Vol. 139 No. 3

NATION

American Notes: California
Too Much Fowl Play

American Notes: Candidates
Then There Were Five

American Notes: Ethnicity
Watch Out For Wisians

American Notes: Job Safety
A Belated Crackdown

Get Timothy Dalton for the Part (Grapevine)

Gorby Has Other Irons in the Fire (Grapevine)

Nice Guys Finish Dead (Grapevine)

Organized Crime: A Gang That Still Can't Shoot Straight
When the trigger-happy Colombo family goes to war with itself, innocent bystanders had better look out

Presidential Upchuck Scorecard (Grapevine)

Texas Come Hell or High Water
A deluge shows how overbuilding at the edge of floodplains can put thousands of people at risk

The Other America
Who Could Live Here? Only people with no other choice -- and in Camden that usually means children

The Political Interest
Why Clinton Is Catching On

The Presidency Motion Sickness

The President's Sounding Board (Grapevine)

The Vice Presidency: Second Look at a Second Lady
Washington is wondering: If Marilyn Quayle became First Lady, would she make Nancy Reagan look good?

Trade and Politics: Mission Impossible
Bush's goal in Japan was "jobs, jobs, jobs" via greater U.S. sales. What he got was some promises -- and a bug that gave the world a scare.

Vox Pop (Grapevine)

WORLD

Europe: In the Same Boat and Bailing
The Continent is suffering just as much economic pain as the U.S., and the partners will have to sink or swim together

Georgia Descending Into Chaos
Gamsakhurdia flees, clouding his new nation's future and sending a chilling message to the other republics on the state of democracy

Russia Looking Into the Abyss
Real hunger and fear of a coup stalk the citizens of St. Petersburg

World Notes: Greece
Striking Back

World Notes: Iraq
Rumor Mill in Overdrive

World Notes: the Philippines
Is Imelda a Shoe-In?

World Notes: Yugoslavia
Trying for a Lasting Truce

SCIENCE

Cover Story: Sizing Up The Sexes
Scientists are discovering that gender differences have as much to do with the biology of the brain as with the way we are raised

Is Sex Really Necessary?

Making Sense of la Difference

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Strike Against Silicone (Medicine)
The FDA, citing new safety worries, clamps down on breast implants

Making The Best Choice (Medicine)

TECHNOLOGY

A Pocketful of Miracles
Hand-held books with batteries are one bright spot in what looks like a gloomy year for consumer electronics

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 139 No. 3 JANUARY 20, 1992

BUSINESS

Business Notes: Finance
The Price Is Right

Business Notes: Retailing
Shrinking the Five-and-Dime

Business Notes: Scandals
Everything But the Sink

Business Notes: Technology
Bellying Up to The Bar Code

Compensation: Motown's Fat Cats
An unseemly spat over the salaries and perks of American and Japanese auto chiefs points up a weakness in the U.S. case for fair trade

Sexual Harassment: A Guide
An instant "how-not-to" book prompted by the Thomas hearings spells it out with classroom clarity

The Ceo Of Culture Inc.
Controversial Guggenheim director Thomas Krens is changing the way the world's art museums operate

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

America's Rubber Soul (Books)

Australia's Family Ties (Books)

Binge And Purge at the B.O. (Show Business)
Moviegoing zigzagged sharply in '91 as Hollywood waited out the recession by talking cheap and spending big

Breaking The Jell-O Mold (Theater)
Blue Man Group is, yes, a group of men who are really blue, and their bizarre "art playground" is a sensation

Even Feminists Get the Blues (Books)
At 57, Gloria Steinem finally comes to terms with her childhood and realizes what she has been missing

Ms. Kidvid Calls It Quits (Television)
Activist Peggy Charren disbands her group, saying its job is done. But is children's TV really any better?

Seeing Life In Jazz Tempo (Art)
A major show gives the neglected Stuart Davis his due as a great, brash chronicler of the urban American scene

The Ultimate Other Woman (Cinema)

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

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