Death and Deceit (Cover Stories)
Two little boys vanished, but hope remained; now, after a stunning confession and a shocking finale, the search is over but the questions have just begun

Parents Who Kill (Cover Stories)
However heinous and unnatural, the crime is an extreme consequence of recognized ills: poverty, child and spousal abuse, mental instability

Stranger in the Shadows (Cover Stories)


Alone in the Middle (Politics)
The President is likely to find the new Congress a sharply divided body, resistant to deal making

Gun-Control Poster Boy of the Week (Chronicles)

Health Report (Chronicles)

Inside Washington (Chronicles)
Desperately Seeking a New D.N.C. Chairman

Mr. Clinton's Neighborhood (Chronicles)

Netwatch (Chronicles)
News, Culture, Controversy on the Internet

Secrets of Campaign Consultants Revealed! (Chronicles)
It's not hard to figure out what candidates are being told to say:

The Week October 30 - November 5 (Chronicles)

Vox Pop (Chronicles)

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)


Fidel's Brother Sets Up Shop (Cuba)
Raul Castro and his loyalists in the military take charge of the country's economic reforms

Reversal of Fortunes? (Bosnia)
With new tactics, an improved arsenal and Croat help, the Bosnian military begins to taste victory


Animal Genocide, Mob Style (Environment)
A new report says organized crime is muscling in on the illegal wildlfe trade

Cretaceous Parenting
A fossil embryo and a nestful of eggs suggest that even the fiercest dinosaurs had a domestic streak


"the Sunset of My Life" (Health)
Ronald Reagan has survived bullets and cancer, but now he forthrightly faces his toughest foe: Alzheimer's

Fertility with Less Fuss (Medicine)
A new technique from Australia may make it easier and cheaper for couples to have test-tube babies


Some Like Them Hot (Crime)
A global lust for dollars and advanced imaging techniques have produced a wave of counterfeiting


The Presidency
Never Safe Enough

Time (Contents)
Contents Page November 14, 1994 -- Volume 144 Number 20

Time Masthead (Masthead)
November 14, 1994 -- Vol. 144, No. 20

Fall of the Collector (Entrepreneurs)
Millionaire Bruce McNall, who parleyed coin trading into a glittering empire, now may go to jail

The New Service Class
The once lowly sector creates plenty of good-paying jobs, but workers with few skills are still left behind


Going Soft on Crime (Law Enforcement)
While California's tough three-strike law falters, prevention programs are keeping kids in line

Now, a Jury of His Peers (Justice)
The prosecution ignores its consultant and finds itself face-to-face with jurors who delight the defense


Divorce Trial (Arts & Media / BOOKS *)
Yet another obsessive tale of getting shucked goes sour

Doglegs of Decrepitude (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
John Updike's fine new book of stories looks at boys grown old

Falling Apart (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
In a skillful first novel, a teen suffers an excess of troubles

Les Formidables (Arts & Media / THEATER)
As the Great White Way continues to dim, off-Broadway glitters

Looking-Glass Philosophy (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
An odd new novel blends mystery with metaphysics

Minimalist to the Max (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
Composer Michael Nyman, the man behind The Piano, has conquered stage and screen -- but not the British critics

New Dawn (Arts & Media / ART)
What shaped the vision of the great Impressionists?

The Unheard Witnesses (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
In a new book, friends and colleagues assert that Clarence Thomas was not the saint his defenders made him out to be

Tomorrow Is Another Yawn (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
An eight-hour sequel to Gone With the Wind, the mini-series Scarlett is twice as long and not half as compelling

Wretch on a Sexual Rampage (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Linda Fiorentino has a ferocious Fling in The Last Seduction


To Our Readers


Memorandum to Woodrow Wilson