Vol. 144 No. 25
COVER
Newt Gingrich sets off a race to cut government spending for the poor, but he may be misreading America's mood
Reining in the Rich (Cover Stories)
The costliest welfare load isn't for the poor, it's for the well-to-do
NATION
Dispatches (Chronicles)
Getting Home for Christmas
Getting Out the Wrecking Ball (The Administration)
Clinton struggles to beat the G.O.P. at its own game. Now, if someone will notice . . .
Health Report (Chronicles)
Inside Little Rock (Chronicles)
Turning Up the Flame Under Whitewater
One Man's Meeting ... (Chronicles)
The Big One That Did Not Get Away of the Week (Chronicles)
The Week December 4-10 (Chronicles)
These You Can Get on Dec. 24. (Chronicles)
Vox Pop (Chronicles)
Winners & Losers (Chronicles)
WORLD
Though the government moves slowly to erase the ravages of apartheid, a quiet revolution is under way
Next, a Cold Peace? (Diplomacy)
Relations between the U.S. and Russia are rapidly turning sour
SCIENCE
The world's largest dam is under way in China, but it won't solve the country's giant energy problems
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A backlash against college drinking grows as a new study documents the damaging effects on all students
SOCIETY
Amid new revelations about Susan Smith, a town mourns her sons and braces for the trial
Patriot Games
Irate, gun-toting white men are forming militias. Are they dangerous, or just citizens defending their rights?
TECHNOLOGY
The fate of 3DO -- and the course of the video-game industry -- could be decided in the next few weeks
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Newt's Believe It or Not
Time (Contents)
Contents Page December 19, 1994 -- Vol. 144 No. 25
Time Masthead December 19, 1994 -- (Masthead)
Vol. 144, No. 25
BUSINESS
Orange County files for bankruptcy after losing big on high-risk investments
LAW
Heidi Fleiss's stiff three-year sentence has feminists, sympathizers and even some of her jurors in a furor
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A new two-CD set of live British radio performances displays pop's premier group growing from imitators to assured artists
Every Atom Is a Cathedral (Arts & Media / THEATER)
Physics, espionage and love drive Tom Stoppard's Hapgood
Imagine: a Cow in a Gown! (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Plus bad-attitude gargoyles, secret messages and other delights in a Christmas choice of books for kids
Pre-Bananas (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
Woody's back -- the funny one
Revered in Film and Feminism (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Scathing Guitars, Pretty Tunes (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
On Vitalogy, Pearl Jam, America's dominant rock group, once again delivers an impressive mix of power and melody
Sex! Controversy! Box Office! (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Basic Attraction? No. Fatal Instinct? No. It's Disclosure, in which Michael Douglas again plays the victim of one hot broad
Speaking Volumes (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A selection of holiday gift books that celebrate beauties, beasts, bric-a-brac, bygone eras and modern buckaroos
Stiletto Heel (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Robert Altman sends a hate letter to the fashion industry
Transcendental Meditation (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Winona Ryder stars in Little Women, an entrancing version of a classic that, despite its gentility, speaks right to our time
Triple Jump (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
TLC Follows Up Its Platinum Debut with a Fine, Slinky Cd
Wagner Meets Cocteau (Arts & Media / OPERA)
Philip Glass's La Belle et la Bete audaciously combines film and music to create a beautiful, superbly integrated work