Down on the Downtrodden (Cover Stories)
Newt Gingrich sets off a race to cut government spending for the poor, but he may be misreading America's mood

Reining in the Rich (Cover Stories)
The costliest welfare load isn't for the poor, it's for the well-to-do


Dark Matter (Chronicles)

Dispatches (Chronicles)
Getting Home for Christmas

Getting Out the Wrecking Ball (The Administration)
Clinton struggles to beat the G.O.P. at its own game. Now, if someone will notice . . .

Health Report (Chronicles)

Inside Little Rock (Chronicles)
Turning Up the Flame Under Whitewater

One Man's Meeting ... (Chronicles)

The Big One That Did Not Get Away of the Week (Chronicles)

The Week December 4-10 (Chronicles)

These You Can Get on Dec. 24. (Chronicles)

Vox Pop (Chronicles)

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)


Making Their Own Miracles (South Africa)
Though the government moves slowly to erase the ravages of apartheid, a quiet revolution is under way

Next, a Cold Peace? (Diplomacy)
Relations between the U.S. and Russia are rapidly turning sour


Taming the River Wild (Environment)
The world's largest dam is under way in China, but it won't solve the country's giant energy problems


Higher Education: Crocked on Campus (Health)
A backlash against college drinking grows as a new study documents the damaging effects on all students


It Did Happen Here (Crime)
Amid new revelations about Susan Smith, a town mourns her sons and braces for the trial

Patriot Games
Irate, gun-toting white men are forming militias. Are they dangerous, or just citizens defending their rights?


Playing for Keeps
The fate of 3DO -- and the course of the video-game industry -- could be decided in the next few weeks


The Political Interest
Newt's Believe It or Not

Time (Contents)
Contents Page December 19, 1994 -- Vol. 144 No. 25

Time Masthead December 19, 1994 -- (Masthead)
Vol. 144, No. 25

The California Wipeout
Orange County files for bankruptcy after losing big on high-risk investments


A High Price to Pay
Heidi Fleiss's stiff three-year sentence has feminists, sympathizers and even some of her jurors in a furor


Becoming the Beatles (Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
A new two-CD set of live British radio performances displays pop's premier group growing from imitators to assured artists

Every Atom Is a Cathedral (Arts & Media / THEATER)
Physics, espionage and love drive Tom Stoppard's Hapgood

Imagine: a Cow in a Gown! (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Plus bad-attitude gargoyles, secret messages and other delights in a Christmas choice of books for kids

Pre-Bananas (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
Woody's back -- the funny one

Revered in Film and Feminism (Arts & Media / CINEMA)

Scathing Guitars, Pretty Tunes (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
On Vitalogy, Pearl Jam, America's dominant rock group, once again delivers an impressive mix of power and melody

Sex! Controversy! Box Office! (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Basic Attraction? No. Fatal Instinct? No. It's Disclosure, in which Michael Douglas again plays the victim of one hot broad

Speaking Volumes (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A selection of holiday gift books that celebrate beauties, beasts, bric-a-brac, bygone eras and modern buckaroos

Stiletto Heel (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Robert Altman sends a hate letter to the fashion industry

Transcendental Meditation (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
Winona Ryder stars in Little Women, an entrancing version of a classic that, despite its gentility, speaks right to our time

Triple Jump (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
TLC Follows Up Its Platinum Debut with a Fine, Slinky Cd

Wagner Meets Cocteau (Arts & Media / OPERA)
Philip Glass's La Belle et la Bete audaciously combines film and music to create a beautiful, superbly integrated work


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