NATION

THE RULES FROM 1996

LIKE THE WOMEN WHO BUY DATING GUIDES, CANDIDATES YEARN FOR SUREFIRE ADVICE--AND COMB EACH CAMPAIGN FOR TIPS

THE MONEY MESS (MONEY AND POLITICS)

EVERYONE DOES IT, BUT CLINTON'S SPECIAL ZEAL FOR AVOIDING LIMITS ON FUND RAISING FINALLY IGNITES OUTRAGE AND CRIES FOR REFORM

THE CASH MACHINE (MONEY AND POLITICS)

WAS HUANG A MAVERICK OR PART OF A SCHEME TO SHAKE DOWN FOREIGN TYCOONS?

WORLD

DEATH CRIES OF A NATION

AS TWO COUNTRIES NEAR FULL-SCALE WAR, A MILLION REFUGEES SET UP CAMP AND BRACE FOR A MASSIVE CATASTROPHE

SCIENCE

NEXT STOP: MARS (Space)

IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE A U.S. SPACECRAFT VISITED THE RED PLANET. NOW A FLEET IS POISED TO TAKE OFF

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

NO COURT OF LAST RESORT (Crime)

JOE PAYNE, POSSIBLY INNOCENT, MAY BE EXECUTED IN THE WAKE OF PRESSURE TO LIMIT DEATH-ROW APPEALS

TECHNOLOGY

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

BARBIE BOOTS UP

MATTEL'S NEW CHIEF IS USING AN OLD PLAYMATE TO GET GIRLS AS HOOKED ON COMPUTERS AS BOYS ARE

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

SUN AND ORACLE UNVEIL THE FIRST NCS, WHILE MICROSOFT AND INTEL MOVE TO HEAD THEM OFF

EDUCATION

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BEHIND THE SACRED AURA (The Arts / ART)

JASPER JOHNS GIVES NOTHING AWAY, BUT HIS COOL, LOVELY MASTERY OF INDIRECTION FINALLY BECOMES CLAUSTROPHOBIC

FASHION: ON THE CUTTING EDGE (The Arts / FASHION)

AS YOUNG BRITS TAKE OVER TOP PARIS POSTS, THE FOCUS TURNS TO THE RAFFISH SOHO SCHOOL THAT TRAINED THEM

CINEMA: RAPTURE IN THE DUNES (The Arts / CINEMA)

A VOLUPTUOUS ADAPTATION OF MICHAEL ONDAATJE'S PRIZEWINNING NOVEL ABOUT LOVE, WAR AND BETRAYAL

PEOPLE

LETTERS