Vol. 142 No. 11
COVER
The pact offers a ladder to climb out of the status quo, but violence, economic failure and a habit of hatred by Israelis and Palestinians could derail the plan
Risking Peace (Cover Stories)
A historic breakthrough by Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers signals the first sign of thaw in a life-or-death struggle
NATION
Dispatches They Want Their MTV Awards (The Week)
Health Report (The Week)
Informed Sources (The Week)
Made in the U.S.a. -- Cheaper (The Week)
Map (The Week)
Most Happy Nation (Polls)
Contentment is . . . pretty hard to find anywhere you go these days -- or so say a bevy of international pollsters
News Digest August 29-September 4 (The Week)
Que Sera, Sera (The Week)
Re-Re-Re-Re-Re-Reinventing Government (The Week)
Silver Linings (The Week)
The Darkness Before the Dawn? (The Week)
Where's Al? (The Administration)
Pretty much in the middle of things, forging a role as reformer, legislative arm twister and adviser in chief
Who's Sorry Now? (The Week)
Last month everybody apologized for past horrors
Winners & Losers (The Week)
WORLD
Battered and bloodied, a historic city clings to the hope of survival
SCIENCE
The Lawyers' Money Pit Superfund was meant to clean up the worst hazards. It hasn't. But billions have vanished in lawsuits. But lawsuits have eaten up gobbled billions of dollars.
TECHNOLOGY
Virtual worlds you can hook into -- and get hooked on -- are the latest rage on the computer networks
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Bureaucratic Horror Show (Reform)
Gorezilla Zaps the System (Reform)
Al Gore seeks to "reinvent government," but beware the bureaucracy's seasoned heel draggers
Hamas: Dying for Israel's Destruction
Settlers: Violence to Do God's Work
Swimming the Oslo Channel
How free-lance peacemakers made history by breaking new ground in the Middle East peace negotiations
Time Magazine Contents Page SEPTEMBER 13, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 11 (Contents)
Time Magazine masthead SEPTEMBER 13, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 11 (Masthead)
BUSINESS
Those hated phone pitchmen are hotter than ever and a surprising bright spot in the economy
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
All in The Families (Show Business)
By George, the King Is Mad (Theater)
A British hit examining George III's lunacy begins a U.S. tour
Fighting The Good Fight (Reviews Television)
Goons Go Gun Crazy (Reviews Cinema)
Marley's Ghost ; (Music)
Loaded with angry lyrics, a reggae revival is spicing up the mainstream and heating up the charts
Mechanics Illustrated (Art)
Comic grace and a needling mysteriousness inform much of Rebecca Horn's eccentric sculpture
Pacific Overtures (Show Business)
In movies and music videos, in fiction and fashion, Asian chic comes to America
Trying To Put It Together (Reviews Music)
Willie Boy Was Here (Reviews Books)
PEOPLE
Supple in tactics but rigid in goals, Ralph Reed tries to give the religious right a softer, modern face