NATION

CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME...?

WILL THE GOLDEN STATE'S UGLY RUMBLE OVER AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE NATION? CANDIDATES DOLE AND CLINTON DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT

THE GOOD FIGHT

IN MASSACHUSETTS, A GOOD-OLE-BOY ARISTOCRAT TAKES ON A SLIGHTLY STUFFY SENATOR IN A RACE THAT SHOWS POLITICS AS IT SHOULD BE

WHAT DOLE MUST SAY

DEBATE ADVICE FOR THE UNDERDOG: BE POSITIVE, TELL YOUR LIFE STORY AND RAIL AGAINST BIG GOVERNMENT

HUSHED ON THE STUMP

HILLARY CAMPAIGNS WITHOUT PRESS OR TV SOUND BITES, BUT THE WHITEWATER ISSUE FOLLOWS HER ANYWAY

WHEN FOXES POSE AS HEDGEHOGS

BILL CLINTON SPINS OUT MANY IDEAS, BOB DOLE CLAIMS TO HAVE ONE BIG ONE, BUT DOES EITHER MAN POSSESS AN OVERARCHING VISION?

A KISS ISN'T JUST A KISS

NOT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FIRST-GRADER WHO WAS BRANDED A SEXUAL HARASSER AND WOUND UP A STAR

LAST CALLS

AS CONGRESS WRAPS UP, ETHICS WOES DOG GINGRICH

FINAL OUTRAGE

FACING EXECUTION, POLLY KLAAS' KILLER LASHES BACK

WORLD

THE PEACE IN FLAMES

THE WORST DAYS OF VIOLENCE IN THREE DECADES MARK A SUDDEN WAR OF ISRAELI INTRANSIGENCE VS. PALESTINIAN RAGE

SOCIETY

HELL HATH NO FURY

THE FIRST WIVES CLUB PACKS MULTIPLEXES WITH WOMEN WHO RECOGNIZE THE PLOT AND WELCOME THE MESSAGE: GET EVEN, THEN GET OVER IT

THE LADIES WHO LUNGE

WERE THERE MORE ROLES FOR BETTE DAVIS THAN FOR BETTE MIDLER? YES, BUT FIRST WIVES SHOWS STRONG WOMEN ARE BACK IN VOGUE

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

TOYOTA ROAD USA

ITS HUGE MID-AMERICAN EXPANSION PROJECT IS PART POLITICAL, PART ECONOMIC--AND ENTIRELY WELCOME IN TOWNS ALONG I-64

CYBER VENDING MACHINE

CASH ON THE INTERNET MAKES ITS DEBUT THIS WEEK. WILL IT TURN THE WEB INTO A MONEY TREE?

AT&T'S RINGING HEADACHE

A YEAR AFTER ANNOUNCING ITS THREE-WAY SPLIT-UP, ITS QUARTERLY PROFITS AND STOCK PRICE ARE DIVING

FLY RIGHT!

THE FAA MOVES TO CLEAN UP THE MESS AT MESA AIR

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BOOKS: TALES OF THREE CITIES (The Arts / BOOKS)

NEW NOVELS TAKE ON L.A., WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK AS THEIR SUBJECTS. WOULD DICKENS BE PROUD?

CARTOONGATE (The Arts / VIDEO)

ALL POLITICS ARE LOCO IN THIS ANIMATED SURVEY

CINEMA: NO GAG (The Arts / CINEMA)

BOUND MAY BE TARANTINO LITE, BUT IT'S NOT HALF BAD

CINEMA: BODY SNATCHING (The Arts / CINEMA)

EXTREME MEASURES PUTS A BRIGHT, FRESH GLOSS ON THE OLD MAD SCIENTIST