Vol. 139 No. 4
NATION
Political Fiction
American Notes: Food Safety
Troubled Waters
American Notes: Freedoms
Thou Shalt Not Read
American Notes: Political Correctness
There Go the Coat Sales
American Notes: Scandals
Slow-Motion Justice
Barking Like an Underdog Prodded by a right-wing challenger, a folksy, feisty Bush hits the campaign trail with a vengeance
Campaign Quiz (Grapevine)
Cover: Is Bill Clinton For Real?
Anointed -- prematurely -- as the front runner, he remains an enigma: a bold planner but poor manager, a conciliator yet sometime waffler. Still, many Democrats believe he's electable, and that's what
Don't Leave Home, Please (Grapevine)
Hillary Clinton: Partner as Much as Wife
How to Stop Military Leaks (Grapevine)
Jaws: the Next Generation (Grapevine)
Nancy with the Golden Threads (Grapevine)
Nipping At Clinton's Heels
Rival Democrats attack the Arkansas Governor -- and backbite one another -- as they jockey for position in the New Hampshire primary
Not So Fast, Helmut and Kiichi (Grapevine)
The Political Interest
The Self-Making of a Front Runner
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
WORLD
El Salvador
Two Cheers for Peace A treaty may end the bloody 12-year civil war, but prosperity will prove more elusive
Former Soviet Union
The Names They Are A-Changin'
Kuwait's Cleanup
One year later, the country has been almost completely rebuilt, but the psychological scars will take much longer to heal
North Africa A Prelude to Civil War?
To turn back the fundamentalist tide, Algeria's army derails legislative elections and sets up a tense standoff
Rx For Russia: Shock Therapy
Why? Because, says Jeffrey Sachs, you can't cross a chasm in two jumps
World Notes: Georgia
Here He Comes Again
World Notes: Greece
Verdict on Papandreou
World Notes: Israel
The Big Stall
World Notes: Japan
A Scandal by Any Name
Yep, There's Another One
SCIENCE
The $25 Million Bird (Environment)
As endangered California condors return to the wild, the law that saved them is under attack
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Cinema (View Points)
Learning to Accept History
Music: A Bright Star Eclipsed (View Points)
Television (View Points)
Mr. Mouse Goes to Washington
Theater Double, Double (View Points)
Time Magaazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 139 No. 4 JANUARY 27, 1992
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 139 No. 4 JANUARY 27, 1992
BUSINESS
GM chief Robert Stempel accuses Japan of greed and the media of hostility
Business Notes: Banking
Our Man in Washington
Business Notes: Economy
A Hot Tip Topples
Business Notes: Insurance
What's in A Name?
Business Notes: Technology
A Coup for Couch Potatoes
Currently on The Business Shelf
The Workplace
Is Mr. Nice Guy Back? With worker morale shredded by layoffs, some managers are trying kinder, gentler ways to restore competitiveness to American industry
LAW
A rare look inside a juvenile court reveals a system waging a thankless struggle to save society's lost children
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Peering into The Russian Soul (Books)
What Ever Became of NC-17? (Cinema)
It was supposed to take the stigma off the X, but the dispute over a Michael Douglas movie shows how it failed