Table of ContentsTHE MIDDLE EAST A DIPLOMAT GETS A DRESSING DOWNA REAL SUMMER BREAK TIRED OF HOLLYWOOD'S ACTION EPICS? TRY THESE FOUR FINE DRAMAS FROM FRANCE, JAPAN, CHINA AND IRANPEOPLEBLOOD AND FUR LIBERATED BY ECOACTIVISTS, HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS DIETELEVISION (S)EX, (L)ANGUAGE AND (V)IOLENCE--AT HOMETROUBLES FOR THOMPSON'S SHOW WILY DEMOCRATS AND G.O.P. SKELETONS GUM UP HIS CAMPAIGN-FUND PROBETHE IVORY WARS AFTER A SEVEN-YEAR BAN, THREE AFRICAN NATIONS WANT TO SELL TUSKS. WILL THE REST OF THE WORLD ALLOW IT?A NEW FRENCH TWIST AFTER CALLING A SNAP VOTE, CHIRAC GETS STOPPED AND MUST NOW SHARE POWER WITH HIS SOCIALIST RIVALLETTERSEULOGYTHE ARTIST GETS GRILLED OSCAR WILDE'S COURTROOM HUMILIATION IS RECOUNTED IN A COMPELLING OFF-BROADWAY PLAYADULTERATED STANDARDS WHAT'S THE PENTAGON TO DO WHEN SCANDAL SNAGS THE TOP CANDIDATE FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS?THE DEATH OF A TEACHER ONE LIFE LOST SPEAKS FOR ALL THOSE DEVOTED TO THE MINDS OF THE YOUNGIN A SAD STATE OF GRACE DROWNING CLAIMS SINGER JEFF BUCKLEY AND STILLS ONE OF FOLK ROCK'S MOST PROMISING YOUNG VOICESTHE TEST OF THEIR LIVES EXIT EXAMS MAY WHIP AMERICA'S SCHOOLS INTO SHAPE, BUT SOME GOOD KIDS PAY A HEAVY PRICETALKING THE TALK, BUT ... WILL CLINTON'S RACE-RELATIONS INITIATIVE GO BEYOND RHETORIC?WHY THE HOT AGENCIES ARE WAY OUT OF TOWNTOWER OF PSYCHOBABBLE PRONOUNCING ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SEXES HAS MADE JOHN GRAY MASTER OF A SELF-HELP UNIVERSE. BUT IS HE MORE OF A HEALER OR A HUCKSTER?MAKING NO FRIENDS IN MISSISSIPPI A STUDENT-BODY PRESIDENT STIRS UP TROUBLE BY CHALLENGING A SEGREGATED SYSTEMMADNESS ON MADISON AVENUE THE ADVERTISING GAME IS HAVING A CHAOTIC YEAR, WITH ACCOUNTS CHANGING HANDS AT A RECORD RATE. WHY? BECAUSE THE PUBLIC IS NOT PAYING ATTENTIONDEATH'S DOORSANOTHER WU A HARD-CORE RAP GROUP MOVES TOWARD UPLIFTMILESTONESFATHER'S DAY TRUE LOVE FINDS ITS WAY TO A LONELY OCTOGENARIANTHE TROUBLES SHE'S SEEN BETTY SHABAZZ, THE WIDOW OF MALCOLM X, IS CRITICALLY BURNED IN A FIRE ALLEGEDLY SET BY HER GRANDSONGETTING IT BEHIND THEM IN WHICH PAULA AND THE PRESIDENT FIND LANGUAGE THEY CAN LIVE WITHTHE MASK BEHIND THE MAN GONZO WRITER HUNTER THOMPSON'S EARLY LETTERS REVEAL THE SERIOUS AMBITIONS OF A FEROCIOUS WITMILITARY ARDORRELIGION THE POPE'S HAIL MARYA FATHER'S URGE TO FORGIVEDAY OF RECKONING THE JURY THAT FOUND MCVEIGH GUILTY WRESTLES WITH EMOTION AND TEARS AS IT PREPARES TO DECIDE HIS FATEDEATH OR LIFE? MCVEIGH COULD BE THE BEST ARGUMENT FOR EXECUTIONS, BUT HIS CASE HIGHLIGHTS THE PROBLEMS THAT ARISE WHEN DEATH SENTENCES ARE CHURNED OUT IN HUGE NUMBERSCANADA DIVIDING ITSELF PRIME MINISTER JEAN CHRETIEN STAYS IN POWER, BUT NO POLITICAL PARTY CAN CLAIM A NATIONAL MANDATETO BAN OR NOT TO BAN? THE REPORT OF A PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION SETS THE STAGE FOR A NATIONAL DEBATE ON HUMAN CLONINGTHE THRILL OF DRUDGE WORKTHE ALBRIGHT TOUCH BY TURNS CHARMING AND TOUGH, THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE DOESN'T FLINCH FROM UNQUIET DIPLOMACYTHE PERIL OF PROSECUTORIAL PASSIONNOTEBOOKCover
