JUST HEARTBEATS AWAY
THE PROPOSAL THAT THE FIRST LADY ASPIRANTS HOLD A DEBATE SUGGESTS HOW MUCH THE ROLE HAS CHANGED. BOTH ARE ACCOMPLISHED AND AMBITIOUS. BUT WHILE ONE IS SPONTANEOUS, THE OTHER IS PREMEDITATIVE. GUESS WH

LIDDY MAKES PERFECT
WHILE LOOKING TO MOVE TO THE WHITE HOUSE, ELIZABETH DOLE MUST FIND A COMPROMISE BETWEEN HER AMBITION AND HER FAITH

FIRST BLOOD: HOW THE RED CROSS WOUNDED A RESUME

THE STARR FACTOR
BILL CLINTON MAY FINALLY HAVE MET THE MAN WHO WILL TURN THE 1996 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN INTO A REAL HORSE RACE. NO, NOT BOB DOLE. IT'S KENNETH STARR, THE WHITEWATER SPECIAL COUNSEL

FROM INVISIBILITY TO LIABILITY


RISE OF THE GENERAL
YELTSIN'S HEIR APPARENT IS A MASTER OF THE SECRET DEAL--JUST LIKE YELTSIN

MEANWHILE, IN THE DEEP, DARK RUSSIAN HEARTLAND...

THE PM, AMERICAN-STYLE
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU LOOKS TO THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL WAY OF GOVERNING. HE HAS TO GOVERN ISRAEL, HOWEVER


THE STRAWBERRY SICKNESS
A MYSTERIOUS INTESTINAL INFECTION IS STRIKING THE U.S. AND CANADA. IS UNWASHED FRUIT THE SOURCE?

MYSTERY OF THE OLMEC (Archaeology)
THE MAYA AND AZTECS BASED THEIR ART AND CULTURE ON THESE LITTLE-KNOWN PEOPLE; A NEW EXHIBITION SHOWS WHY

TOILET WARS
BIG FLUSHERS CIRCUMVENT NEW ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS


AFTER THE BURNING (Crime)
EACH TOWN HIT BY CHURCH ARSON MUST LOOK INTO ITS OWN SOUL--AND NOW THE COUNTRY IS DOING THE SAME

THREE STRIKES ARE OUT (Crime)
A CALIFORNIA COURT CRIES FOUL ON THE GET-TOUGH SENTENCING LAW; ALABAMA UNCHAINS THE GANG


TECHWATCH

PEOPLE

THE REAL SWIMSUIT ISSUE
IT'S BEACH TIME AGAIN, BUT A WOMAN WOULD FARE BETTER SLIPPING INTO A TWO-PIECE RESUME

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THE SECOND WIVES CLUB

MILESTONES

NOTEBOOK

CAN WE EVER TRUST THE FAA?
IN THE VALUJET AFTERMATH, IT IS UNDER PRESSURE TO MAKE SAFETY ITS FIRST AND ONLY MISSION, BUT IT IS UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERFUNDED


SERVING UP THE BLUES (The Arts / MUSIC)
IS THE HOUSE OF BLUES CHAIN PROMOTING AN ORIGINAL AMERICAN ART FORM? OR JUST CASHING IN ON IT?

FAMILY AFFAIRS (The Arts / TELEVISION)
A FINE HBO DRAMA LOOKS AT NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE

BUILDING LIVES IN MONTANA (The Arts / BOOKS)
THE POWER OF GEOGRAPHY IN A BIG, ROISTERING NOVEL

SILENTS ARE STILL GOLDEN (The Arts / TELEVISION)
THE DOCUMENTARY CINEMA EUROPE IS AN EVOCATION OF THE TIME WHEN PICTURES WERE REALLY MOVING

ARNOLD, BACK TO BASICS (The Arts / CINEMA)
ERASER SMARTLY REMYTHOLOGIZES A HOLLYWOOD ICON

TO AVENGE OR TO FORGET THE PAST? (The Arts / BOOKS)
A PROVOCATIVE THRILLER IS SET IN A COMPLEX MORAL UNIVERSE