It's Finally Perfect (At Least for Some) Time's Economists Say Only The
Fed can wreck the expansion

Thanks But No Thanks, Mr. Prez

We're No. 1, and It Hurts
The U.S. outruns the world, but some workers are left behind


A Democrat Who Flies High (Elections)

And Gandhi Never Got One (Chronicles)
The selection of sometime terrorist Yasser Arafat as a co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize is the latest reminder that the honor often goes to leaders with less than Gandhi-like resumes.

Battle of the Buzz Words (Chronicles)

Besuboru Like It Oughta Be (Chronicles)

Chronicles (Chronicles)

Governors on the Run (Elections)
If big-name Democrats fall in the largest states, the loss of local clout will hurt Clinton in '96

Health Report (Chronicles)

Inside Washington (Chronicles)
Not Exactly the Most Coveted Job in D.C.

Laureates of the Week (Chronicles)

Presidential (Chronicles)
Batting Averages

The Week October 9-15 (Chronicles)

They Wouldn't Know a Mole If It Bit Them (Intelligence)
Classified reports show how ineptly the CIA handled Aldrich Ames, its most damaging turncoat in decades

Vox Pop (Chronicles)

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)


A Show of Strength (Iraq)
Clinton's charge sends Saddam into retreat, but taming him is another matter

Deliverance (Haiti)
Jean-Bertrand Aristide's triumpant homecoming in Port-au-Prince is also turning out to be a welcome foreign policy victory for Bill Clinton

Great Expectations (Haiti)
While the poor are bewitched by dreams of peace and plenty, the rich are preparing for an apocalypse

Murderers of Peace (Israel)
Islamic foes want the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier -- and its tragic outcome -- to kill peace negotiations

Orange Light for Peace | (Northern Ireland)
Protestant paramilitary groups announce they will join the Irish Republican Army in observing a cease-fire

Ruble Or Rubble? (Russia)
After the fall: the struggle continues over Russia's postcommunist economy


A Royal Pain in the Wrist (Health)
Computer injuries are mounting, big lawsuits are looming, and now the government is set to step in

How You Can Avoid Repetitive Strain Injury (Health)


Remains of the Day (Cults)
The leaders of the Solar Temple are among the dead in the mass murder-suicide, but many mysteries linger


For Whom the Bell Curves (Ideas)
A new book raises a ruckus by linking intelligence to genetics and race

The Political Interest the Cost of Removing Saddam

Time (Contents)
Contents October 24, 1994 -- Vol. 144, No. 17

Time Masthead (Masthead)
October 24, 1994 -- Vol. 144, No. 17

A Studio Is Born (Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
The new unit formed by Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen tosses Hollywood into a tizz

A Woman's Wit and Heart (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
On a new CD, Mary Chapin Carpenter works the dark corners

And Then There Was One (Arts & Media / PRESS)
After two decades on PBS, Robert MacNeil decides to leave the respected but troubled NewsHour

Anglican Woe (Arts & Media / THEATER)
David Hare makes you care about the Church of England

Failed Mopers (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
There is one alternative band that can't help being joyful

False Hoops (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
In a thrilling documentary, two kids struggle to be No. 1

Golden, But No Glitter PBS Takes a Fresh Look At (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
Paddy Chayefsky's realism

Hey, Nanni (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Moretti's Caro Diario is a breezy trip toward mortality

Missing in Contemplation (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Tim O'Brien, perhaps the best writer of fiction about Vietnam, deals with it again in a novel that is brave and often brilliant

Oh, Forget It (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Was a remake of An Affair to Remember necessary?

Radio Active (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
George Lucas tests the limits of high-pressure narrative

Silent Partner (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
The other half of Steely Dan finally makes his solo debut


Bittersweet Honors (Nobel Prizes)
Behind the awards: tales of pain, lost promise and recognition too long deferred


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