NATION

Return of the Lions (Congress)

In the battle over taxes and health care, a handful of Senators will determine Clinton's success -- or failure

Shear Dismay (The White House)

For Bill Clinton, little things like a fancy haircut and a tempest in his travel office loom large

WORLD

Diplomacy of Terror (Iran)

When requesting foreign loans, Tehran sounds reasonable, but the West insists that the Islamic republic still uses murder and lies as tools of statecraft

Pol Pot Power (Cambodia)

As Cambodians try to vote freely for the first time in three decades, the Khmer Rouge are again the country's gravest peril

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Brave New Babies (Medicine)

In three landmark experiments involving gene therapy, doctors try to cure a rare hereditary disease

What Price Mental Health? (Health Care)

President Clinton aims to guarantee coverage to all Americans, but the cost could be astronomical

SOCIETY

Sisters Of Mercy (Cover Society)

A few months after Sue Weaver went to Kevorkian to end her life, her sisters talked to TIME about how they came to respect that decision

TECHNOLOGY

Orgies On-Line

It's spring on the computer networks, and X-rated sexual fantasies are busting out all over

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BUSINESS

The Man with the Midas Touch (Investment)

Robin Hood or robber baron? The two faces of superspeculator GEORGE SOROS, who humbles central banks as he strives to save Eastern Europe

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Gonzo Screenwriter (Show Business)

With Sliver, feisty Joe Eszterhas again courts success -- and controversy

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