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UPDATED 08/26/1996 at 01:00 AM EDT Originally published 08/26/1996 at 01:00 AM EDT

MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 13
THE INSIDER 41
PUZZLER 84
PASSAGES 92
CHATTER 102

STAR TRACKS 6
Arnold Schwarzenegger goes to the pen in England. Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson sandwich Ellen Barkin. Helen Hunt gets booked in Manhattan, and more

UP FRONT

42 Hoping to find peace, Oklahoma state senator Brooks Douglass and his sister Leslie Frizzell witness the execution of a man convicted of murdering their parents almost 17 years ago

50 Eager, energetic and rarely at a loss for words, former pro quarterback Jack Kemp breathes life into the Republican Party as its vice presidential nominee

WINNERS 55
Persuaded by leaked memos that proved tobacco officials knew long ago that smoking was addictive, a Florida jury awards retired air-traffic control chief Grady Carter $750,000 for negligence

ANGELS 56
They thought of him as down and out—and more than a bit cantankerous—until James Glenn Dudley Jr., a retired Atlanta podiatrist, left six grocery employees $80,000 in his will

SCREEN 61
Once America's calypso king, Harry Belafonte has beaten prostate cancer and proven—on the screen and in concert—that, at 69, he's the comeback king too

COVER 66
Nerdy or neat—or somewhere in between—stars like Brad Pitt, Howard Stern and Pamela Lee have come a long way since their terrible teens

ON THE JOB 77
D.C.'s haircutting establishment can't hold a candle to barber Pietro Santoro's sizzling fire cut

TRAGEDY 79
The streets of South Central Los Angeles inspired Ennis Beley's critically acclaimed photos and stories, but they also cost him his life

HAPPY 86
Fifteen years after they first met, supermodel Christie Brinkley falls for Long Island architect Peter Cook

HERO 89
While vacationing with his wife, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise interrupts their Mediterranean cruise off the island of Capri to aid in his third real-life rescue this year

SPOTLIGHT 95
A child with wisdom far beyond her years, 12-year-old Hydeia Broadbent speaks up for kids like herself who have AIDS

SCENE 98
No doubt about it, there's life aplenty in Mars, Pa., but it's the Martian meteorite that geologist Roberta Score found that may ultimately determine whether there's life beyond Earth

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