NATION

Bentsen on the Burner (The Cabinet)

His influence rides on winning the votes of his old Senate colleagues for Clinton's battered budget

Where Is 'My Center'? (The White House)

As Bill Clinton dumps another nominee and scrambles for the political middle, he raises new questions about his true convictions

WORLD

Birth of a Nation (South Africa)

A historic agreement to hold South Africa's first free elections next April promises no miracle solution for the country's profound economic and social woes

Mandela and De Klerk Speak Out (South Africa)

In exclusive interviews, South Africa's black and white leaders both profess optimism about a multiracial future

Mandela and De Klerk Speak Out (South Africa)

In exclusive interviews, South Africa's black and white leaders both profess optimism about a multiracial future

WAR & TERRORISM

Death As a Way of Life (The Balkans)

On one northern battlefield, a TIME photographer records the grief of a group of small, tightly knit Muslim villages

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

SPORT

TECHNOLOGY

Ending the Paper Chase (Cybertech)

He conquered the computer industry. Now Bill Gates is taking on a daunting new challenge: creating the office of the future.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Jaws Ii (Cinema)

In Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg has a monster movie with a lot of bite

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