Time Magazine Contents Page NOVEMBER 1, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 18

TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 8

CHRONICLES 17

MILESTONES 23

DIPLOMACY: Is Haiti Worth Fighting For? 26

The U.S. may not have the heart or capacity to instill democracy

Political Interest: Clinton takes the safe course 29

POLITICS: Bright New Lights 30

A new breed of pragmatic mayor takes charge at city hall

New York Blues: Voters bemoan the current slate 32

EDUCATION: Classroom Crusaders 34

The religious right muscles in on local school boards

GOVERNMENT: Revolving Doors 36

The influence peddling Clinton vowed to stop is rising again

CRIME: Searching Through the Wires 43

A missing child is sought on the information superhighway

LAW: Hitting Back, Not Too Hard 46

Why Reginald Denny's attackers got off relatively light

YOUTH: Did a Movie Kill Michael Shingledecker? 49

Politicians say yes; the folks in Polk are not so sure

ETHICS: The Teacher's Dubious Association 51

A school ponders the fate of a pedophile with a clean record

THE ECONOMY: Ignition Problems 52

Slowly, but not so surely, business is beginning to pick up

MONEY ANGLES: Miracle on Wall Street! 53

Now there's fat-free cheese and commission-free stock trading

RETAILING: What's Killing Downtowns 56

A backlash against Wal-Mart and other discount retailers

SECURITIES: Chipping the Rock 57

Prudential agrees to pay back hundreds of millions of dollars

COVER: The Mouths That Roar 60

Populist right-wing king Rush Limbaugh and populist wild man Howard Stern have millions of listeners -- and new mega-best sellers. They're surfing the same part of the zeitgeist.

Impolitic Publishing: The feisty woman behind both stars 66

SCIENCE: The $2 Billion Hole in the Ground 69

Why the death of the Texas supercollider was inevitable

ENVIRONMENT: Lukewarm Attack on Global Warming 71

Clinton's "action plan" has good ideas but no teeth

Recycling: The White House aims to clear the paper jam 71

HEALTH: The War of the Rose Hips 73

Is the FDA trying to take away your vitamins?

MEDICINE: Marching Against Breast Cancer 74

Does lobbying for research save lives or waste money?

CHILDREN: Orphaned by AIDS 76

How will thousands of kids cope without Mom or Dad?

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Entertainment: Touchy-feely thrills in virtual reality 80

Theater: A new Show Boat runs aground

Twilight of the Golds fumbles a great idea 84

Music: Was John Cage a genius or a crackpot? 87

Cinema: A thriller through a child's eyes

The return of A Streetcar Named Desire 90

Books: More mush from Robert James Waller 95

Dance: The Joffrey sets ballet to a street beat 99

PEOPLE 101

ESSAY 102

COVER: Illustration for TIME by Mark Fredrickson

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