Vol. 144 No. 4

COVER

Battle for the Soul of the Internet (TECHNOLOGY)
The world's largest computer network, once the playground of scientists, hackers and gearheads, is being overrun by lawyers, merchants and millions of new users. Is there room for everyone?

NATION

Chronicles (Chronicles)

Communist Autarchy Successor of the Week (Chronicles)

Going Wild (National Parks)
Overrun by visitors and blighted by development, the national parks try some drastic remedies

Health Report (Chronicles)

Informed Sources (Chronicles)

Inside Washington (Chronicles)
The White House Searches for Intelligence

Neil Armstrong, You've Just Walked on the Moon -- What Are You Going to Do Now? (Chronicles)
Only 12 men have set foot on the moon. Today, 25 years after Neil Armstrong's first step, they are scattered about the country. Not all of them are aerospace consultants or evangelical Christians.

(Chronicles)

The Beatification of St. Stephen (Chronicles)
A grueling grilling for the Supreme Court nominee by the Senate Judiciary Committee

The Week July 10-16 (Chronicles)

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)

WORLD

An Island Full of Fugitives (Haiti)

Back to the Ussr? (Former Soviet Union)
Not really, but election results in Belarus and Ukraine reflect a desire to move closer to Moscow

Bridging the Divide (Middle East)
Plans for an Israel-Jordan summit in Washington herald another step toward peace in the region

Exodus From Rwanda (Africa)
The fighting seems to be over. But the wholesale flight of Hutu foreshadows new and different tragedies.

Struggling with Imperial Debris (Former Soviet Union)

Threat and Defiance (Haiti)
Clinton and Cedras keep pounding the war drums, but both sides quietly hope for a peaceful way out

SCIENCE

And Will We Ever Return? (Space)

Jupiter's Inferno
A comet's violent collision with the giant planet is proving spectacular

Why We Went to the Moon (Space)
On the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11, TIME's correspondent at the Kennedy White House tells how the quest began

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Hitting the Great Divide (Health Care)
The abortion issue, mostly ignored for months, suddenly threatens the outlook for Clinton's plan

SOCIETY

Out of the Line of Fire (Crime)
Alarmed by teenage violence, cities campaign to keep kids off the streets

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

The Political Interest
How the Chicken Got Loose

Time (Contents)
Contents Page July 25, 1994 -- Vol. 144 No. 4

Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead July 25, 1994 -- Vol. 144, No. 4

BUSINESS

Can This Man Get a Job?
Barry Diller's own partners sink his bold effort to join forces with CBS

Fly It? They Own It (Companies)
Now that United Airlines employees have bought control, can they do what it takes to run it?

Nice Guys Finish First? (Commerce)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Furthermore (Arts & Media / BOOKS)

Growing Up Roosevelt (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A dispiriting look at the disaster-plagued clans of T.R. and F.D.R.

Miracle Surgery (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
When a big movie like Speed or Wolf has an ailing screenplay, Hollywood calls in the script doctors

Pranks and Populism (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
The director of Roger & Me brings his satire to prime time

Soggy Saga (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A Russian's novel is a bad imitation of a Russian novel

Style Victims (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
A subversive British import, Absolutely Fabulous, debuts

The Reluctant Virtuoso (Art & Media / MUSIC)
Pianist Van Cliburn returns to the stage, enigmatic as ever

SPECIAL SECTION

Hell and High Water (Disasters)
Freakish rains flood three Southern states, leaving damage that Georgians compare to Sherman's march

TO OUR READERS

To Our Readers

LETTERS

When Violence Hits Home (Letters To The Editor)

ESSAY

Time for a Little Panic