Vol. 140 No. 17
COVER
The discovery of a frozen 5,300-year-old wanderer -- the world's most ancient intact human -- stirs passion and controversy and opens a window on life in the Stone Age
The World in 3300 B.C. (Cover Stories)
In the Iceman's day, Europe was a quiet agricultural backwater. The action was in Egypt and Mesopotamia, where civilization was beginning to flourish.
NATION
Cashing In (Grapevine)
Et Cetera (The Week: Nation)
Tanks a Lot
Hell No, We Won't Go (Grapevine)
Home At Last (Grapevine)
Justice Under the Gun (The Week: Nation)
Nasty questions at the FBI and Iraqgate plague the Attorney General
Living Memorial (The Week: Nation)
Lone Wolf Or a Pack of Lies? (Scandals)
Critics charge that the Bush Administration staged a cover-up by fingering a single bank official for making unauthorized loans to Iraq, and there is mounting evidence that he had accomplices
One From The Heart (Grapevine)
Stop Me If You've Heard This One (Grapevine)
The Campaign Nears Decision by Default (The Week: Nation)
Three debates leave Bush almost out of time to work the miracle he needs
The Democrats: Measuring the Drapes (Washington)
This One's The Real Thing (Grapevine)
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
Washington (Washington)
WORLD
Shevardnadze wins approval to lead Georgia out of war
Contradiction In Terms (The Week World)
China's party congress opts for a freer market but calls it socialism
Egypt's Killer Quake (The Week World)
Over 500 are dead and thousands injured, but the Sphinx survives
Et Cetera (The Week World)
Good Riddance
Et Cetera (The Week World)
Sorry Was Not Enough
Ninety Seconds Of Terror (The Week World)
Moscow releases documents on KAL 007 and a massacre of Poles
Take That, Cristoforo! (The Week World)
Columbus' quincentennial provokes protests throughout Latin America
The Man Who Would Oust Castro (Cuba)
Jorge Mas Canosa hasn't reached his goal yet, but he may be the world's most influential Cuban exile
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Miscarriages are linked to two solvents used on microchips
Danger Overhead (Health)
Two Swedish studies provide the best evidence so far of a link between electricity and cancer
Et Cetera (The Week Health & Science)
Like Brother, Like Sister
Go Slow Off the Joe (The Week Health & Science)
Moderate coffee drinkers can suffer if they give up caffeine too quickly
He's All Ears (The Week Health & Science)
SOCIETY
The case of Anthony Knighton illustrates how a generation born of violence creates a brutal legacy
Finishing Line (The Week: Society)
If You Throw It, He Will Catch It
Queengate Cover-Up (The Week: Society)
Ballot burning robs a student of her title but brings down a principal
The First Real World Series (The Week: Society)
A dramatic finish brings Atlanta and Toronto to an international finale
RELIGION
Catholic bishops are ready to raise a ruckus over pending revisions in the Mass
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Russia v. Gorbachev
The Political Interest
Playing Out The End Game
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
October 26, 1992 Volume 140 No. 17
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
October 26, 1992 Volume 140 No. 17
BUSINESS
The British government all but shuts down a once mighty industry
Anatomy of a Fumble (The Economy)
Bush tries to blame his economic performance on bad advice, but the fault lies more with his own political strategy and his instinct to let the recession fix itself
Arkansas Pecking Order
No single industry has brought more jobs to Bill Clinton's Arkansas than poultry. But most of those jobs are not worth crowing about.
Et Cetera (The Week: Business)
High-Cost High Jinks
Et Cetera (The Week: Business)
Not So Fast, Jack
Forced Disclosure (The Week: Business)
New SEC rules require corporations to come clean on pay packages
The Week Business (The Week: Business)
Who's in The Driver's Seat?
Spooked by GM's losses, the directors are taking charge and considering emergency measures
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bringing Folk Back Home (Music)
An all-star tribute to Bob Dylan and a raft of albums invoke the genre's wild, enduring spirit
Chronicling The Change (Reviews Books)
Conservative Provocateur Or BIG BLOWHARD? (Show Business)
Outrageous and impudent, right-wing multimedia motormouth Rush Limbaugh is the loudest noise in the crucial conversation America is now having with itself
Perilous Journey (Reviews Music)
Punishing The Dream (Reviews Cinema)
Short Takes (Reviews)
Songs of A Street Hustler (Reviews Cinema)
Twisting The Satiric Knife (Reviews Television)
SPECIAL SECTION
Guatemala's Rigoberta Menchu is honored for reminding the world that America's Indians are still persecuted