NATION

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

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

WORLD

RISE OF THE GENERAL

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

SCIENCE

THE STRAWBERRY SICKNESS

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

TOILET WARS

BIG FLUSHERS CIRCUMVENT NEW ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

SOCIETY

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

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

THE REAL SWIMSUIT ISSUE (Viewpoint)

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

BUSINESS

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

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC: 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?