NATION

BREAKDOWN

HOW THE BUDGET TALKS FELL APART THE TWO SIDES AGREE: THEY ALL WANT A BUDGET DEAL; THE COUNTRY NEEDS A DEAL. AND IN PRIVATE, THEY DOUBT THERE WILL EVER BE A DEAL

LIFE IN THE WIGGLE ROOM

THE MORE THE FIRST LADY TRIES TO EXPLAIN THINGS, THE MORE QUESTIONS SHE RAISES. HILLARY CLINTON JUST CANNOT SEEM TO SOUND VERY CONVINCING

THE BLIZZARD OF '96

UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD, THIS WAS THE SNOWSTORM BY WHICH ALL OTHERS WILL BE MEASURED

HOW GRAMM COULD DO IT

HIS IOWA COALITION OF GUN OWNERS, TAX PROTESTERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS IS RATTLING DOLE'S CAMPAIGN

TESTIFYING FOR DOLLARS

O.J. SIMPSON FINALLY COMES UP WITH HIS SIDE OF THE STORY--ON VIDEO, AT $29.95 A POP. BUT IS ANYBODY BUYING?

THE COLD WAR

PAMELA HARRIMAN TURNS ON OLD ALLY CLARK CLIFFORD

WORLD

JAPAN: LET THE GAMES BEGIN (JAPAN)

JAPAN'S NEW LEADER, RYUTARO HASHIMOTO, FACES BRASH ICHIRO OZAWA IN A CONTEST UNLIKE ANY BEFORE

SCIENCE

WHY SUN'S JAVA IS HOT (TECHNOLOGY)

SUN'S RADICALLY NEW PROGRAMMING TOOL COULD SHIFT THE BALANCE OF POWER IN COMPUTERS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

A GIRL'S BEST FRIENDS (Public Eye)

ALMA POWELL AND ELAYNE BENNETT, ONE PRO-CHOICE, THE OTHER PRO-LIFE, FIND COMMON GROUND ON TEENS AND SEX

CHINA: SAVING THE ORPHANS (Viewpoint)

A TIME JOURNALIST WHO BROUGHT HOME A CHINESE BABY WORRIES THAT BEIJING MAY CLOSE THE DOORS TO ADOPTIONS

BUSINESS

TRADE: BANANA REPUBLICAN (TRADE)

EVER WONDER WHAT BUSINESSMEN GET FOR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS? TAKE A LOOK AT CARL LINDNER

MEDICAL CARE: THE SOUL OF AN HMO (COVER STORY)

MANAGED CARE IS CERTAINLY BRINGING DOWN AMERICA'S MEDICAL COSTS, BUT IT IS ALSO RAISING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH SEVERE ILLNESSES, CAN STILL TRUST THEIR DOCTORS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MEDIA: HOME PAGES FOR HATE (The Arts / MEDIA)

A CAMPAIGN TO LIMIT THE VOICES OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS ON THE INTERNET HAS DEFENDERS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT WORRIED

MUSIC: CHRISTIAN POP: REBORN TO BE WILD (The Arts / MUSIC)

CHRISTIAN POP USED TO BE SOPORIFIC. NOW A NEW GENERATION OF STARS HAS EMBRACED A HOST OF EDGY SOUNDS, AND THE SONGS ARE SELLING BETTER THAN EVER. BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS, HOW GOOD IS THE MUSIC?

ART: DELIGHT FOR ITS OWN SAKE (The Arts / ART)

FEELINGS, NOT IDEAS, ARE WHAT MATTER TO HOWARD HODGKIN, AND HE EVOKES THEM IN COLORS LIKE NO OTHER IN MODERN PAINTING