NATION
Clarence Thomas: A Question of Character
Thomas and Anita Hill were both known for truthfulness and integrity -- until now A Real Straight Arrow
A Question of Character
Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill were both known for truthfulness and integrity -- until now A Reputation For Integrity
A Sexual Etiquette Guide
A Woman Who Refused To Join the Party
Hill Vs. Thomas: An Ugly Circus
Into the arena there came two gladiators, fourteen Senators and an audience of millions. But could anyone possibly declare victory when the spectacle was so repellent?
Disarmament Can Cut Both Ways (Grapevine)
Europe's Nuclear-Free Future (Grapevine)
Hasta La Vista, General Sandinista (Grapevine)
If You Don't Get It, Just Forget It (Grapevine)
Office Crimes
In a matter of hours, a new vocabulary of laws and risks and expectations entered the language of the factory floor and the tower suite
Science and Sacrilege Roil the Faithful (Grapevine)
Cover Story: Sex, Lies and Politics
As the nation looks on, two credible, articulate witnesses present irreconcilable views of what happened nearly a decade ago
The Political Interest Shame on Them All
The Stereotypes of Race
Both Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas must overcome realities and myths to get a fair hearing from society
The Ultimate Men's Club
As pampered denizens of a virtually all-male bastion, many Senators were slow to grasp the seriousness of the sexual-harassment issue
Vox Pop: Oct. 21, 1991 (Grapevine)
When Love Letters Become Hated Mail
WORLD
America Abroad
Heading Off a Chain Reaction
Arafat: Don't Count Me Out
Middle East Must We Talk? Now?
As the date for a peace conference nears, Israel and the Arabs show acute discomfort at the idea of being face to face
Haiti: Shifting on Aristide? (World Notes)
Shifting on Aristide?
India: Hide and Sikh (World Notes)
Hide and Sikh
Iraq: Spiking the Big Guns (World Notes)
Spiking the Big Guns
The Philippines: Homecoming Postponed (World Notes)
Homecoming Postponed
SCIENCE
Disposing of The Nuclear Age
The cold war has left the U.S. with mountains of hot garbage and no permanent site for storing it
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Rushing Ddi To Market (Health)
Using Cancer to Fight Cancer (Medicine)
A high-profile researcher plans to inject patients with their own genetically altered tumor cells
When Your Doctor Has AIDS (Health)
Bucking an emotional national crusade, New York decides not to force physicians to tell their patients
SOCIETY
Ask A Satellite For Directions (Living)
Hand-held gadgets that receive signals from space make it harder to get lost
Going Abroad to Find a Baby
The laws of supply and demand have led to a boom in overseas adoption, but the quest can be lengthy, expensive and sometimes morally troubling
Psst! Babies for Sale!
PRESS
Talk About Dishing Up Dirt!
From the folks who bring you the controversial Sassy, a new magazine for the 14-to-20 male set
STYLE & DESIGN
A Grand New Getty (Design)
Architect Richard Meier's model for a sprawling art center shows there's lots of verve left in American modernism
TECHNOLOGY
The World on a Screen
Interactive multimedia could bring a universe of words, sounds and pictures to our fingertips, but today's systems are still a jumble
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 138 No. 15 OCTOBER 21, 1991
Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 138 No. 15 OCTOBER 21, 1991 (Masthead)
Vol. 138 No. 15 OCTOBER 21, 1991
BUSINESS
Employee Rights: Big Brother Comes Clean
Big Brother Comes Clean
Entertainment: The Peacock Gets Plucked
The Peacock Gets Plucked
Scandals: Fiddling Up A Fine Mess
Fiddling Up A Fine Mess
Securities: Now You See 'Em . . .
Now You See 'Em . . .
Financial Services Hitting the Credit Limit
No longer good as gold, American Express struggles to recover from painful attempts to diversify and a slump in card fortunes
Money Angles: It Doesn't Take a Genius to Make a Killing
It Doesn't Take a Genius to Make a Killing
Power Marriage Has Its Privileges
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Critics' Voices: Oct. 21, 1991 (Critics' Voices)
Daydreaming (Theater)
Dead End on Sesame Street (Cinema)
Corrupt and corrosive, the big town may be no place to live any more, but Hollywood still likes to visit
If You Had A Hammer (Books)
Real-Life Davids vs. Goliaths (Show Business)
When amateurs take on the American Gladiators, it makes for a TV show, toys and -- who knows? -- maybe even a movie
Walking Old Tom's Grand Grid (Books)
In faded towns of central Kansas, ghosts and live inhabitants sleep squared to the world, neatly, like accountant's figures