Vol. 142 No. 9

NATION

Dispatches (The Week)
Oprah Springs Eternal

Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful; Feel Sorry for Me (The Week)

Health Report (The Week)

Informed Sources (The Week)

Looking on the Bright Side . . . (The Week)

News Digest August 15-21 (The Week)

On Hollywood and Vineyard (The Presidency)
The natives are restless as Bill, Hillary and Chelsea begin their summer vacation

Prognosis: Expensive (The Week)

Raw Data (The Week)

The Board vs. the "Babe" (Civil Rights)
A businesswoman's sex-bias lawsuit takes aim at a new target: the top ranks of corporate America

Vox Pop (The Week)

Well, the Boss Doesn't Care (The Week)

Winners & Losers (The Week)

WORLD

18 Rms, No Royal Vu (Royalty)
Buckingham bric-a-brac: a tourist finds Rubens, a suburban throne, electric heaters and mints

The U.S. Thinks So, and Has Outlawed The (Sudan)
Islamic state for harboring and training fundamentalist militants

WAR & TERRORISM

The Ploy That Fell to Earth (Defense)
Star Wars suffers another blow with charges that an antimissile test was faked

SCIENCE

Mystery of the 300-Year Drought
The world's first empire may have been doomed by a volcano and an epic dry spell

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Healthy, Wealthy and Fraudulent (Health Care)
Doctors and patients are in on scams that could bust Clinton's health budget

The (Medicine)
Ultimate Choice An operation to separate the Lakeberg twins was surely compassionate -- but was it wise?

SOCIETY

Manhattan Hellhole (Crime)
The harrowing tale of a stalwart kidnapping victim who managed to make it out alive

Tinkering with Madness (Ethics)
Did a UCLA experiment deliberately allow a schizophrenic to fall into a severe relapse?

PRESS

Dateline Under Fire
NBC's investigative series continues to make news -- about itself

RELIGION

Bombs in The Name of Allah (Islam)
Islamic militants prove they will use any means to overthrow Mubarak's secular government

TECHNOLOGY

Bunny-Hopping into Space
A cheap, lightweight rocket could make the shuttle obsolete

Stealth Cruise

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Fun and Games with the Kgb

Time Magazine Contents Page AUGUST 30, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 9 (Contents)

Time Magazine masthead AUGUST 30, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 9 (Masthead)

BUSINESS

The Humongous Hookup At&T Goes Cellular in a Big Way -- and Steals Yet Another March on Its Rivals

LAW

Innocent As Charged
Robert Altman's acquittal shows the perils of criminal prosecution ! in the complex B.C.C.I. scandal

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

By George, a Worthy Rival (Theater)

Call in The Smarm Police! (Cinema)

Dirt From The Old Sod (Books)

Late Night With Just About Everybody (Television)

Little Big Girl (Books)

New Dave Dawning (Cover Television)
After 11 years, David Letterman is the man of the hour in late night. Now if he can only learn to enjoy it.

Spectator (Books)
Ted Goes Hollywood II

The Last Songwriter (Music)

What Becomes a Legend Most? (Music)
A flood of kitsch and concerts gives Maestro Bernstein an Elvis-like resurrection

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Hail to The Vacationer-in-Chief