Vol. 142 No. 9
NATION
Oprah Springs Eternal
Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful; Feel Sorry for Me (The Week)
Health Report (The Week)
Informed Sources (The Week)
Looking on the Bright Side . . . (The Week)
News Digest August 15-21 (The Week)
On Hollywood and Vineyard (The Presidency)
The natives are restless as Bill, Hillary and Chelsea begin their summer vacation
Prognosis: Expensive (The Week)
Raw Data (The Week)
The Board vs. the "Babe" (Civil Rights)
A businesswoman's sex-bias lawsuit takes aim at a new target: the top ranks of corporate America
Vox Pop (The Week)
Well, the Boss Doesn't Care (The Week)
Winners & Losers (The Week)
WORLD
Buckingham bric-a-brac: a tourist finds Rubens, a suburban throne, electric heaters and mints
The U.S. Thinks So, and Has Outlawed The (Sudan)
Islamic state for harboring and training fundamentalist militants
WAR & TERRORISM
Star Wars suffers another blow with charges that an antimissile test was faked
SCIENCE
The world's first empire may have been doomed by a volcano and an epic dry spell
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Doctors and patients are in on scams that could bust Clinton's health budget
The (Medicine)
Ultimate Choice An operation to separate the Lakeberg twins was surely compassionate -- but was it wise?
SOCIETY
The harrowing tale of a stalwart kidnapping victim who managed to make it out alive
Tinkering with Madness (Ethics)
Did a UCLA experiment deliberately allow a schizophrenic to fall into a severe relapse?
PRESS
NBC's investigative series continues to make news -- about itself
RELIGION
Islamic militants prove they will use any means to overthrow Mubarak's secular government
TECHNOLOGY
A cheap, lightweight rocket could make the shuttle obsolete
Stealth Cruise
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page AUGUST 30, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 9 (Contents)
Time Magazine masthead AUGUST 30, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 9 (Masthead)
BUSINESS
LAW
Robert Altman's acquittal shows the perils of criminal prosecution ! in the complex B.C.C.I. scandal
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Call in The Smarm Police! (Cinema)
Dirt From The Old Sod (Books)
Late Night With Just About Everybody (Television)
Little Big Girl (Books)
New Dave Dawning (Cover Television)
After 11 years, David Letterman is the man of the hour in late night. Now if he can only learn to enjoy it.
Spectator (Books)
Ted Goes Hollywood II
The Last Songwriter (Music)
What Becomes a Legend Most? (Music)
A flood of kitsch and concerts gives Maestro Bernstein an Elvis-like resurrection