Vol. 148 No. 22

NATION

THE RULES FROM 1996
LIKE THE WOMEN WHO BUY DATING GUIDES, CANDIDATES YEARN FOR SUREFIRE ADVICE--AND COMB EACH CAMPAIGN FOR TIPS

MY OWN VOX POP
WHO NEEDS POLLSTERS WHEN YOU'VE GOT DEAR OLD DAD?

THE MONEY MESS (MONEY AND POLITICS)
EVERYONE DOES IT, BUT CLINTON'S SPECIAL ZEAL FOR AVOIDING LIMITS ON FUND RAISING FINALLY IGNITES OUTRAGE AND CRIES FOR REFORM

MEANWHILE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE... (MONEY AND POLITICS)

THE CASH MACHINE (MONEY AND POLITICS)
WAS HUANG A MAVERICK OR PART OF A SCHEME TO SHAKE DOWN FOREIGN TYCOONS?

WERE TRADE MISSIONS FOR SALE? (MONEY AND POLITICS)

WORLD

DEATH CRIES OF A NATION
AS TWO COUNTRIES NEAR FULL-SCALE WAR, A MILLION REFUGEES SET UP CAMP AND BRACE FOR A MASSIVE CATASTROPHE

SCIENCE

NEXT STOP: MARS (Space)
IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE A U.S. SPACECRAFT VISITED THE RED PLANET. NOW A FLEET IS POISED TO TAKE OFF

HEALTH & MEDICINE

KILLING THE PAIN (Medicine)
DOCTORS FIND THAT AN OPIATE WORKS BETTER ON WOMEN

SOCIETY

THE STRANGE SAGA OF RICHARD JEWELL

NO COURT OF LAST RESORT (Crime)
JOE PAYNE, POSSIBLY INNOCENT, MAY BE EXECUTED IN THE WAKE OF PRESSURE TO LIMIT DEATH-ROW APPEALS

TECHNOLOGY

DON'T DISS THE DIGERATI

NOTEBOOK

NOTEBOOK

OF LINES AND POETRY

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

MOTHERS KNOW BEST?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

CONTRIBUTORS (Contributors)

THEY ALWAYS LOOK BETTER AT A DISTANCE
THE DULL, HOMELY CAMPAIGN '96 MAY SEEM A LOT MORE SATISFYING A FEW YEARS FROM NOW

BUSINESS

BARBIE BOOTS UP
MATTEL'S NEW CHIEF IS USING AN OLD PLAYMATE TO GET GIRLS AS HOOKED ON COMPUTERS AS BOYS ARE

CHAINSAW AL'S ENCORE
SUNBEAM'S NEW CEO SHOULD BUY INTO HIS OWN PLAN

BIZ WATCH (BIZ WATCH)

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
SUN AND ORACLE UNVEIL THE FIRST "NCS," WHILE MICROSOFT AND INTEL MOVE TO HEAD THEM OFF

EDUCATION

JUST SAY LIFE SKILLS
A NEW SCHOOL ANTIDRUG PROGRAM OUTSTRIPS D.A.R.E.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BEHIND THE SACRED AURA (The Arts / ART)
JASPER JOHNS GIVES NOTHING AWAY, BUT HIS COOL, LOVELY MASTERY OF INDIRECTION FINALLY BECOMES CLAUSTROPHOBIC

ON THE CUTTING EDGE (The Arts / FASHION)
AS YOUNG BRITS TAKE OVER TOP PARIS POSTS, THE FOCUS TURNS TO THE RAFFISH SOHO SCHOOL THAT TRAINED THEM

RAPTURE IN THE DUNES (The Arts / CINEMA)
A VOLUPTUOUS ADAPTATION OF MICHAEL ONDAATJE'S PRIZEWINNING NOVEL ABOUT LOVE, WAR AND BETRAYAL

BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL (The Arts / CINEMA)
IN RANSOM, KIDNAPPING IS THE ULTIMATE BAD DEAL

A HITMAKER AND A GENTLEMAN (The Arts / MUSIC)
FROM MARIAH CAREY TO ERIC CLAPTON, CHART-HUNGRY STARS CALL ON BABYFACE

IRONIC, DON'TCHA THINK? (The Arts / MUSIC)
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER AND SHAWN COLVIN CAN TEACH THEIR BETTER-SELLING JUNIORS A THING OR TWO

THE WOMAN MOST LIKELY TO (The Arts / BOOKS)
A DISHY NEW BIOGRAPHY OF PAMELA HARRIMAN

NICE TO NAZIS? (The Arts / CINEMA)
A RARE ONSCREEN TUSSLE WITH MODERN MORALITY

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

LETTERS

LETTERS