Time Magazine

TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 8

CHRONICLES 13

MILESTONES 21

COVER: The Threat from North Korea 24

After months of playing diplomatic chicken, the U.S. and the U.N.

are preparing to clamp economic sanctions on Pyongyang. If Kim has

the atom bomb, will he fight to keep it?

Money Pipeline: Where Kim gets his hard currency

The Political Interest: Sanctions have their uses

War Games: Some say the North wins; the Pentagon says no way

RWANDA: The Pall of Death 36

As Tutsi rebels advance, the country's agony stands revealed

BOOK EXCERPT: Toward a Bolder Japan 38

Politician Ichiro Ozawa's Blueprint shows how to get there

D-DAY: Made in the U.S.A. 48

Helping hands back home ensured victory in Europe

CONGRESS: Follow the Leader 50

Dan Rostenkowski is indicted -- and Congress too?

Government: The half-truth of demosclerosis

LAW: A Stubborn Scourge on the Highways 54

Many unlicensed motorists drive anyway, with tragic results

LABOR: When Workers Get Mad 56

After decades of decline, American unions are lumbering back

TECHNOLOGY: The Great Pirate Roundup 62

Will the crackdown curb illegal software duplication?

RELIGION: The Latter-Day Saints Come Marching In 65

In spite of a gerontocracy, the Mormon Church thrives

JUSTICE: Out of the Closet, Back in the Military 66

A court orders the reinstatement of a lesbian colonel

MEDICINE: The Return of Thalidomide 67

The drug is increasingly useful but dangerous as ever

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Opera: The new house at Glyndebourne is handsome, and the singing and

socializing are as glorious as ever 68

Theater: Alan Ayckbourn's bottomless bag of tricks 70

Design: In Paris a Frank Gehry building has troubles 72

Cinema: If only all summer movies were as good as Speed 74

Books: Mario Vargas Llosa on his attempt to lead Peru 75

Music: Spike Jones' orchestrations called for pie pans 76

Sport: Are baseball hitting records going, going, gone? 79

PEOPLE 81

ESSAY 82

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