February 1999

Conversion of a Skeptic

Raw violence ... or beauty? An art director makes a case for Francis Bacon’s brutal paintings.

By Virginia Butterfield

Great Dates

We’ve devised 10 perfect ways to spend Valentine’s Day. Just add significant other.

Death of an Aquanaut

The United States’ bold drive to explore the depths of the oceans—the Sealab project—was staged mostly off the coast of San Diego. It also came to its fatal climax here, with the clouded...

By Bill Bunton and Mary Heglar