Vol. 140 No. 8
COVER
Tense and frosty, the President explains his predicament, blames Congress for his inaction at home and hits the press for sending the campaign to the gutter
No Glitz, No Glamour (Cover Stories)
Armed with little but airtime, C-SPAN hopes to show Dan Rather a thing or two about election coverage
Rot on the Right (Cover Stories)
G.O.P. Conservatives Win a Rhetorical Victory, But Deprived Of Reagan's leadership and the Soviet enemy, their fractious movement is in disarray. Some look beyond Bush for a new champion.
The Best Days of Their Wives (Cover Stories)
Though still the adoring spouse, Barbara Bush speaks her mind on abortion, thus joining Marilyn Quayle in sharing the spotlight -- and the microphone --with their husbands
The Fight of His Life (Cover Stories)
As he embarks on his last campaign, George Bush calls in an old friend to help him come from behind. Jim Baker now must do what so far Bush has not: explain exactly what the President stands for and w
The Political Interest (Cover Stories)
Reading Between The Lines
NATION
California's Governor breaks the silence on the budget deadlock
A Turbulent Approach Coming into Houston (The Week: Nation)
The President struggles with awkward issues as Jim Baker comes aboard
Et Cetera (The Week: Nation)
Asbestos Blues
Great Moments in History: (The Week: Nation)
He Didn't Give at the Office (Grapevine)
How Sweet It Is (Grapevine)
If We Win, Count Me Out (Grapevine)
The Bar Leans Left (The Week: Nation)
After the A.B.A. takes some liberal stances, it hears again from Quayle
Title Search (Grapevine)
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
Wanted: A Suborbital Pied Piper (Grapevine)
Welcome To Houston! (Grapevine)
Word Watch (Grapevine)
WORLD
No More Mr. Nice Guy (The Week World)
Shevardnadze declares war on Georgia's rebels
No Peace in Kabul (The Week World)
Rockets rain down on the capital, leaving thousands of casualties
Slow Call to Arms (The Week World)
The Security Council implies force can be used, maybe, as a last resort
Will Food Finally Move? (The Week World)
Amid doubts, the U.N. will send troops to open starving Somalia's main port
You Take $10 Billion, I'll Take California (The Week World)
Bush and Rabin make a deal and mark a new era of good feelings
WAR & TERRORISM
Whether all the tales of savagery are true or not, people act as if the worst is yet to come.
SCIENCE
Recent quakes in California may have stirred the San Andreas Fault, setting it up for the long-dreaded Big One
Warning: You Have 30 Seconds . . .
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Tuberculosis Advance
Funding Faster Relief (The Week Health & Science)
A new proposal would beef up the FDA by allowing it to charge user fees
SOCIETY
Have archaeologists found the burial site for the priest who judged Jesus?
Hard Lessons (The Week: Society)
A federal court says schools are not responsible for sexual abuse of pupils
The Week Society (The Week: Society)
Underground History (The Week: Society)
Builders uncover a huge burial ground for African-American slaves
TECHNOLOGY
Kodak's new Photo CD system offers casual shutterbugs their first glimpse of a revolution that is sweeping the world of photography
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Why Bosnia Is Not Vietnam
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
August 24, 1992 Vol. 140 No. 8
BUSINESS
Build It, and They (Will) MIGHT Come
America's cities play sucker to big-league team owners who look for taxpayers to finance the fields of their dreams
Do Bad Guys Walk? (The Week: Business)
Insiders charge that the S&L cleanup agency is letting friends off easy
Have We Got a Deal for You (The Week: Business)
North America's leaders must now sell free trade to their own people
The Week Business (The Week: Business)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Dealer With A Hot Hand (Reviews Books)
Getting There The Hard Way (Reviews Music)
Midsummer Night's Spectacle (Theater)
Shakespeare is a reliable summer hit, especially performed outdoors. So why is he a hard sell under a roof in winter?
Short Takes (Reviews)
Vile Bodies (Reviews Books)
MISCELLANY
Starting Fresh (The Week Miscellany)