Table of ContentsIn Brief11:10 A.M. School Spirit All our heroes are created equal10:36 A.M. First Lunch The tribes of Webster9:40 A.M. Senior Seminar And what was that about college?7:01 P.M. Home And Away A football star dangles on the edge of manhood10:52 P.M. Astronomy A teacher who will stay forever youngEthel & Ernest By Raymond Briggs9:40 A.M. U.S. Studies Hester Prynne, meet Muhammad Ali1:20 P.M. At The Party Never too young for a beer buzz or a smoke6:30 P.M. Matt's House Trying to help a self-destructive teenThe Empire Strikes Back Reeling in Big Labor and improvising well, Gore has a big week. Finally. But can it last?7:10 A.M. School Security Always on the lookout for signs of troubleTalk About a Full MoonThe Story Of Us Directed by Rob ReinerCover11:00 P.M. Softball Remembering five who died7:00 P.M. Faith Students for ChristFollow-Up Air Force Disowns $32 Million T-3 Planes11:59 P.M. The Longest Day Being an overachiever means little time for sleep3:30 P.M. The Basement The Church Step Dirties find refugePlainsong By Kent HarufNumbers7:30 P.M. School Finance The high price of civic prideYour HealthA Racial Gap Blacks undergo lifesaving lung-cancer surgery at a lower rate than whites. What can be done?A Week In The Life Of A High SchoolMattel: Some (Re)Assembly Required The big toymakers have a basic problem--they don't bother to come up with new toys anymoreA Grand Quest Triumph and regret in a David Lynch surpriseIt's Stockholm Calling. Oslo Too The honors go to the discoverer of protein "ZIP codes," a laser photographer, two particle theorists, the father of the euro and death-defying doctorsThe Way We Look at Giants The Big Dipper dominated his game, but carried an oversize burden8:30 A.M. Cafeteria Lady Paying for breakfast with a $100 billFor McCain, Flak Becomes FuelMondayFor Left-Handed Caddies Named Gatlin: Payday!Living with the Dead Nicolas Cage stars as a haunted ambulance driver in Martin Scorsese's harrowing new filmMr. November In October, leaves fall gently, stocks fall hard, and investors lose their mind. Count me outThe Fire This Time Thirty years after he shook the world at Woodstock, Carlos Santana is back on topIn BriefNotebookNecessary Targets Eve Ensler takes to the stage to push feminist and social-activist causes. Men are allowed tooMelissa EtheridgeLettersIshmael, Meet Jane Eyre A remarkable novel dares to take on Melville--and succeedsThe Emasculation ProclamationIn BriefWealth Valley A fine new book about the legendary Jim Clark shows how the engineers humbled Wall StreetPeace EurythmicsCrime Did an Intruder Kill JonBenet Ramsey?EulogySpecial TreatymentWretched Excess7:33 A.M. The Auto Shop Among the engines, lessons about life5:30 P.M. On The Job Taking care of business?3:30 P.M. Mental Health On down days, try talking to a teacherBerkshire's Buffett-ing The stock has dropped--to $57,000. Time to buy?In the Company of Men An all-male college, once embattled, now finds that its gender is hipOver Lunch They Dissect Their Day 11:38 A.M.Head Rush7:30 A.M. English Class Do you reach for the sky, or just get by?10:45 A.M. School Library Moving through life in a fog6:00 P.M. Teen Romance Many find friendship and sex without datingMutually Assured Destruction Eight months after impeachment, the defeat of the test ban proves that the air in Washington is still radioactive. And it's likely to get worseTV's Coming-Out Party Gay characters have quietly become hot. Can their love lives?A Big Story--Seen Through a MicroscopeThe Once And Future The Jazzyfatnastees12:45 P.M. Faculty Meeting Always preparing for the worst6:15 A.M. The Early Bus Race and class at a suburban schoolMilestones6 P.M. Football Game Come on, everybody, clap your handsDoo-Wop And Knife Fights Bolcom's A View from the Bridge packs the punch of a boilermakerWho Should Be the Person of the Century?PeopleDivided We Stand As Hollywood keeps telling us, marriage isn't always a breeze. But do trial separations work?Is It Trick or Treaty? The critics have blasted the Senate for rejecting a nuclear test-ban pact. Big dealThe Good News Coup? Pakistanis exult over the fall of Sharif. But will military rule make the volatile subcontinent any safer?
