NATION
CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME...?
WILL THE GOLDEN STATE'S UGLY RUMBLE OVER AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE NATION? CANDIDATES DOLE AND CLINTON DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT
THE MYSTERY MAN WHO INSPIRED DOLE'S LATEST STRATEGY
THE GOOD FIGHT
IN MASSACHUSETTS, A GOOD-OLE-BOY ARISTOCRAT TAKES ON A SLIGHTLY STUFFY SENATOR IN A RACE THAT SHOWS POLITICS AS IT SHOULD BE
WHAT DOLE MUST SAY
DEBATE ADVICE FOR THE UNDERDOG: BE POSITIVE, TELL YOUR LIFE STORY AND RAIL AGAINST BIG GOVERNMENT
IF ONLY WE ASKED...
TO REALLY PROBE THE CANDIDATES, TRY THESE QUESTIONS
HUSHED ON THE STUMP
HILLARY CAMPAIGNS WITHOUT PRESS OR TV SOUND BITES, BUT THE WHITEWATER ISSUE FOLLOWS HER ANYWAY
WHEN FOXES POSE AS HEDGEHOGS
BILL CLINTON SPINS OUT MANY IDEAS, BOB DOLE CLAIMS TO HAVE ONE BIG ONE, BUT DOES EITHER MAN POSSESS AN OVERARCHING VISION?
BY GEORGE, HE GOT MARRIED!
THE COUNTRY ISN'T LOSING ITS MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR, IT'S GAINING AN ATTRACTIVE NEW KENNEDY WIFE
A WORLD NOT QUITE POST-KENNEDY
A KISS ISN'T JUST A KISS
NOT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA FIRST-GRADER WHO WAS BRANDED A SEXUAL HARASSER AND WOUND UP A STAR
LAST CALLS
AS CONGRESS WRAPS UP, ETHICS WOES DOG GINGRICH
FINAL OUTRAGE
FACING EXECUTION, POLLY KLAAS' KILLER LASHES BACK
WORLD
THE PEACE IN FLAMES
THE WORST DAYS OF VIOLENCE IN THREE DECADES MARK A SUDDEN WAR OF ISRAELI INTRANSIGENCE VS. PALESTINIAN RAGE
SOCIETY
HELL HATH NO FURY
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB PACKS MULTIPLEXES WITH WOMEN WHO RECOGNIZE THE PLOT AND WELCOME THE MESSAGE: GET EVEN, THEN GET OVER IT
HOLLYWOOD'S BEST REVENGE
THE LADIES WHO LUNGE
WERE THERE MORE ROLES FOR BETTE DAVIS THAN FOR BETTE MIDLER? YES, BUT FIRST WIVES SHOWS STRONG WOMEN ARE BACK IN VOGUE
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
People, Oct. 7, 1996 (People)
LET'S FIND THOSE LITTLE GREEN MEN (Essay)
SHANNON LUCID IS PLUCKY BUT BORING. EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE IS THE REAL GRAIL IN SPACE
Letters: Oct. 7, 1996 (Letters)
Notebook: Oct. 7, 1996 (Notebook)
CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK (Notebook)
WHAT THE AGENCY DIDN'T KNOW (Notebook)
UGH, THE SMELL OF IT (Notebook)
Milestones Oct. 7, 1996 (Milestones)
CAMPAIGN MEMO: WHERE'S LIDDY? (Nation)
BUSINESS
TOYOTA ROAD USA
ITS HUGE MID-AMERICAN EXPANSION PROJECT IS PART POLITICAL, PART ECONOMIC--AND ENTIRELY WELCOME IN TOWNS ALONG I-64
CYBER VENDING MACHINE
CASH ON THE INTERNET MAKES ITS DEBUT THIS WEEK. WILL IT TURN THE WEB INTO A MONEY TREE?
AT&T'S RINGING HEADACHE
A YEAR AFTER ANNOUNCING ITS THREE-WAY SPLIT-UP, ITS QUARTERLY PROFITS AND STOCK PRICE ARE DIVING
FLY RIGHT!
THE FAA MOVES TO CLEAN UP THE MESS AT MESA AIR
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
TELEVISION: LOOKING FOR AN OUT (The Arts / TELEVISION)
IS ELLEN GAY? A CONTROVERSY OVER SEXUALITY IS THE LEAST OF THIS MUDDLED SITCOM'S PROBLEMS
MUSIC: '60S GOING ON '90S (The Arts / MUSIC)
NEW PROJECTS CANNILY RE-CREATE THE SOUNDS OF POP'S ADOLESCENCE
THEATER: LONDON CALLING. HANG UP (The Arts / THEATER)
BRITAIN'S MICHAEL GAMBON ACTS UP A STORM IN HIS BROADWAY DEBUT. TOO BAD THE PLAY'S A DRIZZLE
BOOKS: TALES OF THREE CITIES (The Arts / BOOKS)
NEW NOVELS TAKE ON L.A., WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK AS THEIR SUBJECTS. WOULD DICKENS BE PROUD?
BOOKS: GROWING PAIN (The Arts / BOOKS)
NAKED SLEEPER IS A FINE NOVEL OF MATURING AT 40
BOOKS: WOMAN'S WAR (The Arts / BOOKS)
A MEMOIR OF A LIFELONG FIGHT FOR ABORTION RIGHTS
CARTOONGATE (The Arts / VIDEO)
ALL POLITICS ARE LOCO IN THIS ANIMATED SURVEY
CINEMA: NO GAG (The Arts / CINEMA)
BOUND MAY BE TARANTINO LITE, BUT IT'S NOT HALF BAD
MUSIC: THAT THING--DON'T DO IT! (The Arts / MUSIC)
CINEMA: BODY SNATCHING (The Arts / CINEMA)
EXTREME MEASURES PUTS A BRIGHT, FRESH GLOSS ON THE OLD MAD SCIENTIST