Vol. 140 No. 23
NATION
A mutinous meeting of freshman House members falls flat
Bored in The Hood (Grapevine)
Bush's Economic Present for Clinton Signs of strength raise second thoughts about stimulus (The Week: Nation)
Come On Down! (Grapevine)
Creative License | (Grapevine)
Et Cetera (The Week: Nation)
Et Tu, Mainers?
November Bust (The Week: Nation)
A Senate report finds no evidence of a hostage deal, but questions remain
Running Out the Clock (Grapevine)
Situation Wanted (Grapevine)
Transition Watch (Grapevine)
Vortex Of Misery (The Week: Nation)
A string of freak tornadoes spins a deadly dance across the U.S.
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
Women Strike Back (The Week: Nation)
Packwood is the latest Senator to be accused of sexual misconduct
Word Watch (Grapevine)
WORLD
Russia requires money and expertise beyond what even the richest donor nations can provide. But the West should still do more.
A Mind of Their Own (The New Russia Culture)
On their voyage of reinvention, Russians grapple with the centuries-old question of what their national destiny should be
A Miracle Wrapped in Danger (The New Russia Special Report)
Democracy has come to Russia, but the imperfect and fragile system must still achieve three revolutions at once
An Army Out of Work (The New Russia The Military)
Defense conversion will produce a painful metamorphosis
Cracks in The Dike (The Week World)
The Cuban trade blockade exhibits signs of strain
Death of the Dream (The New Russia Views)
Not much is different for the young boy building a blast furnace in the Russia of 60 years ago and the youthful coke oven tender who labors in the same factory today
Et Cetera (The Week World)
Back to Democracy
Et Cetera (The Week World)
Not Even a Nice Try
Foiled Again (The Week World)
Another coup attempt fails, but Perez still faces an unhappy Venezuela
Forgotten Tragedies (The Week World)
Holding Russia's Fate In His Hands (The New Russia Politics)
( In the absence of real democratic institutions, the nation's politics revolves around one man: Boris Yeltsin
Into The Breach (The Week World)
The U.S. offers its forces to defend Somali relief supplies
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia hoped the end of communism meant the beginning of a wonderful life, but now many people are COLD AND FED UP (The New Russia The Baltics)
Not On Ireland's Soil / Voters reject abortion at home as they reproach Fianna Fail (The Week World)
Nuclear Time Bombs (The New Russia Environment)
Not only is Chernobyl still a danger. So are many similar reactors, sunken submarines and radioactive waste dumps.
The Circle of Hate Widens (The Week World)
Germany's xenophobes may be targeting more than asylum seekers
The Dark Forces (The New Russia Opposition Groups)
Hard-liners who want to turn back the clock are steadily gathering strength
The New Gulf Arsenal (The Week World)
Iran's massive weapons-buying spree makes the West wary
The Unfulfilled Promise of Reform Means That Working-Class Families Are Just Scraping By (The New Russia Finances)
The Week World (The Week World)
The Winter of Discontent (The New Russia Special Report)
Triumph of the Spirit (The New Russia Culture)
Change has also meant challenge for these five Russians, who are blazing new trails and making a difference in the lives of people around them
While Bosnia Suffers Serbs block relief columns and continue to defy U.N. flight bans (The Week World)
Why It Still Doesn't Work (The New Russia Economy)
Free enterprise is stalled in the clash between reform and reaction.
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Saving Skin
Fortified Bread (The Week Health & Science)
The FDA considers adding a B vitamin to flour to help prevent birth defects
Not Crystal Clear (The Week Health & Science)
Zero-gravity protein is no reason to build a space station, say scientists
Parkinson's Progress (The Week Health & Science)
Three new studies show that fetal-tissue transplants do help patients
SOCIETY
The head Guardian Angel admits some of his heroics were lies
Marge's Mouth (The Week: Society)
The Cincinnati Reds' owner sparks a furor over alleged racial remarks
There Goes Dr. Death (The Week: Society)
Again Jack Kevorkian aids in the suicide of another critically ill woman
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
December 7, 1992 Vol. 140 No. 23
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
December 7, 1992 Vol. 140 No. 23
BUSINESS
A Big Six accounting firm pays $400 million for being too easy on S&Ls
Defense Contracting For the Future (The Week: Business)
Martin Marietta and GE show how to survive in a shrinking market
Gas Tax (The Week: Business)
No Tea Party Here (The Week: Business)
Upstart Vs. Wall Street (The Week: Business)
A high-flying computer outfit fights accusations that it cooked the books
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Fascinating Friction (Reviews Music)
Mad, Bad and Dangerous (Reviews Music)
Short Takes (Reviews)
The Physicist As Magician (Reviews Books)
The Weird and The Yucky (Reviews Books)
Vive Le Moviemaking! (Reviews Theater)