American Notes: California
Political Fiction

American Notes: Food Safety
Troubled Waters

American Notes: Freedoms
Thou Shalt Not Read

American Notes: Political Correctness
There Go the Coat Sales

American Notes: Scandals
Slow-Motion Justice

Barking Like an Underdog Prodded by a right-wing challenger, a folksy, feisty Bush hits the campaign trail with a vengeance

Campaign Quiz (Grapevine)

Cover: Is Bill Clinton For Real?
Anointed -- prematurely -- as the front runner, he remains an enigma: a bold planner but poor manager, a conciliator yet sometime waffler. Still, many Democrats believe he's electable, and that's what

Don't Leave Home, Please (Grapevine)

Hillary Clinton: Partner as Much as Wife

How to Stop Military Leaks (Grapevine)

Jaws: the Next Generation (Grapevine)

Nancy with the Golden Threads (Grapevine)

Nipping At Clinton's Heels
Rival Democrats attack the Arkansas Governor -- and backbite one another -- as they jockey for position in the New Hampshire primary

Not So Fast, Helmut and Kiichi (Grapevine)

The Political Interest
The Self-Making of a Front Runner

Vox Pop (Grapevine)


American Abroad Terminator 2: Gloom on the Right

El Salvador
Two Cheers for Peace A treaty may end the bloody 12-year civil war, but prosperity will prove more elusive

Former Soviet Union
The Names They Are A-Changin'

Kuwait's Cleanup
One year later, the country has been almost completely rebuilt, but the psychological scars will take much longer to heal

North Africa A Prelude to Civil War?
To turn back the fundamentalist tide, Algeria's army derails legislative elections and sets up a tense standoff

Rx For Russia: Shock Therapy
Why? Because, says Jeffrey Sachs, you can't cross a chasm in two jumps

World Notes: Georgia
Here He Comes Again

World Notes: Greece
Verdict on Papandreou

World Notes: Israel
The Big Stall

World Notes: Japan
A Scandal by Any Name

Yep, There's Another One


Can They Go Home Again? (Environment)

The $25 Million Bird (Environment)
As endangered California condors return to the wild, the law that saved them is under attack


Cinema: A Home-Cooked Tale (View Points)

Cinema (View Points)
Learning to Accept History

Music: A Bright Star Eclipsed (View Points)

Television (View Points)
Mr. Mouse Goes to Washington

Theater Double, Double (View Points)

Time Magaazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 139 No. 4 JANUARY 27, 1992

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 139 No. 4 JANUARY 27, 1992

"I'M Not Asking for Sympathy"
GM chief Robert Stempel accuses Japan of greed and the media of hostility

Business Notes: Banking
Our Man in Washington

Business Notes: Economy
A Hot Tip Topples

Business Notes: Insurance
What's in A Name?

Business Notes: Technology
A Coup for Couch Potatoes

Currently on The Business Shelf

The Workplace
Is Mr. Nice Guy Back? With worker morale shredded by layoffs, some managers are trying kinder, gentler ways to restore competitiveness to American industry


Corridors Of Agony
A rare look inside a juvenile court reveals a system waging a thankless struggle to save society's lost children


Out Of Her League (Books)

Peering into The Russian Soul (Books)

What Ever Became of NC-17? (Cinema)
It was supposed to take the stigma off the X, but the dispute over a Michael Douglas movie shows how it failed


How To Repossess A Life Witty NORA EPHRON takes control by telling her story her way, as a novelist, screenwriter and now as director of a touching new movie (Profile)


From the Publisher (From The Publisher)


Private Lives: How Relevant?