Vol. 144 No. 7

NATION

Culture of Deception (Whitewater)
A tale of manipulation emerges from the fog of testimony -- and a new special prosecutor arrives

Informed Sources (Chronicles)

Inside Washington (Chronicles)
Conventional Wisdom -- No to New York

Map (Chronicles)
New Yorker vs. National Enquirer

Monitor (Chronicles)
Three Days of Peace, Music and Hee Haw

Newlyweds of the Week (Chronicles)

The Axman Cometh (Whitewater)

The Week July 31 -August 6 (Chronicles)

Vox Pop (Chronicles)

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)

WORLD

Death To the Author (Bangladesh)
As Muslim mobs demand her death, a writer faces government charges

Ferry Tales (Cuba)
Castro threatens to flood the U.S. with refugees

Invasion on Hold (Diplomacy)
The U.S. is nose to nose with Haiti, but Clinton has not yet decided how or when to intervene

Jane Austen She's Not (Bangladesh)

The Swagger of Defeat (Rwanda)
In exile, the Hutu army is stealing food, intimidating refugees and plotting a return to power

Thieves in the Night (Bosnia)
Defiance and desperation drive Bosnian Serbs to raid a U.N. arms depot and provoke a NATO air strike

Uncivil Disobedience (Nigeria)
Striking workers and street rioters hope that economic chaos will topple the military regime

SCIENCE

Dante Tours the Inferno
A slipup mars a robot's successful foray into a volcano. Is Dante ready to explore the planets?

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The 95% Solution (Health Care)
As Clinton's reform heads for a cliffhanger, he turns it over to George Mitchell

SOCIETY

Apologists For (Crime)
Murder The FBI launches a probe of abortion-clinic violence, shining a spotlight on extremists who defend homicide

The Poorest Place In America
Lake Providence's poverty is extreme and, despite civil rights progress, too familiar in the South

RELIGION

A Sexual Showdown
Will the bishops of the Episcopal Church tacitly embrace the new morality?

Laughing for the Lord
Revivalist fervor has invaded the Church of England

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Public Eye
One Woman's Fight to Fly

Someone's on The Line (Fraud)
Telephone companies struggle to disconnect wily thieves who rip off cellular customers

The Political Interest
Slippery Hillary

Time (Contents)
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Time Masthead August 15, 1994 -- (Masthead)
Vol. 144, No. 7

BUSINESS

Come Together, Right Now
Entire industries, from railroads to banks, are being reshaped by a round of mergers that make the '80s look tame

Whittling Down (Entrepreneurs)
An ambitious media mogul sheds projects as he struggles to keep his education-reform project alive

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Chef's Ballad (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
A comedy shows the link between food and love

Clear and Present Thriller (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
The latest Tom Clancy adaptation is forceful and even coherent

Coleridge Baedeker (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A travel writer searches for the sources of Kubla Khan

Die Wagneren: A True-Life Opera (Arts & Media / MUSIC)

Gods and Gold (Arts & Media / MUSIC)

I Was a Teenage Teenager (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
The boys hot-rod and grope the girls, the girls get pregnant and go to prison in a series inspired by teen Z movies of the 1950s

Now Batting for the Oss... (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A biography traces the life of Moe Berg, major leaguer and spy

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ESSAY

Why Not Kill the Baby Killers?