Vol. 142 No. 24
COVER
Castro's socialist dream has turned into a nightmare. Isolated, hungry, and broke, the country hopes that a touch of capitalism will save it.
NATION
The challenge to American Airlines marks a rising anger among U.S. workers
Bill Clinton, the George Bush of Our Time, Part Ii (Chronicles)
Bridges Of Cedar Bend (Chronicles)
Chronicles (Chronicles)
Clinton Family Values (The White House)
The mansion's redecoration arches a few eyebrows
Dispatches and a Fan Gets a Souvenir (Chronicles)
Health Report (Chronicles)
Informed Sources (Chronicles)
Inside Washington (Chronicles)
Making Up to the Moderates
Making Converts (Chronicles)
Psst! (Labor)
Mr. Clinton Would Like to Speak with You . . .
Sup- Uh, Support! That's Right! Voter Support! (Chronicles)
The Gridlock Breakers (Congress)
Passage of the Brady bill caps a solid season for the 103rd Congress
The Man in the Mire (Investigations)
Michael Jackson is beset by ex-bodyguards' tales and rumors of new trials
The Week November 21-27 (Chronicles)
Up to Their Old Tricks (Congress)
Winners & Losers (Chronicles)
WORLD
Italian voters reject the corrupt, long-entrenched centrists and turn to extremists of the right and left
SCIENCE
Exposed repeatedly to the AIDS virus, a group of Kenyan prostitutes appears invulnerable to the disease
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The deadly virus that emerged in the Southwest last spring has been isolated -- but not tamed
SOCIETY
Bodies of Evidence (Ethics)
A furor arises over the rights of the dead after a German university uses cadavers in car test crashes
Giving the Cold Shoulder
A cruel backlash is building against the homeless, yet a few cities show that innovative programs can help
TECHNOLOGY
Twenty million strong and adding a million new users a month, the Internet is suddenly the place to be
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Masthead DECEMBER 6, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 24 (Masthead)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Balanchine's classic Christmas fantasy finally makes it to the screen, but some of the magic is missing
Angels of No Mercy (The Arts & Media Theater)
Perestroika, the second half of Tony Kushner's AIDS epic, offers sermons and soul searching but scant spiritual redemption
Dead Poses for a Blue Beauty (The Arts & Media Cinema)
Juliette Binoche suffers swankly for a master director
Dolls and Discontents (The Arts & Media Art)
A show at the Whitney Museum highlights the flailing adolescent outlook and weird confessional talent of Mike Kelley
Easing the Sleaze (The Arts & Media Press)
Their style is cheesy, but the hustling tabloid shows have changed TV news. Now they want respect.
Furthermore (The Arts & Media Art)
Furthermore (The Arts & Media Theater)
Making Mischief in Dublin (The Arts & Media Books)
Irish writer Roddy Doyle mimics, maybe too well, a juvenile
Mighty Raters (The Arts & Media Television)
A band of campy Ninja-esque teens takes the lead in kids' TV
Pop Pageant (The Arts & Media Books)
With rich history like this, who needs docudrama?
Punch Lines, But Little Punch (The Arts & Media Theater)
Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor recalls his writing for Sid Caesar and his own early comedies, sans higher ambition
Ted Turner Goes Native Tnt's (The Arts & Media Television)
Geronimo leads off a yearlong series on Indians
The Chaos of Life, Irish-Style (The Arts & Media Cinema)
In a fine Stephen Frears comedy, a fractious family comes to terms with a daughter's unwanted pregnancy and with itself
The Devil's Disciples (The Arts & Media Music)
A bizarre witches' brew of a pop opera, The Black Rider is a triumph for Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs and Robert Wilson
The Gunners Take Aim At Punk (Music)
Metal rockers Guns N' Roses pay tribute to their roots
PEOPLE
The Pope's chief enforcer of doctrine and morals, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger is the most powerful prince of the Church and one of the most despised