Vol. 142 No. 1

COVER

A New World for Spies
The Soviet dragon may be dead, but the realm of intelligence remains filled with a variety of poisonous snakes

Blasts From the Past

Striking Back
Convinced that Saddam really did try to assassinate George Bush, Bill Clinton ordered a measured reprisal -- and helped himself in the bargain

The Terror Within
The low-rent, loosely organized plot to bomb New York City demonstrates a deadly new threat to America's public safety

Why Not Just Deport Him?

NATION

A Marriage of Convenience (Politics)
Perot's dalliance with the G.O.P. gives Clinton grief, but in the end it may hurt Republicans too

Debts Medicare Cuts Won't Cure (The Week)

Health Report (The Week)

Informed Sources (The Week)

Love, Honor and Obey (The Week)

Maybe We Should Try a Raffle (The Week)

News Digest June 20-26 (The Week)

Not for Attribution (The Week)

Raw Data (The Week)

Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Sleepy -- and Carlo (The Week)

The Week (The Week)

The World's Greatest Deliberative Body (The Week)

Vox Pop (The Week)

Winners & Losers (The Week)

WORLD

A Passage from Petit-Trou (Haiti)
Forced to return by U.S. policy, the residents of a Haitian village discover only new depths of despair

Born-Again Pols (Japan)
Can the breakaway team from the country's ruling party deliver on a promise of true reform?

SCIENCE

Fini To Fermat's Last Theorem (Mathematics)
History's most celebrated math problem is solved at last

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Safer Sleep (Health)
European studies show the risk of crib death can be dramatically reduced by placing babies on their back

PRESS

Seagal Under Siege
Facing a blistering profile in Spy magazine, movie star Steven Seagal counters by suing the writer for slander

RELIGION

Sex and The Single Priest
The clerical calling has been sullied by scandal, but what is the church willing to do to reform?

TECHNOLOGY

How At&T Plans to Reach Out and Touch Everyone (Cybertech)
Aggressive and acquisitive, it's not just a phone company anymore

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

How To Run a Movie Studio (Spectator)
Will Eastwood help Columbia Pictures recover from its Schwarzenegger trauma?

The Woman in the Cloth Coat (Remembrance)
Never fond of the political life, Pat Nixon nevertheless bore her duties gracefully

Time Magazine Contents Page JULY 5, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 1 (Contents)

Time Magazine masthead JULY 5, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 1 (Masthead)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Broadway Her Way (Reviews Music)

Jousting At Memories (Reviews Theater)

Modern Romance (Reviews Cinema)

Phony Arkaeology (Television)
In a pseudo documentary, CBS falls victim to a hoaxer

Some Like It Cold (Reviews Books)

Winning Is the Only Thing (Reviews Books)

Wrong Arm of The Law (Reviews Cinema)

PEOPLE

"We Distorted Our Own Minds" (Interview)
John le Carre, author of The Night Manager, talks about today's spies and his past career in intelligence

And Now, an Embassy of Her Own (Profile)
With glamour, ambition and an insider's grasp of American politics, not to mention a pretty fair art collection, Pamela Harriman takes over as ambassador to France

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

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