Vol. 140 No. 11
COVER
The G.O.P. hopes to gain votes by attacking her as a radical feminist who prefers the boardroom to the kitchen. But the ploy could backfire by alienating working women.
Bellwether in A Storm $ Ohio's Montgomery County, where the candidates are running neck and neck, is an American microcosm (Cover Stories)
The Race in Key Places (Cover Stories)
An exclusive TIME poll shows Clinton well ahead of Bush in the battleground suburban counties where the election will be won or lost
NATION
At last, California has a budget. But nobody's happy.
Et Cetera (The Week: Nation)
Out of the Woods
Grapevine (Grapevine)
He Plays Well in K.C. (Grapevine)
Head Count (Grapevine)
Lightening Up (Grapevine)
No Time for Diplomacy (Georgia)
As hard-line nationalists and separatist ethnic groups tear his homeland apart, Shevardnadze finds that his reputation as a man of peace is on the firing line
Rethinking The Retrial? (Grapevine)
The Mac Attack (Grapevine)
The Week Nation (The Week: Nation)
Untimely Family Ties (The Week: Nation)
Clinton's spell of good press ends as his draft record resurfaces
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
With A Little Help From Some Friends (The Week: Nation)
As Campaign '92 swirls around them, Floridians begin rebuilding
WORLD
In a perilous trip through the countryside, a TIME correspondent discovers that Serbs have swept vast areas clean of Muslims and Croats, but their victory is a hollow one
A Calamitous Plague On All Our Houses (The Week World)
Nicaragua's lethal tsunamis are the latest disaster to hit the planet
Et Cetera (The Week World)
Clearing the Air
Et Cetera (The Week World)
Scrap Metal
Fires in The Night (The Week World)
German right-wingers spearhead scores of attacks against foreigners
What Liberalization? (The Week World)
A dissident's arrest may indicate China is not ready for reform
SCIENCE
Tales From The Crypt
To solve history's mysteries, graveyard sleuths are unearthing the dead and famous
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Transplant Trouble
Grim Fallout from Chernobyl (The Week Health & Science)
Sooner than expected, cancer begins to hit children who were downwind
Is Health Care Too Specialized? (Medicine)
A new report charges that a shortage of primary-care doctors is hurting U.S. medicine
Quake Predictor (The Week Health & Science)
Changes in a geyser's timing may mean the earth is about to move
What Has Four Legs . . . (The Week Health & Science)
A woman's trouble naming animals helps show how the brain works
SOCIETY
A judge finds M.I.T. and the Ivy League guilty of price fixing
Documenting Pain (The Week: Society)
Scared Silent sounds a shocking alarm on child abuse
No "a," Jose (The Week: Society)
Return of The Prodigy (Chess)
A chess bonanza attracts the near mythic but still callow Bobby Fischer
TV's Luminaries Leap All Over the Veep (The Week: Society)
After weeks of criticism, they use the Emmy show to flail Quayle
SPORT
Baseball's owners call for the beheading of an unpopular commissioner. But whether their coup succeeds or fails, the sport will still be in trouble.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
The Curse of the Answered Prayer
The Presidency
Just Wild About Harry
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
SEPTEMBER 14, 1992 VOL. 140, NO. 11
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
September 14, 1992 VOL. 140 NO. 11
BUSINESS
Most of the economic indicators bode ill for Bush in November
Awkward Timing (The Week: Business)
Though apparently over, the GM strike cut into sales -- and profits
Et Cetera (The Week: Business)
Settling an Embarrassing Suit
Get on Board the Sludge Train
The Recycling Bottleneck Everybody's doing it. But where do all those cans and bottles go from here?
LAW
A major confirmation fight is brewing over the replacement of a federal judge who was a civil rights hero
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bonjour, Tristesse (Books)
Broadway's Record Year (Reviews Theater)
Grownup Show and Tell (Reviews Books)
Lunatic Enterprise (Reviews Cinema)
Short Takes (Reviews)
TV's Generation Gap (Television)
The new fall programs are rife with angst-ridden baby boomers and fun-loving 20-year-olds. Some shows are witty; many are drivel.
SPECIAL SECTION
Will the government learn from Hurricane Andrew's stormy aftermath?