sensitivity and diversity. Are they the new leftists?Regarding the Haunted HouseComing In From The Cold Under the Wye agreement, the CIA embarks on a new--and highly visible--mission in the Middle EastFire on the Mountain The posh ski town of Vail is shaken by an act of apparent ecoterrorismVisions of Two Raw Continents Compared with America's, Australia's landscapes of the 1800s saw a bleaker beautyA Man In Full Tom Wolfe's bodacious new novel, his first in 11 years, proves he still has the right stuffConfessional Immediacy Alanis Morissette is back--but not the sameRecession? Not! The Fed won't let it happen. That means there are bargains in junk bonds and cyclical stocksVaulting into Discord One of America's top female gymnasts runs away from home and sues her parents for divorceBallot to Bullet Did a Tennessee G.O.P. candidate kill his rival?The New Money Game Issue ads are the parties' latest ploy for skirting campaign-finance lawsThe Middle East Did a Terrorist Fool Israeli Intelligence?Your MoneyEnough About Slavery Let's work on racial problems in the here and nowThe Greatest Team Ever--But with a Big AsteriskInfluence Microsoft Buys Some New Republican FriendsThe Long Snake Tattoo By Frank DownesGene SimmonsMaking Money off High CostsThug Chic Two brothers try to sort out the lure of NazismYour TechnologyAcross The Universe Fiona AppleNetscape's Barksdale: Microsoft's Worst EnemyMichele OrecklinCorpus Christi By Terrence McNallyThe Greatest Ever?Hue Must Be Joking A town cloaked in shades of pale shudders as homes cross the color barrierCareers After Retirement A Special Section As the boomers move deeper into middle age, many are leaving careers and striking out afresh, while they are still hale enough to face new challenges. Here is how to afford itAn Unconventional Fight One is nice, the other defiant. The maverick voters of Washington will choose between two mavericksBigger, Faster...and Cheaper The new '99 models feature high-tech marvels and some of the best price value in yearsPayback Time Publisher Takes Aim at Clinton's Judge and JuryEnter The Dru Dru HillAmerica's Traitor, Israel's PatriotInside Wye Plantation How nine days of shouting, laughter and forgiving put Israel and the Palestinians back on the road to peacePeopleCelebrating The Greatest A winning biography recalls Ali in his primeReady for His Closeup With two brilliant film turns, stage star Sir Ian McKellen is now a knight out in HollywoodDisappearing Act Millions of Americans suffer eating disorders. How to tell if your daughter or son is one of themDigital Video Daze A new rent-once, watch-anytime movie format called Divx may confuse you. It shouldn'tNotebookLettersYour HealthBody-Slam Politics Is everybody ready to rumble now that a real wrestler is in the gubernatorial ring in Minnesota?MilestonesEvening By Susan MinotPork on the Griddle Fritz Hollings really brought home the bacon, but South Carolina is losing its taste for largesseThe Shattered Peace Buffalo's abortion debate had achieved civility--until a bullet through a window cut down a doctorDemonizing Gates To keep his case against Microsoft simple, Justice's antitrust czar Joel Klein has painted chairman Bill Gates as the Big Brother of cyberspaceContributorsSlaves Of New York How crime and mismanaged laws have made the city the biggest magnet for Chinese illegals