NATION

CAMPAIGN '96: THE HARD WAY (CAMPAIGN '96)

DOLE SPRINGS A SURPRISE--HE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT SO MUCH HE'S LEAVING HIS BELOVED SENATE TO DO SO

A QUESTION OF HONOR

THE NAVY'S TOP ADMIRAL TAKES HIS OWN LIFE RATHER THAN FACE QUERIES ABOUT HIS RIGHT TO A COVETED AWARD. FOR A SAILOR'S SAILOR, IT SEEMED THE ONLY WAY OUT

WORLD

A TENUOUS HOLD ON POWER

AS HE TRIES TO FORGE A LASTING COALITION, INDIA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER IS VERY SHORT OF POTENTIAL ALLIES

THE PURPOSEFUL TOURIST

IN ENGLAND O.J. SIMPSON LEARNS THAT TABLOIDS ARE STILL TABLOIDS, BUT STUDENTS ARE WELL MANNERED

SCIENCE

BIG, FAST AND VICIOUS

A PAIR OF MEAT-EATING DINOSAURS FROM MOROCCO COULD FORCE A RETHINKING OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY

RELIGION

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: MOVIE: IMPROBABLE (The Arts / CINEMA)

THE NEW MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE HAS EVERYTHING IT NEEDS--EXCEPT HUMAN BEINGS. AND WHAT'S UP WITH TOM CRUISE'S HAIRCUT?

BOOKS: THE RUNAWAY PLOT LINE (The Arts / BOOKS)

JOHN GRISHAM'S LATEST THRILLER INVOLVES A HOTLY CONTESTED CIVIL SUIT AGAINST BIG TOBACCO. SOUND PLAUSIBLE? GUESS AGAIN

MUSIC: BREAKING UP IS GOOD TO DO... (The Arts / MUSIC)

...AT LEAST WHEN IT INSPIRES AN ALBUM AS FINE AS THIS ONE, LYLE LOVETT'S FIRST SINCE THE COLLAPSE OF HIS MARRIAGE TO JULIA ROBERTS

BOOKS: PREHISTORIC POTBOILERS (The Arts / BOOKS)

A PALEOANTHROPOLOGIST CRITIQUES TWO NEW NOVELS IN WHICH MODERN SCIENTISTS MEET ANCIENT HOMINIDS FACE TO FACE

BOOKS: ELEGANT FIZZ BY A POETS' POET (The Arts / BOOKS)

A MUCH ADMIRED BUT LITTLE KNOWN WRITER, NOW BLIND, PRODUCES A FIRST VOLUME OF WORLD-CLASS VERSE AT THE GRAND OLD AGE OF 83

SPECIAL SECTION

RUSSIA'96: THE PEOPLE CHOOSE (Special Report / RUSSIA'96)

YELTSIN HAS ONLY BEGUN TO REALIZE HOW UNPOPULAR HE IS. WILL RUSSIANS PICK ZYUGANOV, AND A RETURN TO THE BAD OLD DAYS?

RUSSIA'96: A NORMAL LIFE (Special Report / RUSSIA'96)

THE RENOWNED POLISH JOURNALIST REVISITS A COUNTRY CAUGHT BETWEEN IMPERIAL PAST AND UNANCHORED MODERNITY