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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TO OUR READERS — 4
LETTERS — 8
NOTEBOOK — 21
CALVIN TRILLIN on heart bypass surgery — 24
MILESTONES — 25
SPECIAL REPORT
COVER: With an Exit Sign from Heaven — 28
The celestial spectacle of the Hale-Bopp comet induces a monastic, computer-literate cult to annihilate itself at the beginning of Holy Week
AFTERMATH: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch — 34
Author Joseph Wambaugh describes what really upsets the locals
HEAVEN’S GATEKEEPER: A Prisoner of Sex — 40
Penalized for his homosexuality, Marshall Herff Applewhite embarked on a quest for an antiseptic heaven and for passion without physical entanglement
Flashback: The guru has been in TIME before — 41
Deadly Nexus: Richard Corliss on facts and trash — 42
CULTS: Fever Pitch for the Millennium — 44
The century’s end again gives birth to doomsday religions
THE NETLY NEWS: Life and Death on the Web — 47
Josh Quittner tracks heavensgate.com through cyberspace
ESSAY: Pico Iyer on religions and cults — 94
NATION
REPUBLICANS: The Speaker Under Fire — 50
With a Big Agenda and a tiny majority, once loyal House members are sniping at their leader, Newt Gingrich
LAW: Face-to-Face in a Jailhouse — 52
In an unusual encounter, James Earl Ray tells the son of Martin Luther King Jr. that he didn’t do it
CRIME: Racism Reigns in an Ethnic Neighborhood — 54
Whites, feeling abandoned, strike out brutally in Chicago’s Bridgeport section, once the proud home of Richard Daley
WORKPLACE: NPR’s Non-PC Legal Problems — 55
A host of discrimination lawsuits has tarred National Public Radio’s progressive image
THE PRESIDENCY: Final Salute — 56
George Bush closes the book on a terrifying war experience
BUSINESS
TAXES: Fixing the Mess at IRS — 58
The agency’s decrepit computer system allows con men to plunder the Treasury while some $150 billion in taxes due goes uncollected annually. Can the problem be fixed? Or will the “millennium bug” bring the whole system crashing down?
COMPETITION: Wine War in California — 64
Kendall-Jackson and its combative boss are accusing mighty Gallo of copying its bottle design and siphoning off sales
TECH WATCH: What’s Wrong with HDTV’s Picture? — 66
Also: Dual-seat driving, Web film and Larry Ellison’s Mac attack
SCIENCE
HEALTH: The Mammogram Two-Step — 67
Performing a brisk about-face, the government backs regular breast screenings for fortysomething women
THE ARTS
SHOW BIZ: 42nd Street is back, and Disney’s got it. How New York City’s sleaziest block was made safe for the Mouse — 68
CINEMA: Can bad-boy actor Val Kilmer be The Saint? — 73
Wild hormones in Chasing Amy and Inventing the Abbotts — 76
TELEVISION: CBS finally puts its Eye on cable — 78
MUSIC: Reggae singer Luciano is a rebel with a smile — 79
BOOKS: Garry Wills ponders John Wayne’s America — 80
A user-friendly survey of the Historical Jesus controversy — 80
Robert Stone’s stories of lost, reckless souls — 84
PEOPLE: Some Oscar-night awards you didn’t know about — 91