NATION

BOB & BILL'S BELTWAY BAKE-OFF

HOW DO YOU COOK UP LAWS AND ROAST EACH OTHER AT THE SAME TIME? DOLE AND CLINTON ARE ABOUT TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAMPAIGN COMES TO WASHINGTON

WORLD

HEALTH & MEDICINE

THE MOST INTIMATE BOND (Medicine)

CONJOINED FOR LIFE, THE HENSEL TWINS ARE A MEDICAL MYSTERY AND A LESSON IN COOPERATION FOR US ALL

TECHNOLOGY

CAN MACHINES THINK?

MAYBE SO, AS DEEP BLUE'S CHESS PROWESS SUGGESTS. AND THAT SPARKS A FRESH DEBATE ABOUT THE NATURE OF MIND. IS IT JUST NEURONS?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

LUXURY'S GAUDY TIMES

BACK IN FORM, THE RICH HAVE DECIDED THAT MODEST SPENDING IS BETTER LEFT TO THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT

A FORK IN TOBACCO ROAD

LIGGETT BREAKS RANKS AND SETTLES SEVERAL LAWSUITS. CAN THE OTHER CIGARETTE MAKERS STILL HANG TOUGH?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: THE KINDEST CUTS (The Arts / CINEMA)

THEY'RE AS OBSCURE AS GAFFERS, AS SEXY AS GRIPS. BUT IT'S EDITORS WHO GIVE MOVIES THEIR SHAPE AND SNAP. AND THE NOMINEES ARE...

NATHAN LANE--UNCAGED (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)

HIS BRILLIANT DRAG TURN IN THE BIRDCAGE HAS MADE LANE A TRUE MOVIE STAR. BUT WILL WE EVER LOOK AT BARBARA BUSH THE SAME?

BOOKS: GOOD: A SPOTTER'S GUIDE (The Arts / BOOKS)

ONE OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S UNOFFICIAL HOUSE MORALISTS HAS A NEW BOOK OUT ON INTEGRITY. (NO WISECRACKS, PLEASE)