Vol. 140 No. 2

COVER

Halt! Who Goes There? (Cover Story)

The Last Eden (Cover Story)
A trip into a remote African rain forest is a journey back in time to a world where the animals have never encountered humans. Will this treasure be preserved?

NATION

A Close Call (The Week: Nation)
Despite restrictions, the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling is upheld

Abortion the Issue Bush Hopes Will Go Away (U.S. Supreme Court)
But Clinton and Perot will try their best to lure pro-choice voters to their side

Blame It on the Bermuda Triangle (U.S. Campaign)

Dallas On The Line (U.S. Campaign)
As Perot's Texas headquarters attempts to win control of the crusade, many of the candidate's early supporters feel pushed aside

Et Cetera (The Week: Nation)
No Surprise Yet

Inside the Court (U.S. Supreme Court)
Justice Kennedy flipped positions to uphold abortion rights. Why did he change his mind?

Is Bush Losing the Numbers Game? (The Week: Nation)
As the jobless figure goes up, his standing in the polls heads down

Judging Thomas (U.S. Supreme Court)
Clarence Thomas disgusted civil rights activists with an obstreperous first year in which he let the world know just how conservative he could be

Never Put It in Writing (Grapevine)

Not Quite the Big One (The Week: Nation)
But the worst jolt in 40 years gives Californians a real scare

Put Up or Else (Grapevine)

Read My Lips: No Test Ban (Grapevine)

Reso's Last Days (The Week: Nation)
How an $18.5 million kidnapping was botched from the start

State Of Suspense (The Week: Nation)
Sacramento tries a Depression-era gimmick: IOUs to pay its bills

The Struggle Over Who Will Rebuild L.A. (Cities)
Raising the money is only half the battle. South Central's blacks and Hispanics want an end to the practice of redlining and a stake in the action.

The Yo-Yo Has Landed (Grapevine)

They're Not Liberals (Grapevine)

This Sale Is a Mirage (Grapevine)

Vox Pop (Grapevine)

WORLD

A Thin Ray of Hope (The Week World)
In Sarajevo U.N. troops secure the airport to open the way for relief flights

Brother, Can You Spare a Ruble? (Russia)
The capitalist revolution is bringing the plagues of poverty, homelessness and unemployment to Russians, who miss the safety net of the old system

Herd About Mongolia? (The Week World)
The communists win in a landslide as nomadic democrats are cowed

The Dark Side of Spain's Fiesta (Europe)
As Barcelona stages an Olympics and Seville a world's fair, Spain celebrates its comeback. But domestic discontent casts a pall on the party.

The Lady of the House (The Week World)

We Are All Going to Die (The Week World)
Algeria's President is killed just after uttering those words

WAR & TERRORISM

An Officer, Not A Gentleman (The Military)
Though the battle against sexism is now fully engaged, the war will be a long one

Saving Bosnia -- At What Price? (The Balkans)
There is a moral case for intervention, but neither the U.S. nor Europe is ready to shoulder the military cost

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Life for a Life (The Week Health & Science)
The first baboon-to-human liver transplant looks successful so far

Et Cetera (The Week Health & Science)
Brittle Bones

Watch Out, Whales! (The Week Health & Science)

SOCIETY

Et Cetera (The Week: Society)
Pyrrhic Victory?

Stop That Grunt! (The Week: Society)
Is Monica Seles' most formidable weapon her racquet -- or her racket?

The Medicaid Grifters (The Week: Society)
Operation Goldpill uncovers a massive prescription fraud

PRESS

SI And Tina's Newest Act
By picking Vanity Fair's editor to head the New Yorker, S.I. Newhouse hopes to rejuvenate America's best unread magazine

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

The Political Interest
On TV, It's All Deja Vu

Time Magazine Contents Page July 13, 1992 (Contents)
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BUSINESS

C'Est Non! (The Week: Business)
The Pentagon nixes the sale of LTV to the French on secrecy grounds

Et Cetera (The Week: Business)
Going Once, Going Twice . . .

Is This Bird a TURKEY?
A market in, yes, ostriches has taken off. But investors may be in for a hard landing.

Long Arm of The Law (The Week: Business)
A top Saudi banker is indicted in the still simmering B.C.C.I. scandal

Maybe A Swan After All (The Week: Business)
GM's Saturn, once scorned, gets high marks for quality

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

August Sonata (Reviews Cinema)

Minding Their Q's and A's (Reviews Television)

Reviews Short Takes (Reviews Short Takes)

The Right Stuff About The Oval Office (Reviews Books)

PEOPLE

Bringing It All Back Home (Profile)
Author and screenwriter Richard Price returned to his roots to write Clockers, an unblinking tale of black teenage cocaine dealers and the white cops who pursue them

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Ross Perot and the Call-In Presidency