Vol. 139 No. 16
COVER
Terry Reed loves to tell reporters scandalous tales about Bill Clinton and the contras. The trouble is the stories are false.
Questions Questions Questions (Cover Stories)
Clinton appears to be well on his way to winning the nomination, but many voters still have qualms about his character and beliefs
Shifting with The Wind (Cover Stories)
The Political Interest It's Not Going to Be Pretty (Cover Stories)
A high-minded debate of the issues? No way. The roughing up of Bill Clinton has just begun.
NATION
A Worrisome Brand of Japanese Investor (Grapevine)
Buchanan: Going for the Gold (Grapevine)
Clinton Edges Closer, But Doubts Persist (The Week: Nation)
Though bloodied in New York, he's now more than halfway home
Don't Underestimate Perot (Grapevine)
Go Directly to Jail (The Week: Nation)
Noriega faces up to 120 years on eight drug counts
Perot's Army (The Campaign)
Equipped with computers, ball points and high-tech phones, volunteers fight to get their man on the ballot
The Bums Throw Themselves Out (The Week: Nation)
Scandals and frustration inspire an exodus from Capitol Hill
Trouble in The Ranks (Grapevine)
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
Was Gulf War Hardware Oversold? (The Week: Nation)
Pentagon reports raise questions about some weapons' effectiveness
Word Watch (Grapevine)
WORLD
Et Cetera (The Week World)
From Britain's Voters: A Major Surprise (The Week World)
The Tories narrowly survive the war on incumbents in Europe
Fujimori Takes Over (The Week World)
Frustrated, Peru's President shuts down Congress and rules by decree
Miscellany (The Week World)
The Killing Goes On (Yugoslavia)
The Ultimate Survivor (The Week World)
Arafat walks away from a desert crash that kills three others
What's Left of Yugoslavia? (The Week World)
SCIENCE
Do cows cause global warming and human hunger? The fault, dear Jeremy, lies not in our cattle but in ourselves. . .
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Nazi doctor Josef Mengele's remains are finally identified for sure
Look, Ma, No Wheels! (The Week Health & Science)
Catching a plane? Here's a car you can stow in the overhead rack
Whence Beer Bellies? (The Week Health & Science)
Beer, sure, but it's also true that alcohol slows the burning of fat
SOCIETY
A second major sports figure goes public about his infection
Fair Game?
Forced to go public with his most private and painful truth, Arthur Ashe plays out his future in a spotlight
Not-So-Dumb Jocks (The Week: Society)
Duke's men and Stanford's women capture NCAA basketball titles
The Two Sides of the SAM WALTON Legacy (American Scene)
"Stack it deep, sell it cheap, stack it high and watch it fly! Hear those downtown merchants cry!" Wal-Mart employee chant
The Week Society (The Week: Society)
Trojan Horse? (The Week: Society)
Two Years in the Life of An "Unwary Innocent" (The Week: Society)
The Supreme Court bans overzealous sting operations
Voila! Disney Invades Europe. Will the French Resist? (Living)
Want To See Some Secret Pictures? (Culture)
Traditionalists spar with a new leadership over how public the fabled Barnes collection should be
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
It's hard to tell the geopolitical tough guys from the softies
How To Simplify the Crazy Tax Code (Ideas)
Down with the income tax! A growing number of economists say the U.S. needs a consumption levy that rewards thrift and enterprise and cuts down on those maddening forms
Panama -- Just Saying No (Drugs)
Noriega's successors have cracked down on the traffickers, but the U.S. has not yet won its war against the Latin American cartels
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
April 20, 1992 Volume 139, No. 16
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
April 20, 1992 Volume 139, No. 16
BUSINESS
Exasperated by the giant's slide, the board reshuffles the top brass
Et Cetera (The Week: Business)
Showdown On Labor's Front Line (The Week: Business)
The Caterpillar strike could make or break a powerful union
EDUCATION
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Dancing On Graves (Reviews Books)
Folksy Funk (Review Theater)
Kindly Cuts (Review Television)
More Heat Than Desire (Reviews Theater)
Short Takes (Reviews)
Superbly In Synch with Shakespeare (Review Cinema)
The Way We Live Now (The Week Arts & Entertainment)
Pulitzers celebrate a corn-fed Lear and a truly off-Broadway play
PEOPLE
CIA Director Robert Gates talks about Saddam Hussein's still hidden Scuds, the KGB's new goals and declassifying the J.F.K. assassination files
A Player Once Again (Profile)
With a new movie as witty and thrilling as M*A*S*H and Nashville, director Robert Altman makes a provocative comeback