NATION

GENERAL LETDOWN (Campaign '96)

COLIN POWELL'S GRACEFUL EXIT FROM THE RACE REMINDED AMERICANS WHY THEY WANTED HIM TO RUN IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS IS THE STORY OF WHY HE DIDN'T

AMERICA'S MOOD SWING (Campaign '96 / TIME-CNN ELECTION MONITOR)

A NEW KIND OF POLL SHOW SOME VOTERS ARE TURNING BACK TO THE DEMOCRATS AND SOURING ON THE G.O.P. REVOLUTION

THE FRESHMEN GO NATIVE (Congress)

DESPITE THEIR REFORMIST ZEAL, THE G.O.P. HARD-LINERS ARE CUTTING DEALS AND BRINGING HOME THE PORK

CORRECTING HIS POSTURE (The Presidency)

CLINTON STANDS UP AGAINST THE G.O.P. BUDGET, IN LARGE PART TO WIN BACK THE LOYALTY OF FELLOW DEMOCRATS

WORLD

NO PEACE AT HOME (Israel)

AMID CHARGES OF A CONSPIRACY, SOME OF THE ANGRIER VOICES ARE HUSHED, BUT SERIOUS DIVISIONS REMAIN

NEGOTIATION ON AND ON (Diplomacy)

SLEEPLESS IN DAYTON, THE BARGAINERS PROGRESS, BUT CROATIA SENDS TROOPS ROLLING INTO A DISPUTED REGION

SCIENCE

COSMIC CLOSE-UPS (Space)

STUNNING NEW PHOTOS FROM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE PUT THE MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE INTO SHARP FOCUS

BRAIN WORK

PICTURES SHED LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

HEALTH & MEDICINE

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

THEATER: LEGENDS OF THE FALL (The Arts & Media / THEATER)

TWO VETERAN ACTRESSES LIGHT UP THE SEASON AND SHOW WHAT IT MEANS TO COMMAND A STAGE

GET BACK (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

ON A BIG TV SHOW, TWO CDS AND A NEW SINGLE, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO--AND JOHN--ARE TOGETHER AGAIN

FASHION: UNDERSTATED ART (The Arts & Media / FASHION)

BY COMBINING EASY, CLASSIC DESIGNS WITH A HIGH-TECH EDGE, PRADA CATCHES THE FANCY OF THE '90S

CINEMA: WHERE NICE GUYS FINISH FIRST (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

HE'S CUTE, HE'S SMART, HE'S A LIBERAL. PRESIDENT MICHAEL DOUGLAS COULD WIN AN ELECTION ANYWHERE, AS LONG AS IT'S HOLLYWOOD

THEATER: THEY BLEW IT (The Arts & Media / THEATER)

PATRICK STEWART BRAVES A NERVY BUT FRUSTRATING TEMPEST