Vol. 148 No. 18

NATION

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
AS THE CANDIDATES PREPARED FOR THE DEBATE AND HUDDLED WITH AIDES, TIME'S PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE GIVEN EXCLUSIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCESS

DESPERATELY SEEKING LORI
BOB DOLE AND BILL CLINTON WILL DO ANYTHING TO WIN THE HEARTS AND VOTES OF WORKING MOMS, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE

THE BAITING GAME
A NEW TWIST ON SEXUAL POLITICS: SOME DEMOCRATS ARE HINTING THAT THEIR G.O.P. OPPONENTS ARE GAY

INSIDE THE SUMMIT
IT WAS A SCRIPTLESS MEETING AND ONE THAT BARELY SKIRTED DISASTER. BUT DESPITE THE U.S. MIDWIFERY, THE MIDDLE EAST TALKS MOVED NO ONE

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER ON THE SUMMIT'S RESULTS

JABS, NO KNOCKOUT
DOLE DID JUST FINE, BUT HE FAILED TO DO WHAT HE NEEDED: TURN THE RACE AROUND

MUD ON THE PRAIRIE
IN SOUTH DAKOTA, REPUBLICAN SENATOR LARRY PRESSLER HOPES TO HOLD ON TO HIS SEAT BY WINNING THE SYMPATHY VOTE IN A RACE TURNED NASTY

WORLD

A PEACE THAT TERRIFIES
TOUGH ISLAMIC LAWS RULE IN AFGHANISTAN AS THE U.S., RUSSIA AND PAKISTAN WARILY EYE THE FUNDAMENTALISTS

SCIENCE

BONES OF CONTENTION
SCIENTISTS AND NATIVE AMERICANS CLASH OVER A 9,300-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH CAUCASOID FEATURES

HEALTH & MEDICINE

WHAT, I'M GONNA LIVE? (Health)
POWERFUL NEW DRUGS BRING WELCOME REPRIEVES--AND SOME UNEXPECTED COMPLICATIONS--TO AIDS PATIENTS

SOCIETY

FEMALES IN CHARGE (Behavior)
THE SEX LIVES OF APES RAISE PROVOCATIVE QUESTIONS FOR HUMANS

SPORT

THE SPIT HITS THE FAN
BASEBALL BADLY FLUNKS THE SALIVA TEST AS ROBERTO ALOMAR PLAYS AND THE UMPIRES SEETHE

TECHNOLOGY

FUN AND GAMES IN CYBERSPACE
WHY EVERYBODY IS RACING TO BRING DOOM, DUKE NUKEM AND QUAKE TO THE INTERNET

BIG BROTHER VS. CYPHERPUNKS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

A DESECRATION OF THE TRUTH
ISRAEL IS MALIGNED WHILE PALESTINIANS GET A FREE PASS

LETTERS

TEST DRIVE

NOTEBOOK

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MILESTONES

WHO WAS THAT WOMAN?

A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE
DOLE SCREAMS ABOUT CLINTON'S FOREIGN POLICY, BUT HIS OWN IS ANEMIC--AT BEST

BUSINESS

FIGHTING FOR THE FORESTS

STRINGS ATTACHED
TO PRESERVE PROFITS, COMPETING CREDIT-CARD ISSUERS ARE ADDING FEES AND REDUCING INCENTIVES

A NEW FLAVOR AT BEN & JERRY'S
THE CEO'S OUSTER SHOWS THIS GROOVY COMPANY MUST DEAL WITH REALITY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A STAR IS FINALLY BORN (The Arts / CINEMA)
IF SCHINDLER'S LIST PUT HIM ON THE MAP, MICHAEL COLLINS GIVES LIAM NEESON A MOVIE TO CALL HIS OWN

GAS PAINS (The Arts / CINEMA)
DEATH-ROW CHAT TRIES TO LIVEN UP THE CHAMBER

WANT A REVOLUTION? (The Arts / CINEMA)
HE LED THE FIGHT FOR IRISH INDEPENDENCE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS BEST MATE'S GIRL WHILE HE WAS AT IT. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT MOVIE, BUT IS MICHAEL COLLINS GREAT HISTORY?

A SPAN IN THE WORKS (The Arts / ARCHITECTURE)
LONDONERS RECONSIDER AN IDEA THEY ABANDONED 250 YEARS AGO: A BRIDGE TO LIVE AND SHOP ON

FORGIVE THE MIMES (The Arts / THEATER)
WITH QUIDAM, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL TRIUMPHS OVER FORMULA--AND TWEENESS--TO DAZZLE ONCE AGAIN

UP AGAINST THE LAW (The Arts / BOOKS)
SCOTT TUROW'S NEW LEGAL THRILLER PUTS THE '60S GENERATION ON TRIAL

A HOLIDAY ALL HER OWN (The Arts / MUSIC)
SHE MAY EVOKE LADY DAY, BUT MADELEINE PEYROUX IS ONE OF A KIND

LAST BLAST (The Arts / MUSIC)
ANOTHER POST-SUICIDE LIVE ALBUM FROM NIRVANA

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