The Pill That Argues With the Virus
Closed mid-January 1996 · On stands late January 1996
The Front
Index of the New Year
Resolutions kept past February, gym memberships sold, the retail price of a VCR, tickets sold for Waiting to Exhale in its fourth week
The Essay
A Class of Drug, Not a Cure
The FDA's approval of saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor, and the caution against premature triumph
The Foreign File
The Peacekeepers' First Winter
IFOR troops settle into the Dayton implementation zones for a first, uneasy winter of enforced calm
The Feature Well
The Waiting Room
A feature on the clinics where the drug's promise is measured out one prescription at a time
What a Fortune Buys in Aspen
A feature on the new money wintering at Aspen and Vail — the parkas, the private-jet ledger, the restaurant that added a second seating
The Back
The Year in Small Print
A books column on the season's short-story collections
Must See TV, Reconsidered
A television column on Thursday night's NBC lineup and why appointment viewing is becoming a national clock