Time Magazine Contents Page MAY 31, 1993 VOL. 141 NO. 22

PUBLISHER'S LETTER 4

LETTERS 9

THE WEEK 15

MILESTONES 19

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THE WHITE HOUSE: The Unkindest Cut

Clinton's bad-hair week symbolizes weightier problems

23

The Political Interest: It's the Job, Stupid

25

CONGRESS: Thunder in the Dome

Clinton's weakness is empowering the Senate

33

The Presidency: How the giants once governed

34

COVER: The Return of Dr. Death

Jack Kevorkian reopens his suicide practice -- and along with it, the fierce debate over how far doctors should go to help patients who want to die

42

Sisters of Mercy: A family copes with suicide

45

CAMBODIA: Under Pol Pot's Gun

The Khmer Rouge take aim at the first free vote in decades

46

IRAN: A Policy with Two Faces

Tehran alternates respectability with terror and lies

46

Exclusive Interview: Rafsanjani advises Clinton

52

BUSINESS: Merging on the Info Highway

A deal sets phone and cable companies scrambling

54

INVESTMENT: Soros Has the Midas Touch

He is also the leading philanthropist in Eastern Europe

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MEDICINE: Brave New Babies

Two infants get replacement genes -- and a chance to be cured

57

HEALTH: Nourishing the Heart

Vitamin E appears to prevent clogging of the arteries

59

HEALTH CARE: The Price of Sanity

Clinton ponders mental-health coverage

61

TECHNOLOGY: How to Have an On-Line Orgy

It's spring on the networks, and sex is busting out all over

62

( TELEVISION: Family Entertainment Is Back

The network fall schedules have that old, familiar look

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CINEMA: Pacific Overtures at Cannes

Hollywood has a supporting role this year

64

SHOW BUSINESS: Hollywood's Unlikely Player

Sliver screenwriter Joe Eszterhas turns gonzo into gold

66

REVIEWS

BOOKS Scott Turow's Pleading Guilty is irresistible. A genial fictional view of a decaying Main Street. THEATER An Irish classic travels well to the Caribbean. MUSIC Perry Farrell's Porno for Pyros takes a wild ride. Steve Reich previews the opera of the 21st century.

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SPECTATOR: From Cronkite to Chung

Network news isn't a white male preserve--or a national ritual

PEOPLE 73

ESSAY 74

Cover: Photograph for TIME by Steve Liss

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