COVER

All Eyes on Hillary (Cover Stories)

The G.O.P. hopes to gain votes by attacking her as a radical feminist who prefers the boardroom to the kitchen. But the ploy could backfire by alienating working women.

Bellwether in A Storm (Cover Stories)

Ohio's Montgomery County, where the candidates are running neck and neck, is an American microcosm

The Race in Key Places (Cover Stories)

An exclusive TIME poll shows Clinton well ahead of Bush in the battleground suburban counties where the election will be won or lost

NATION

Breaking The Siege (The Week: Nation)

At last, California has a budget. But nobody's happy.

No Time for Diplomacy (Georgia)

As hard-line nationalists and separatist ethnic groups tear his homeland apart, Shevardnadze finds that his reputation as a man of peace is on the firing line

Untimely Family Ties (The Week: Nation)

Clinton's spell of good press ends as his draft record resurfaces

WORLD

Cleansed Wound (Bosnia)

In a perilous trip through the countryside, a TIME correspondent discovers that Serbs have swept vast areas clean of Muslims and Croats, but their victory is a hollow one

Fires in The Night (The Week World)

German right-wingers spearhead scores of attacks against foreigners

What Liberalization? (The Week World)

A dissident's arrest may indicate China is not ready for reform

SCIENCE

Tales From The Crypt

To solve history's mysteries, graveyard sleuths are unearthing the dead and famous

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Quake Predictor (The Week Health & Science)

Changes in a geyser's timing may mean the earth is about to move

SOCIETY

Charitable Conspiracy (The Week: Society)

A judge finds M.I.T. and the Ivy League guilty of price fixing

Documenting Pain (The Week: Society)

Scared Silent sounds a shocking alarm on child abuse

SPORT

Fay Vincent Gets Beaned

Baseball's owners call for the beheading of an unpopular commissioner. But whether their coup succeeds or fails, the sport will still be in trouble.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

Awkward Timing (The Week: Business)

Though apparently over, the GM strike cut into sales -- and profits

LAW

To The Bench Via the Chair

A major confirmation fight is brewing over the replacement of a federal judge who was a civil rights hero

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

TV's Generation Gap (Television)

The new fall programs are rife with angst-ridden baby boomers and fun-loving 20-year-olds. Some shows are witty; many are drivel.

SPECIAL SECTION

Catastrophe 101 (Disasters)

Will the government learn from Hurricane Andrew's stormy aftermath?

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