Monday, Jun. 15, 1992
Time Magazine Contents
THE WEEK 20
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COVER: Sam Walton's Story
He decided early to avoid big cities -- and built one variety store into America's largest retailer, one small town at a time. His secret: low prices and relentlessly friendly service.
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U.S. POLITICS: Calling in the Pros
Perot's A-team heightens White House jitters
Clinton's Sax Appeal: His campaign needs a change of tempo
The Political Interest: The anti-insider mood is as old as the nation itself
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RIO SUMMIT: Bush Plays the Bad Guy
Why the U.S. is undermining the global get-together in Brazil
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LOS ANGELES: Life in the 'Hood
Despite the latest truce, the gang problem is growing
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CRIMEA: Ready to Cast Off
Russia and Ukraine bitterly dispute the region's future
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THE PHILIPPINES: Stepping into Cory's Shoes
Short on charisma, Ramos still might have the right stuff
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PALESTINIANS: Life Without Yasser?
Discontent is high, but the P.L.O. has no successor for Arafat
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AMERICA ABROAD: Beware the Three-Way Split
The engine of globalization is sputtering
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BUSINESS: Trading on the Inside Edge
Corporate wheeler-dealers at work and drawing fire
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SCIENCE: What's Wrong with the Weather?
It's snowing in Jerusalem, dry in Seattle and raining in L.A.
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PRESS: Stalking the "Long Island Lolita"
The tabloids turn a crime into a high-gloss morality tale
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HUMOR: Pop Culture Paterfamilias
Publisher William Gaines made ours a Mad, Mad, Mad world
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SHOW BUSINESS: Hip Patriotism
Rock, rap and raising youthful political consciousness
REVIEWS
ART An unloved, unfashionable but unsurpassed sculptor 69
TELEVISION How well have blacks been portrayed on the tube? 70
MUSIC Lyle Lovett's new album is as gaunt as he is 71
BOOKS The Pacific is no paradise, Paul Theroux finds 73
SHORT TAKES 75
DEPARTMENTS
MANAGING EDITOR'S LETTER 4
LETTERS 6
GRAPEVINE 15
MILESTONES 27
PEOPLE 77
ESSAY 78
COVER: Photograph by Steven Pumphrey -- FORTUNE