Time Magazine Contents Page January 18, 1993 Volume 141 No. 3

THE WEEK 16

38

COVER: 'Til Death Do Us Part

Battered women who fight back and kill their abusers rarely succeed in making the case that they acted in self-defense. But that standard is changing, as a growing clemency movement argues that they have been punished enough.

24

HEALTH CARE: Someone Call a Doctor!

As costs zoom, the President-elect is pressed for quick action

27

CLINTON'S PEOPLE: The Tinseltown Twosome

TV's hottest sitcom pair serve as friends and image makers

28

CONGRESS: A Beginner's Bumpy Ride

New Senator Moseley-Braun gets caught in controversy

29

THE POLITICAL INTEREST: Here Comes Gridlock II

Clinton's posture on the deficit is chutzpah writ large

32

UNITED NATIONS: Under Fire

Boutros-Ghali can't keep ahead of the new world disorder

35

CHINA: Unspeakable Crimes

Did cannibalism occur during the Cultural Revolution?

36

ASIA: Why Can't the West Be Like Singapore?

! The price of paradise is authoritarian social engineering

46

LAW: Be Sure to Press the Save Button

The White House loses a battle over electronic mail

47

TECHNOLOGY: The Ultimate Box

How Trip Hawkins hopes to change home electronics

48

SCIENCE: What Is the Cosmos Made Of?

Astronomers strive to illuminate the mystery of dark matter

50

PERSONAL FINANCE: All in the Family

Baby boomers are earning the old-fashioned way: inheritance

52

PROFILE: Roger Clinton Has a Record Deal

But he remains haunted by a brother's seeming anointment

55

RELIGION: A Heavenly Vision in Georgia

Promises of a message from the Virgin Mary draw thousands

56

CULTURE: The Passing of Two Peerless Stars

Rudolf Nureyev and Dizzy Gillespie transformed their art

REVIEWS

BOOKS Murdoch catches the tycoon but misses the man 58

A tough, disturbing account of teenage gang life 58

MUSIC Shawn Colvin sings songs of remorse and resilience 59

THEATER Black history linked to today's multiculturalism 60

SHORT TAKES 65

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS 4

PUBLISHER'S LETTER 12

GRAPEVINE 15

MILESTONES 23

PEOPLE 67

ESSAY 68

COVER: Photograph for TIME by Donna Ferrato -- Black Star; inset, photograph courtesy Rita Collins

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