Vol. 139 No. 26

COVER

Making Sense of the Polls (Cover Story)

The Other Side of Perot (Cover Story)
He surged to the top of the polls although voters knew little about him. Now some cracks are starting to appear in the billionaire candidate's carefully constructed facade.

NATION

A Bar to Peremptory Jury Challenges (The Week: Nation)
The top court is divided by racial issues as the term winds down

Bonner's Air Force (Grapevine)

Boris' Boffo Summit Captures Washington (The Week: Nation)
A forthright Yeltsin goes home with new agreements and more respect

Breaking The Silence (Grapevine)

Dead in The Driveway? (The Week: Nation)
A House bill on voter registration faces a certain, if awkward, veto

Et Cetera Grounded (The Week: Nation)

Et Cetera (The Week: Nation)
Rx FOR URBAN ILLS

Forward Spin (Grapevine)

In His Own Writ (The Week: Nation)
The case against Weinberger comes largely from his personal diaries

It's a Blackboard Jungle Out There (The Week: Nation)

Long Arm of the Law (The Week: Nation)
A decision to uphold an international kidnapping alarms Latin America

Not So Fast, Comrade (Grapevine)

Still Spying After All These Years (Espionage)
After a spate of spy scandals, Moscow says it is cutting back on snooping abroad. But is it bluffing, and can the West afford to drop its guard?

Stop Me If You've Heard This (Grapevine)

The Week Nation (The Week: Nation)

Vox Pop (Grapevine)

WORLD

A Divorce in The Heart of Europe (The Week World)
Czech and Slovak leaders opt for two separate republics

A Life of Solitude (The Week World)

An Irish "Aye" (The Week World)
Ireland's voters calm fears that European integration is in peril

Et Cetera (The Week World)
End of the Hostage Era

This Just In (The Week World)

Township Slaughter (The Week World)

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Is Your Fish Really Foul? (Health)
Reports about toxic contaminants, bacteria and inadequate federal inspection have consumers reeling about the safety of eating seafood

Small Steps Against Big Diseases (The Week Health & Science)
New vaccines may help thwart Lyme disease and AIDS

Taking The Ax to an $8.3 Billion Gizmo (The Week Health & Science)
The House slashes 1993 funding for the superconducting supercollider

SOCIETY

Daring Dreamer (Culture)
Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes celebrates the glory of Hispanic civilization in a new book and TV series

Et Cetera (The Week: Society)
Bad News for Goodfellas

Et Cetera Overdose (The Week: Society)

Facing The Ultimate Priestly Secret (The Week: Society)
A Chicago Cardinal offers a plan to deal with sex-abuse charges

Genius Over Gender (The Week: Society)
This year's MacArthur award winners include a majority of women

Out Is Out (The Week: Society)
A new, more mature magazine for gays and lesbians makes its debut

What The Doctor Should Do
Domestic violence is an epidemic, but physicians say it's not their problem. The A.M.A. disagrees and wants to put them in an uncomfortable new role.

World-Class Couture (The Week: Society)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

America Abroad
End of Empire -- For Good

Hugh Sidey's America Revolution on the Farm
The plow is being displaced by new techniques that protect the land and promise even more abundant crops

The Incredible Shrinking President
With Bush under wraps, Quayle emerges as the Administration's re-election point man

The Political Interest
The Green-Eyed Monsters

Time Magazine Contents (Contents)
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BUSINESS

America's Hamburger Helper
McDonald's gives new meaning to "we do it all for you" by investing in people and their neighborhoods

And They're Off . . . (The Week: Business)
Cheap airfares spur Americans to travel, but they're traveling cheap

Et Cetera (The Week: Business)
Imploding Empire

Futures Shock Are trading floors obsolete? (Markets)
A new system quickens the race toward a global electronic market

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Basilisk On The Red-Eye (Reviews Books)

Holy Terror (Reviews Music)

Short Takes (Reviews)

The Vision of The Squinter (Reviews Art)

Time Capsules (Music)
Saving jazz classics by tuning them to modern ears

What Americans Never See (Television)
The best shows from around the world are screened each year at the Banff Festival. Why do so few of them reach the U.S.?

Where The Buck Stopped (Reviews Books)

PEOPLE

A Bad Case of HEPBURN (Interview)

Symbol Of The New Ireland (Profile)
President Mary Robinson has recharged the spirit of her fractious nation and helped make it part of a modern Europe

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

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