Vol. 144 No. 14

COVER

Evil Is Not Impressed for Very Long (Cover Stories)

One Very Busy Ex-Prez (Cover Stories)

Road to Haiti (Cover Stories)
With Clinton's blessing, Carter cuts a deal with the junta, avoiding an invasion and much bloodshed. Now the problem will be getting out

Taking Charge on the Ground (Cover Stories)
After police beat civilians, the U.S. abandons its pretense of cooperation, seizes control and draws Haitian blood

The Carter Connection (Cover Stories)
Clinton at war has the countenance of Clinton at peace. Or is that Carter?

What Would Make Colin Powell Run? (Cover Stories)

NATION

Attention (Chronicles)
Ambulance Chasers

Besuboru Like It Oughta Be (Chronicles)
Unlike its American cousin, Japanese major league baseball (pronounced besuboru) has two weeks left in its season. Last week's highlights:

Charitable Seductions (Scandals)

Health Report (Chronicles)

I Love Jeddah in the Springtime (Chronicles)

Inside Washington (Chronicles)
Duck! He's Got a Microphone!

Just Happy to See Her (Chronicles)

Keep Out, You Tired, You Poor... (Politics)
Around the country, and especially in California, outrage over immigration is becoming electoral dynamite

Point Man of the Week (Chronicles)

Should the Huffingtons Be Stopped? (Public Eye)

The Week September 18-24 (Chronicles)

They Call Him "Flash" Panetta (Chronicles)
Leon Panetta's anticlimactic though long-awaited shake-up of White House personnel finally took place last week. How long awaited?

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)

WORLD

Remember Sarajevo? (Bosnia)
Winter is coming, the pain and diplomatic absurdity go on -- and the outside world is far away

SCIENCE

One Less Missing Link
Bones from the Ethiopian desert prove that human ancestors walked the earth 4.4 million years ago

HEALTH & MEDICINE

What Triggers Diabetes? (Medicine)
Compelling new evidence suggests a viral infection could be the culprit

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

All My Stepchildren? Or Stepmommie Dearest? (Feuds)
Socialite and Democratic Party stalwart Pamela Harriman is sued by her late husband's kin

Re-Enter the Dragon (Controversy)
Unable to endure a "soft" leadership, the Ku Klux Klan splinters

Time (Contents)
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Time (Masthead)
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BUSINESS

Are Women Too Nice At the Office? (The Workplace)
In her latest book, Deborah Tannen decodes battling gender dialects in the workplace

Jack in the Box
In an interview with TIME, GE's CEO takes on critics who say his eye on the bottom line encourages ethical lapses

EDUCATION

Beyond the Sound Barrier
Deaf Americans are proud that one of their own is Miss America. But can her example apply to them?

LAW

Questionable Judgment (Justice)
A new book says the American jury system is in deep trouble. The O.J. trial is offering a glimpse of why

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

"Little Gifts That Just Happen" (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
Nanci Griffith was never a celebrity, but her wonderfully poetic new album may change all that

Catch-23 (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Joseph Heller resurrects Yossarian and Minderbinder, three decades after the fiction

Cops with Machisma (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Three gritty tough-girl mysteries show how far female thriller writers have moved from old-fashioned teacup rattlers

Fallen Arches (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Lorrie Moore's wispy novel carries unbearable weight

Supermom Shoots the Rapids (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
A smart, spunky Meryl Streep triumphs in The River Wild

That's Entertainment? E.T. Gets a New Challenger, and Show-Biz Fluff Triumphs Again (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)

The Magical Mst Tour (Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 cutups, those demolition demons of bad movies, throw a kooky party for their fans

Voila! (Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
Cirque du Soleil, which reinvented the magic of the big top, brings dazzling theatricality to two glamorous shows in Las Vegas and California

Women on the Edge (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Alice Munro's masterly short stories are richer than most novels

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