NATION

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

AS THE CANDIDATES PREPARED FOR THE DEBATE AND HUDDLED WITH AIDES, TIME'S PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE GIVEN EXCLUSIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCESS

DESPERATELY SEEKING LORI

BOB DOLE AND BILL CLINTON WILL DO ANYTHING TO WIN THE HEARTS AND VOTES OF WORKING MOMS, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE

THE BAITING GAME

A NEW TWIST ON SEXUAL POLITICS: SOME DEMOCRATS ARE HINTING THAT THEIR G.O.P. OPPONENTS ARE GAY

INSIDE THE SUMMIT

IT WAS A SCRIPTLESS MEETING AND ONE THAT BARELY SKIRTED DISASTER. BUT DESPITE THE U.S. MIDWIFERY, THE MIDDLE EAST TALKS MOVED NO ONE

JABS, NO KNOCKOUT

DOLE DID JUST FINE, BUT HE FAILED TO DO WHAT HE NEEDED: TURN THE RACE AROUND

MUD ON THE PRAIRIE

IN SOUTH DAKOTA, REPUBLICAN SENATOR LARRY PRESSLER HOPES TO HOLD ON TO HIS SEAT BY WINNING THE SYMPATHY VOTE IN A RACE TURNED NASTY

WORLD

A PEACE THAT TERRIFIES

TOUGH ISLAMIC LAWS RULE IN AFGHANISTAN AS THE U.S., RUSSIA AND PAKISTAN WARILY EYE THE FUNDAMENTALISTS

SCIENCE

BONES OF CONTENTION

SCIENTISTS AND NATIVE AMERICANS CLASH OVER A 9,300-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH CAUCASOID FEATURES

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

FEMALES IN CHARGE (Behavior)

THE SEX LIVES OF APES RAISE PROVOCATIVE QUESTIONS FOR HUMANS

SPORT

THE SPIT HITS THE FAN

BASEBALL BADLY FLUNKS THE SALIVA TEST AS ROBERTO ALOMAR PLAYS AND THE UMPIRES SEETHE

TECHNOLOGY

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BUSINESS

STRINGS ATTACHED

TO PRESERVE PROFITS, COMPETING CREDIT-CARD ISSUERS ARE ADDING FEES AND REDUCING INCENTIVES

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: A STAR IS FINALLY BORN (The Arts / CINEMA)

IF SCHINDLER'S LIST PUT HIM ON THE MAP, MICHAEL COLLINS GIVES LIAM NEESON A MOVIE TO CALL HIS OWN

CINEMA: MICHAEL COLLINS: WANT A REVOLUTION? (The Arts / CINEMA)

HE LED THE FIGHT FOR IRISH INDEPENDENCE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS BEST MATE'S GIRL WHILE HE WAS AT IT. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT MOVIE, BUT IS MICHAEL COLLINS GREAT HISTORY?

A SPAN IN THE WORKS (The Arts / ARCHITECTURE)

LONDONERS RECONSIDER AN IDEA THEY ABANDONED 250 YEARS AGO: A BRIDGE TO LIVE AND SHOP ON

THEATER: FORGIVE THE MIMES (The Arts / THEATER)

WITH QUIDAM, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL TRIUMPHS OVER FORMULA--AND TWEENESS--TO DAZZLE ONCE AGAIN

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