"Have We Gone Mad?" (CRIME)
In Milwaukee, a rash of murders provokes a drive to ban handguns

A Mass Murderer's Journey Toward Madness (CRIME)

Beyond the Brady Bill (CRIME)
The future of handgun control is likely to be stringent licensing and curbs on assault pistols


Chronicles (Chronicles)

Health Report (Chronicles)

Informed Sources (Chronicles)

Inside Washington Welfare Reform Returning to the Back Burner? (Chronicles)

Liberte, Fraternite, Hanks (Chronicles)

Long Island: the Suburban Jungle (Chronicles)

Meanwhile, Back at the Soviet Space Program (Chronicles)

Novel Idea (Chronicles)

The Week December 5-11 (Chronicles)

Their Turn to Pay? (The Budget)
Clinton is tempted to cut entitlements, but he may shy away from the battle

Who's Entitled? (Surprise!) (The Budget)

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)


Syria: Back in the Peace Game (Middle East)

What Would Lenin Say? (Russia)
Under a new democratic constitution, Boris Yeltsin will have all the powers of a modern-day czar

When Revenge Comes First (Middle East)
Eye-for-an-eye violence between settlers and Palestinians mocks the idea of coexistence


Blinded By the Light
Physicists take an important step toward limitless clean energy, but the payoff won't come for decades

What Will Nasa Do for an Encore? (Space)
The flight to fix the Hubble Telescope may have been a triumph, but the agency's future is still clouded


The Foie Gras Diet (Food)
Some too-good-to-be-true news for the holidays: a French gastronome says you can eat fat, yet stay slim


Up in Arms (Cover Crime)
A train massacre intensifies the demand for gun control -- and for guns


The Political Interest Clinton's Drug Policy Is a Bust

Time Magazine Contents Page DECEMBER 20, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 26 (Contents)

Time Magazine Masthead DECEMBER 20, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 26 (Masthead)

A Question of Value
Barry Diller wins a crucial court victory, but has the bidding battle made Paramount overpriced?

Put Up Or Shut Up a Gatt Agreement, After Seven Long Years of Talk and Countless Delays, Would Lower Prices and Create Jobs (Trade)


Without a Prayer
The debate over religion in public schools is born again in Mississippi


Waiting for the Verdicts (Trials)
A sensational double-murder case heads for a double jury


A Vision of Judgment (Arts & Media Art)
After a four-year cleaning, Michelangelo's epic fresco at the Sistine Chapel reasserts its power

Finally Ready for Her Close-Up (Arts & Media Theater)
Somewhere between London and Los Angeles, the musical Sunset Boulevard has found its way

Furthermore (Arts & Media Theater)

Furthermore (Arts & Media Cinema)

Importing the Glitz (Arts & Media Sport)
Western cash and marketing techniques have transformed the legendary Red Army hockey team into a hot attraction

Perversities (Arts & Media Cinema)
Down and out in London with an angry, erudite drifter

Putting a Rap on Scrooge (Arts & Media Theater)
A sprawling, contemporary version of A Christmas Carol engagingly sets Dickens' classic in a Washington ghetto

Running (Barely) on Empty (Arts & Media Cinema)
Two attractive stars can't put life into The Pelican Brief

Sequels Aren't Equals (Arts & Media Cinema)
When Hollywood dupes its hits, freshness gives way to formula. These comedy retreads promise more of the same but provide less.

The Duke of Prunes Frank Zappa 1940-1993 (Arts & Media Obituary)

Where Wild Things Roam (Arts & Media Books)
In a lively Christmas crop of books for children, there are dragons, wildebeests, camels, hop frogs -- and a dose of the real world too


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