Time Magazine Contents Page March 15, 1993 Volume 141 No. 11

THE WEEK 16

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COVER: Faith as a Weapon

From downtown Manhattan to the plains of Texas to the mountains of Bosnia, religious hatred can become a blunt instrument that ultimately destroys believer and nonbeliever alike

26 The Bombing Case: Dumb luck helped a lot

26 The Sheik Connection: Is a blind cleric involved?

36 Waco Drama: Inside the mind of David Koresh

40 The Balkans: When barbarism triumphs over diplomacy

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POLITICS: The White House Turns Up the Heat

Clinton goes to the Hill with a package of carrots and sticks

51

ECONOMICS: Clinton's Trade Enforcer

Mickey Kantor: Not shy about defending American interests

54

PRESS: When Reporters Cross the Line

In a week of remorse, journalists debate their ethics

55

BUSINESS: The Downside of Downsizing

Massive layoffs may end up doing far more harm than good

56

SCIENCE: DNA, 40 Years Later

Watson and Crick reflect on the revolution they wrought

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| LIVING: Honky-Tonk Stomping

Country fans are lining up for the newest nightclub craze

62

CINEMA: Attack of the Blurbmeisters

Movie critics once wrote reviews. Now many write ad copy

63

MUSIC: House of Raunchy Rap

Priority Records signs up rap singers shunned by other labels

64

A Conductor for the Next Millennium: Salonen in Los Angeles

REVIEWS

THEATER The musical of The Goodbye Girl is a mishmash 69

Peter Shaffer brings off a high-risk drama 70

MUSIC Sting's puckish new album rewrites the book of love 70

Why the Nazis never developed an A-bomb 72

BOOKS New meaning to the phrase food for thought 73

SHORT TAKES 75

DEPARTMENTS

PUBLISHER'S LETTER 4

LETTERS 6

GRAPEVINE 15

MILESTONES 23

PEOPLE 77

ESSAY 78

COVER: Computer-altered images: David Koresh from Nine Network Australia; Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman for TIME by Christopher Morris -- Black Star

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