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Gives an overview of the presidential debates. The preparation; The outcome of the three debates; How each candidate fared; Epilogue. INSET: An arms deal coming undone, by Bruce B. Auster & Douglas....

Discusses how President George Bush has revived his campaign and outlined his case against Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. The big fight between Bush and Clinton; Defining the boundaries of the race; The focus of the campaigns now; Reasons to doubt that Bush is serious about an economic plan; The deficiencies in Bush's own proposals; More. INSET: Hope from a Tory comeback, by Kenneth T. Walsh..

Presents an edited text of Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton's own words about his life, his hopes and his struggles. Background on his childhood; Education; Political career; Religious faith; On ambition; Political evolution; The 1960s; His wife, Hillary, and daughter, Chelsea; Private versus public character; Governorship in Arkansas; Lessons learned from campaigning. INSET: How the lessons of his 1980 defeat shape this campaign, by....

Reports that in just two months on the job, Janet Reno, the first woman to hold the nation's top law-enforcement job, has brought a new brand of justice to Washington and has become the star of the Clinton cabinet. How Reno and Clinton are largely in sync about what they want to accomplish; Reno's priorities; Reputation for honesty; Career path.; Challenges.

Compares the book `Home Fires,' by Donald Katz, which chronicles the saga of one postwar family, with President George Bush's own story as he accepted his first Republican presidential nomination. How Bush is more than a symbol for his age; Standing up for his generation's values; Why Bush may face more severe limits than former President Dwight Eisenhower did 35 years ago; More.

Analyzes how the once familiar rules of public discourse have been transformed. Scenes from last week's convention illustrating the New News's biggest invasions of Old News turf; What newcomers, such as MTV correspondent Tabitha Soren, learned about covering politics; MTV's `Choose or Lose' coverage; Comparison between Old and New News; The problem with money.

Profiles Republican presidential candidate Robert Dole, 64, who announces his candidacy this week for the 1988 election. Dole's political beliefs, his chances for the Republican nomination. . See also (Time, 11/16/87, 1c, p25, 2/3p) See also (Newsweek, 11/16/87, 1c, 1bw, p65, 2p) See also (New York Times Magazine, 11/8/87, 2c, 4bw, p62, 10p).

Focuses on the capable lot chosen for United States President-elect Bill Clinton's administration team. Concerns over diversity; Questions concerning the quality of some of his appointments; Controversy from interest groups; The push to find qualified women and members of minority groups; More.

Portraits Bill and Hillary Clinton, and discusses how the grueling presidential campaign ordeal has changed the new first couple. The events in Bill's life that has made transition into middle age easier; His over-confidence; Support from family and friends; The biggest tests of the Clintons' confidence and growth; Hillary's influence on her husband; More.

Highlights the growing tendency of presidential candidates Bill Clinton and George Bush to mimic John Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower, and notes that the desire to reconstruct the presidency helps explain many of this campaign's vicissitudes: voter volatility and Ross Perot's appeal. Familiar reasons for the presidency's decline; Today's political success turns on being able to satisfy great expectations during times that demand increasing limits; Challenges and shadows.

Focuses on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill which celebrates its 200th birthday in October 1993. America's first state university; President Bill Clinton to speak at ceremonies; Currently 1,600 public institutions of higher learning across America.

Focuses on Lani Guinier, President Bill Clinton's choice to be the Justice Department's chief civil-rights lawyer. Forces opposing the former NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund litigator; Controversy over articles written by Guinier; How she faces a huge job convincing the Senate that she's the right person for the job.

Discusses President-elect Bill Clinton's return to the Renaissance group in Hilton Head, South Carolina, where he, his wife, Hillary and daughter, Chelsea have been regulars at the high-powered house party of more than 1,000 leaders from a wide range of careers. Background on Renaissance; Founded by South Carolina businessman Philip Lader in 1981; How Clinton's retreat spawned his presidency; More. INSET: The friends of Bill--not!, by Warren Cohen..