Vol. 140 No. 6
COVER
How times change. Though the Soviet Union is gone, Washington was once convinced that World War III could break out without warning. Children practiced hiding under desks, parents built bomb shelters, and in case of nuclear attack the U.S. government hoped to save the President and keep the country running by relying on . . . THE DOOMSDAY BLUEPRINTS
Grab That Leonardo! (Cover Story)
Moscow's Secret Plans (Cover Story)
NATION
An Icon Falls in The B.C.C.I. Scandal (The Week: Nation)
Clark Clifford is indicted as a front for the notorious bank
Campaign Quiz (Grapevine)
GM to GE: Japan Does It Better (Grapevine)
Here's The Thing: He Was Rude (Grapevine)
Hung Up on Tailhook (The Week: Nation)
Newly found snapshots add a sordid chapter to the Navy sex scandal
One Degree of Separation (Foreign Policy)
On issues ranging from Yugoslavia to Iraq to Russia, Bush and Clinton share remarkably similar views. The big difference may be in their attitude toward the U.S. as a world leader.
Poison Pen (The Week: Nation)
Scorecard (Grapevine)
Skip The Title (Grapevine)
Steeltown Standoff (The Week: Nation)
In Pittsburgh's 10-week newspaper strike, many side with the unions
The Health Question (The U.S. Campaign)
The Riyadh Connection (Scandals)
Behind the Clifford headlines lurks the real news about B.C.C.I.: growing evidence that the bank provided secret services for Saudis and U.S. intelligence agents
The Terrorist Bounty Hunters (Grapevine)
The Week Nation (The Week: Nation)
What's Wrong With Bush? (The U.S. Campaign)
Nothing -- except a free fall in the polls, a sputtering economy and a near revolt within his panic-stricken party. No wonder his mood is grim.
WORLD
With 1.5 million Somalis facing starvation, the U.N. moves to help
Back From Moscow (The Week World)
East Germany's Honecker returns to a unified land -- and criminal charges
Et Cetera (The Week World)
About Face
Part of The Solution? (South Africa)
Or is President F.W. de Klerk, with his strategy for maintaining white power, now part of the problem?
The Other Player (Iraq)
Bush's political future may depend on how he handles the taunting challenge of Saddam Hussein
Winning Touch (The Week World)
You Blinked! No, You Did! (The Week World)
Iraq and the U.S. step back from the brink -- for now
SCIENCE
In the fight against 100 trillion mosquitoes, the tactics are changing. The new motto: Know your enemy.
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Does Cow's Milk Cause Diabetes? (The Week Health & Science)
It may act as a trigger in some genetically sensitive people
Et Cetera (The Week Health & Science)
Big-Money Save
Et Cetera (The Week Health & Science)
Cancer Vaccine
Et Cetera (The Week Health & Science)
Worthless and Deadly
Journey Into Vietnam's Lost World (The Week Health & Science)
An expedition finds several new creatures, including a kind of goat
Vicious Killer (The Week Health & Science)
SOCIETY
Long neglected and stigmatized, unwed dads learn how to cope with kids -- and life
SPORT
In these so far happy Olympics, even losers seem to count themselves fortunate
Basketball Look For the Silver Lining (Olympics 1992 Summer Games)
It's an exciting tournament -- the one that doesn't include the Dream Team
Gymnastics Ode to Joylessness (Olympics 1992 Summer Games)
The women seemed tense and strained. This time it was the men who were fun to watch.
No Sure Bets (The Week Olympics)
U.S. athletes find the competition keener than anticipated
Swimming An End to Domination (Olympics 1992 Summer Games)
Americans feel the ripples of change as a new wave of swimmers make their marks in the pool
Television How Much Is Too Much? (Olympics 1992 Summer Games)
NBC's TripleCast offered more coverage than ever, but viewers weren't buying
TECHNOLOGY
Computers can't take dictation, but they may already understand speech well enough to take your job
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Amateurs, but Playing Like Pros
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
August 10, 1992 Vol. 140 No. 6
BUSINESS
Less Than Euphoric
Give Me Your Active, Your Affluent . . . (The Week: Business)
How Trade Barriers Hurt U.S. Consumers (Trade)
Megamarket (Trade)
The North American Free Trade Agreement: a $6 trillion market gamble for 363 million consumers
Struggling Back Into the Black Ford and Chrysler make some money for a change (The Week: Business)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Disney-Merchant Ivory alliance blends highbrow with no-brow
Ice-T Melts (The Week Arts & Entertainment)
Facing continuing attacks, the rapper yanks his antipolice anthem
Memphis Blue, Ottoman Gold (Reviews Design)
Rocks on The Royal Road (Reviews Books)
Short Takes (Reviews)
The Last Roundup (Reviews Cinema)