THE WEEK 20
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COVER: Fire Storm in Waco
After 51 days, self-styled messiah David Koresh finally realized his biblical vision; for him and 85 of his followers, the world did end in blood and fire.
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The First Tragedy: Were agents sent into a deathtrap?
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Cult of Personality: The mystery of Koresh’s allure
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Paths to the Inferno: How three fire victims got there
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THE POLITICAL INTEREST: A Faltering Start
What has Bill Clinton got to show for his first 100 days?
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BOSNIA: Will Anyone Come to the Rescue?
Clinton is pondering whether the West should use more muscle
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SOCIETY: A Gay “Friend of Bill” Ponders a Rift
Marchers in Washington try to nudge, not rile the President
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BUSINESS: Steve Wynn
This casino owner is on a mission to gentrify gambling
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MONEY ANGLES: How Not to Get Burned
What you shouldn’t do with your investment dollars
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LAW: Ivan Boesky’s Latest Raid
The former Wall Street tycoon targets his ex-wife’s millions
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SCANDALS: The Money Vanishes
A shadowy banker’s downfall exposes Serbia’s chaos
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ENVIRONMENT: Clinton’s Green After All
A pledge to curb global warming reassures the Earth Day crowd
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SCIENCE: When Did Man Come to America?
Millenniums earlier than once thought
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ART: Forging a New Iron Age
A look at the 20th century pioneers of welded metal sculpture
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DESIGN: New Age Gothic
Thoughtful Fumihiko Maki wins architecture’s top prize
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PROFILE: Renaissance Jester
In a toxic age, writer Paul Rudnick dares to celebrate life
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THEATER: Along Comes the Spider
The grim, brilliantly hallucinatory Kiss of the Spider Woman
REVIEWS
TELEVISION A series on dancing missteps 74
Home Improvement closes the gender gap 74
THEATER On Broadway, Tommy is gloriously hyperkinetic 76
BOOKS Moping and mawkishness take over in For Love 76
Thomas Keneally’s novel is a romance of the Outback 79
SHORT TAKES 81
DEPARTMENTS
PUBLISHER’S LETTER 4
LETTERS 13
GRAPEVINE 19
MILESTONES 25
PEOPLE 83
ESSAY 84
Cover: Photomontage: Explosion of Waco compound for TIME by Shelly Katz — Black Star; David Koresh from Nine Network Australia
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