Time Magazine Contents Page NOVEMBER 15, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 20

TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 8

CHRONICLES 27

MILESTONES 35

POLITICS: A Shoot-Out over NAFTA 38

In a risky face-off, the White House takes on Perot

Mexico Opens Up: Free trade is already here 40

Money Angles: Can six U.S. Presidents be wrong? 47

ELECTIONS: An Anti-Incumbent Mood 49

Increasingly skeptical voters demand measurable results

The Political Interest: More Republicans on the way 51

THE SENATE: No Privacy for Packwood 53

Did he use his position to get a better divorce settlement?

INVESTIGATIONS: The Company They Kept 54

A look at the Clintons' ties to a dubious banker

CALIFORNIA: Arson at Malibu 58

The manhunt goes on for "wild-land fire setters"

EUROPE: Blood Feud 65

The discovery of HIV-tainted supplies sets off a panic

UNITED NATIONS: Peacekeeping in Pieces 66

Trouble with money, manpower and management

ISRAEL: Jerusalem's Political Earthquake 67

After 28 years of compromise, a hard-line mayor takes charge

DEFENSE: Volunteers from the East 68

Does it make sense for the Warsaw Pact states to join NATO?

COVER: God's Billy Pulpit 70

At 75, Billy Graham is America's perennial deus ex machina, sweeping in to lift up those befuddled by modernity. But what will happen to evangelism when he passes from the scene?

Graham Speaks: On angels and messages from God 74

The Succession: A son may also rise 77

CRIME: When Life Imitates Rap 81

Does gangsta demand rappers who are nasty by nature?

ENVIRONMENT: Don't Drink the Water? 85

It may not be as safe as most Americans think

MEDICINE: Dr. Death Goes to Jail 89

Fighting for the right to die, Kevorkian vows to fast behind bars

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Show Business: The western's back, but not the West of old 90

Books: Four veteran crime writers show how it's done 97

A black leader at war with racism and his divided self 98

Theater: Is Tony Randall's troupe an ego trip -- or more?

An epic vision of the urban nightmare 100

Entertainment: Comic Sam Kinison howls from the grave 103

Music: Prime cuts from Meat Loaf in Bat Out of Hell II 104

Cinema: Al Pacino is a rehabbing gangster in Carlito's Way 106

Hollywood: The death of River Phoenix stuns Generation X 111

PEOPLE 113

ESSAY 114

COVER: Photograph for TIME by Gregory Heisler

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