Vol. 139 No. 12
NATION
A Heated Exchange over Mudslinging
American Notes , Referendums
Taxing Debate
American Notes Medicine
Pulling the Plug on Pot
American Notes Organized Crime
Bloody Message
American Notes Term Limit
Nothing Is Forever
American Notes the Homeless
A Coat of Many Uses
Campaign Quiz (Grapevine)
Cashing in on Bashing (Grapevine)
Congress Nobody Here but Us Chickens
Who kited checks at the House bank? Almost everybody, egg-faced lawmakers admit, and they vote to tell all.
A Clash of Visions
Clinton and Tsongas, one-on-one for the first time, debate their plans for economic revival
In Rio...From Mean Streets to Clean Streets (Grapevine)
May The Best Plan Win
Tsongas and Clinton agree that the U.S. must adopt a long-term plan to boost investment and create jobs. The biggest difference between them is over whether the middle class ought to get a tax break.
The Presidency
Blasts from the Past
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
When Life Imitates Art (Grapevine)
Where Are They Now? (Grapevine)
Why Is Pat Still Running? He's Gearing Up for '96.
Party elders urge him to quit, but Buchanan soldiers on, with his sights on rival rightists -- and the next election
Why Jerry Keeps Running
Experts wrote off Brown as a flaky visionary, but many voters see him as the candidate of the disaffected
WORLD
America Abroad
Underwriting Peace in Russia
Diplomacy The U.N. Marches In
But chances are slim that the blue helmets can fulfill an ambitious assignment: bringing peace and stability to Cambodia and Yugoslavia
High Seas The Mysterious Stealth Ship
How did a freighter reportedly loaded with Scud missiles bound for Syria manage to elude U.S. watchdogs?
Israel Fighter, First and Last
Menachem Begin: 1913-1992
Somalia I Against My Brother
Struggling for power, rival clans turn life in Mogadishu into a slow death
World Notes Georgia
Comeback Politics
World Notes Lebanon
The Terrible Tally of Death
World Notes Turkey
Earthquake In Erzincan
World Notes Zimbabwe
Mugabe's Land Grab
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Palm-size video cameras, miniaturized scissors and staplers, and minute incisions are starting to take the ouch out of surgery
SOCIETY
A reviewer's tie with a studio raises the issue: Should one who judges films also help those who make them?
Losing The Next Generation
The U.S. has failed to address the pressing needs of its youngsters, argues noted educator David Hamburg
RELIGION
An ultra-Orthodox sect says the Redeemer is due to arrive any day now -- and he might be an American
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 139 No. 12 MARCH 23, 1992
BUSINESS
Getting The Message
Business Notes Financial Industry
Big Profits . . . For Now
Business Notes Media
Television Retreat
Business Notes Pollution L.A.
Smog Exchange
Money Angles
Three-Dollar Bills
Recession,
Japanese-Style Capital is getting more expensive, workers are balking at having to work so hard, and the Golden Age seems to be over
Will Japan's Slump Stifle a U.S. Recovery?
LAW
The prospect of castration for a sex offender raises questions about when the law can invade the body
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
William Wegman's dog photos are funny; his paintings can be too. But a new show of his work raises the question, What's left when the laughs are over?
Fantasy Island (Books)
Lots Of Skin, but No Heart (Cinema)
Miles in The Morning (Television)
Jeff Zucker, Today's 26-year-old wunderkind producer, turns the show into -- surprise! -- a happy family
Return To Weimar (Cinema)
Seattle's The Real Deal (Music)
With bands like Nirvana and Queensryche blitzing the charts, the Puget sound is the hottest in rock
Truth Potion (Books)
PEOPLE
Whoever takes the Oscar for Best Director, JOHN SINGLETON, the first black and the youngest person ever nominated, is already a winner