Time Magazine Contents Page
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THE GULF: Showdown in the Middle East Rallying support from around the world, George Bush confronts Saddam Hussein, encircles Iraq and Kuwait, and begins to squeeze.
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NATION: As random shootings claim five children's lives, New Yorkers ask, Is anyone safe?
The epidemic of violence poses a tough question: Is David Dinkins up to the job? -- A legendary Florida pol runs for Governor with a quaintly populist message. -- Marion Barry's trial brings a divided verdict.
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INTERVIEW: China's most famous dissident
Fang Lizhi talks about the hope for democracy on the mainland and advises the young that the march toward freedom can be a long one.
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WORLD: Africa decides to lean on Liberia's rebels
As the killing goes on, West Africa and the U.S. reassess their responsibilities in a disastrous civil war. -- The African National Congress suspends its armed struggle.
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ENVIRONMENT: A global water crisis may limit growth
Ever larger human populations are poisoning and exhausting water supplies, leaving the world vulnerable to food shortages and outbreaks of disease. One threat: wars over water.
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CINEMA: Two Jakes is one too many
Jack Nicholson gets lost in the thickets of plot on his way back to Chinatown. -- With Mo' Better Blues, Spike Lee gets mo' worse. -- David Lynch's Wild at Heart is weird all over.
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VIDEO: Comeback for an endangered species
Anthologies have become something of a rarity, but two 90-minute offerings are coming: HBO's version of three modern classics; and Showtime's trio of first films from new directors.
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BOOKS: Someone's in the kitchen for dining
Buenas noshes: a parade of new cookbooks explores the variety of American cuisine, flavored with lots of ethnicity.
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THEATER: Will Broadway miss Saigon?
The most eagerly awaited musical of the new season is endangered in the crossfire between Miss Saigon's producer and Actors' Equity activists who insist on an Asian in the lead role.
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PROFILE: Making a smooth transition to prime time
Handling adulation, famous husband and low-profile kids, Jane Pauley proves you can be supplanted at the workplace by someone younger and survive ever so nicely.
8 Letters
17 Grapevine
56 Ideas
64 Milestones
75 Law
81 People
82 Essay
Cover photographs:Bush by Dirck Halstead
Saddam by Thomas Hartwell