Time Magazine Contents Page

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COVER: The Royal Mess

After a summer of discontent, Charles and Diana have agreed to go their separate ways, leaving the rest of Britain to wonder how -- and whether -- the monarchy can be saved

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THE TRANSITION: Bill Does D.C.

Clinton blends outsider status with the inside game

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CLINTON'S PEOPLE: A Pro and a Professor

Stephanopoulos and Lake exemplify high-minded savvy

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THE PRESIDENCY: Sorrowful Tidings

Bush's mother dies, another loss in a season of sadness

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BUDGET: Soaking the Foreigners Won't Work

Why Clinton's proposed revenue raiser is a pipe dream

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U.S. MILITARY: Masculine Mind-Set Under Siege

Resistance flares to lifting the ban on gays in uniform

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THE BALKANS: The U.N. Tightens Sanctions

The wrong people are hurting, to no avail

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MIDDLE EAST: Signals from Two Old Foes

Assad and Rabin discuss the intricacies of peace

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BUSINESS: GM's Truck Trouble

Exploding fuel tanks give the automaker a liability nightmare

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SPORT: Tennis' Gutsy Grande Dame

At 36, Martina Navratilova keeps winning -- and speaking out

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SCIENCE: Subterranean Insights

/ From the depths of caves come lessons on ecology and oil

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CINEMA: X-Citement over Malcolm

Spike Lee's movie has special meaning for African Americans

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SHOW BUSINESS: King of the Shock Jocks

Howard Stern is shaking up radio with his raunchy antics

REVIEWS

BOOKS A massive biography of J.F.K.'s lecherous youth 74

CINEMA Home Alone 2 is as entertaining as the original 75

MUSIC Christmas in every style, especially multicultural 76

THEATER London's newest hit is mostly made in America 78

SHORT TAKES 79

DEPARTMENTS

PUBLISHER'S LETTER 4

LETTERS 8

GRAPEVINE 17

MILESTONES 26

PEOPLE 81

ESSAY 82

COVER: Photograph by Tim Graham -- Sygma

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