INSIDE PEOPLE 4
MAIL 13
PICKS & PANS 15
THE INSIDER 43
PASSAGES 59
PUZZLER 80
CHATTER 100
STAR TRACKS 6
Elizabeth Hurley, Sandra Bullock, Cher and Chris O'Donnell play Cannes artists. Bill Murray shows he's a Huckster. Marcia Clark puckers up, and more
UP FRONT
44 With its roaring special effects and star turns by Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, Twister is a monster hit. But compared with a real tornado, say those who have experienced the true force of these storms, it's a lot of hot air
48 He was a man known as the sailor's sailor. Still, for Chief of Naval Operations Mike Boorda, a threatening wave of controversy apparently proved too much to bear
52 A march on Washington highlights the dire conditions of many American kids. Just ask Cochise Robertson and Sophia Espinoza, who have beaten the odds by surviving the meanest streets
TUBE 57
Irish actress Roma Downey, the star of CBS's popular series Touched by an Angel, is savoring a couple of real-life gifts—a new husband and a baby on the way
FAREWELL 63
Onetime major-leaguer John Beradino played General Hospital's good guy Dr. Steve Hardy from the long-running soap's first episode in 1963 until his death last week from cancer, at the age of 79
COVER 64
As creators of popular culture set an impossibly thin standard of beauty, American teens struggle for a body image they were never meant to have
FAMILY 77
After 34 years of Hollywood marriage, Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin still love to work together
POLS 83
Ilie Nastase, the Rumanian-born bad boy of tennis, runs for mayor of his hometown, Bucharest
TROUBLE 87
Antigovernment extremists have terrorized county clerk Karen Mathews, but the stalwart California official refuses to give up her job
STYLE 90
Handbag designer Kate Spade's bright fabric totes issue a call to arms as one of fashion's hottest accessories
ATLANTA '96 93
Swim champ Brooke Bennett, America's best hope in the 800-meter freestyle, lets everyone know she's operating in her own lane
OUT OF THE PAST 96
First over the North Pole: It's a Byrd; it's a plane; nope, today the betting's on a dirigible piloted by Umberto Nobile
TO THE TOP 98
Cartoonist Scott Adams casts a sardonic eye on corporate culture in Dilbert
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