Time Magazine Contents Page AUGUST 30, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 9

PUBLISHER'S LETTER 4

LETTERS 6

THE WEEK 11

MILESTONES 17

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THE PRESIDENCY: Bill and Hillary Hit the Beach

Now it's the Hollywood-and-Vineyard Administration

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HEALTH CARE: Making Sick Profits

Fraud costs billions a year. Can Clinton bring reform?

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DEFENSE: The Ploy That Fell to Earth

Star Wars is further tarred by claims that a test was rigged

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Spies: A new book details the FBI's games with the KGB

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ISLAM: Terror Strikes Again in Egypt

Islamic fundamentalists use any means to overthrow Mubarak

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Sudan: U.S. accuses Khartoum of harboring terrorists

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BUSINESS: AT&T's High Wireless Act

The telephone giant goes cellular in a very big way

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LAW: Behind the Verdict in the B.C.C.I. Scandal

Why lawyer Robert Altman won acquittal

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CIVIL RIGHTS: Don't Call Me "Babe"

A sex-bias suit takes aim at the peak of corporate power

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ETHICS: Tinkering with Madness

Did Greg Aller suffer unnecessarily for the sake of science?

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MEDICINE: Joined by Fate

A Solomonic effort to separate Siamese twins draws criticism

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SCIENCE: How Doom Came to Mesopotamia

Did a volcano and a drought destroy the world's first empire?

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TECHNOLOGY: Lightweight Launch

A cheap rocket could give the space business a boost

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CRIME: Manhattan Hellhole

Executive Harvey Weinstein endured 13 days in a muddy tomb

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PRESS: Dateline Under Fire

NBC's newsmagazine takes another round of flak

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COVER: Dave Gets His Shot

He was passed over for Johnny Carson's job, but now David Letterman is the man of the hour in late-night TV. For this anxious, driven performer, however, success is never fun.

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The Newcomers: Conan and Chevy join the fray

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MUSIC: Bernstein Proves as Immortal as Elvis

A worldwide bash revives Mr. Music with kitsch and concerts

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ROYALTY: Peeking into Her Majesty's Home

A tour combines family portraits with electric heaters

REVIEWS 62

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SPECTATOR: What Makes Ted Turner Run?

The cable-TV mogul buys a chunk of Hollywood -- again

PEOPLE 67

ESSAY 68

Cover: Illustration for TIME by C.F. Payne

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