Vol. 144 No. 15
COVER
African-American art has had a long history, but its latest flowering may be the most promising of all
The Beauty of Black Art
Free of old constraints, African Americans spark a stunning cultural movement
NATION
Like It Oughta Be In these last (and very rainy) days of Japanese major league baseball, all eyes were on the Central League's embattled first-place Yomiuri Giants:
Chronicles (Chronicles)
Corporate Casualty of the Week (Chronicles)
Health Report (Chronicles)
In the Eyes of Newt (Congress)
The minority whip has his sights on a G.O.P. takeover of the House
Inside Washington (Chronicles)
If It's One for the Road, Make It Ovaltine
Name That Operation (Chronicles)
(Chronicles)
News, Culture, Controversy on the Internet
Raw Data (Chronicles)
Speaker (Congress)
Foley's Folly
The High Price of Gridlock (Congress)
Lawmakers head home to voters who appear primed to punish Democrats for the mess in Washington
The Week September 25 - October 1 (Chronicles)
Tough Time for Teddy (Congress)
Undue Hardship (Chronicles)
Vox Pop (Chronicles)
Winners & Losers (Chronicles)
WORLD
Clinton could face another showdown as Pyongyang backtracks in the nuclear negotiations
In The Midst of Trouble (Haiti)
Maybe Next Time (Bosnia)
Izetbegovic proposes a six-month delay in lifting the arms embargo -- saving Clinton a hard policy decision
Walking a Thin Line (Haiti)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A psychiatrist argues in books and on TV that drugs don't help the mentally ill. His critics say he's crazy
The Souls That Drugs Saved (Medicine)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Harold Bloom has some strong ideas on what people should read, and why
The Political Interest
Hope Grows in Harlem
Time (Contents)
Contents Page October 10, 1994 -- Vol. 144, No. 15
Time Masthead (Masthead)
September 10, 1994 -- Vol. 144, No. 15
BUSINESS
Doing business in China means spawning imitators; will American companies get gypped in the end?
The Devil's in the Derivatives
Exotic securities spread financial wreckage across the country in the wake of interest-rate hikes
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
With his vast, enthralling Pulp Fiction, director Quentin Tarantino gives Hollywood a welcome jolt
A Monster to Be Despised! (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Not any more. Now schlock auteur Ed Wood is a brand name
Ex-Hoofer Colyumnist Gets Big Biog (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Walter Winchell, scourge of Reds and press agents, was the Big Brother of tabloid gossipmongers
Fast Pitch (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Albert Brooks is hilarious in the best baseball comedy ever
Just Keeps Rollin' Along (Arts & Media / THEATER)
Make-believe at its best, Hal Prince's lavish Broadway staging of Show Boat brings back the glory of Jerome Kern's music
Sketchbook (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Barry Lopez explores the edges of the natural world
Small Wonder (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
From Argentina, a poignant, often funny family fable
The Debris Is Piling Up (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A Polish journalist takes the measure of a defunct empire
Why Quiz Show Is a Scandal (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
The rigging of Twenty-One is juicy material, but Robert Redford's film opts for easy TV bashing
SPECIAL SECTION
The Baltic ferry Estonia sinks with the loss of more than 900 lives