Vol. 140 No. 26
COVER
NATION
Et Cetera (The Week: Nation)
Which Doctor?
Extremely Hazardous Duty (Grapevine)
It's The Nuclear Missiles, Stupid (Grapevine)
Leaky Transition (The Week: Nation)
Real appointments often get lost among the hot tips
Lessons in L.A. Law (The Week: Nation)
New violence shows that tensions are high but the cops are ready
Political Exorcism (The Week: Nation)
G.O.P. centrists organize to wrest the party back from the religious right
Professor Bill's Class: Political Economy 101 Clinton's summit played well, but his promises are looking harder to keep (The Week: Nation)
The Search Goes On (The Week: Nation)
A special prosecutor will probe the Clinton passport caper
The Walkman Was Primitive By Comparison (Grapevine)
The Week Nation (The Week: Nation)
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
Whose Job Is It, Anyway? (Grapevine)
WORLD
A Bone for the Dogs (The Week World)
With Gaidar gone, Russian capitalists grow wary of the future
And Who Will Pay? (The Week World)
Despite budget woes, the U.N. plans to send troops to Mozambique
Band on The Run (The Week World)
American college students disgrace their school and flabbergast Japan
Blood And Banishment (The Week World)
Answering five deaths, Israel deports hundreds of Palestinians
Cambodia: the Un's (Souteast Asia)
Biggest Gamble The peace-keepers -- a huge commitment in manpower and money -- are caught in a cross fire as they struggle to resurrect a country
Et Cetera (The Week World)
Courting More Chaos
Et Cetera (The Week World)
Who's in Charge Here?
Into Somalia's Zone of Death (The Week World)
Troops reach famine-struck Baidoa, but the looters still lurk nearby
Just Kidding (The Week World)
Nuremberg In Bosnia (The Week World)
The U.S. proposes war-crimes trials of Serbs and Croats
One Step at a Time (The Week World)
U.S. firms can open offices, but they still can't do business with Vietnam
Selling Spree (The Week World)
The U.S. Commerce chief's Chinese trip reaps contracts and controversy
Seoul Survivor (The Week World)
A fierce South Korean race puts an ex-dissident in the Blue House
The Dilemma of Disarmament (Somalia)
The Gift of Hope (Somalia)
Armed for battle, U.S. Marines find mostly smiles and waves as they fan out into the Somalian countryside
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Bush opts unexpectedly to protect more endangered species
Et Cetera (The Week Health & Science)
Forever Young
Et Cetera (The Week Health & Science)
Oh, to Be in England . . .
This Just In (The Week Health & Science)
What Ailed Tiny Tim (The Week Health & Science)
A literary diagnosis offers a footnote to a classic holiday tale
SOCIETY
Briefs Long Time Coming (The Week: Society)
Briefs So Sue Me (The Week: Society)
Briefs Terms of Endearment (The Week: Society)
Death And Taxes (The Week: Society)
New IRS proposals help the terminally ill cash in life insurance
Mercy's Friend or Foe? (Ethics)
As Dr. Kevorkian takes on the state of Michigan over physician-assisted suicide, he may be undermining his own crusade
U.S. Hispanics Say, Call Us "-Americans" (The Week: Society)
They love their country and want to speak English, a survey shows
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
They Call Him Mack the Nice Everyone loves presidential pal THOMAS MCLARTY now, but wait till he's been chief of staff for a day
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
DECEMBER 28, 1992 VOL. 140, NO. 26
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
DECEMBER 28, 1992 VOL. 140, NO. 26
BUSINESS
IBM announces more layoffs and cutbacks. Will these be the last?
Are America's Corporate Giants a Dying Breed?
Deal of A Lifetime (The Week: Business)
General Motors lures retirees with a batch of brand-new extras
How IBM Was Left Behind
Mainframe computers were its cash cow. Then the industry changed, and Big Blue was just the leader of an obsolete market. Can it ever recover?
Leaning on The Panic Button (Finance)
An executive's best-selling jeremiad about the federal budget deficit is a good scare but a weak prescription
Paddy Power (The Week: Business)
Japan's rice farmers make a last ditch attempt to block imports
The Clear Alternative (The Week: Business)
Colorless products aim to capture the clean generation
The Week Business (The Week: Business)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The first interactive movie asks its audiences to get involved
Look Back In Anger (Reviews Music)
Princess of Deals (The Week Arts & Entertainment)
Short Takes (Reviews)
Star Trek: The Next Frontier (Television)
With a dark, gritty new spin-off, the futuristic cult series moves into uncharted territory
Telling An Inner Life (Reviews Art)
The Ultimate Bah, Humbug! (Reviews Theater)
Trying To Hype History (Reviews Television)
Visions Of Robot-Rats (Reviews Dance)
Well, Shut My Mouth (The Week Arts & Entertainment)
The FCC hits Howard Stern where it hurts: his boss's wallet
Why The Christmas Films Don't Sparkle (Cinema)
Half a dozen releases ignore the rules of keeping audiences entertained. A seventh remembers how.
SPECIAL SECTION
The traditional French cafe is slowly dying out, a victim of le cocooning, le stress and le fast food
Unforgettable Pictures of the Year (Images '92)