NATION
Crime: Fire in the Sanctuary (American Notes)
Fire in the Sanctuary
Elections: Pat for President? (American Notes)
Pat for President?
Murders: More Death in The Mailroom (American Notes)
More Death in The Mailroom
Nuptials: A Present From a Prince: A Present From a Prince (American Notes)
A Present From a Prince
American Health Care Condition: Critical (Cover Story)
Millions of Americans have no medical coverage, and costs are out of control. Here are 10 ways to fix what ails us.
Driving Mr. President (Grapevine)
Forward Spin: Nov. 25, 1991 (Grapevine)
Louisiana The No-Win Election
The neo-Nazi and the rapscallion slug it out, and in the end, decency and the pocketbook prevail
Oregon's Value Judgment
Politics Why Bigotry Still Works At Election Time
When politicians rail about crime, welfare or Big Government, they are often really talking about race
The Gulf Will Do Nicely Without the Planes (Grapevine)
The Perks Go on . . . and on . . . and On (Grapevine)
The Political Interest The Abortion Issue -- Again
The Abortion Issue -- Again
Why the Preacher Is a Grinch (Grapevine)
WORLD
America Abroad
Fiddling While Dubrovnik Burns
Cambodia One Step Out of a Nightmare
Sihanouk comes home, bringing with him frail hopes that a U.N.-monitored peace might end his country's tragedy
China: Comes the Evolution
Beijing's gerontocrats want Western trade and investment but are determined to save their system
Terrorism Solving the Lockerbie Case
Two Libyans are indicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 -- but how can Gaddafi's regime be punished?
Austria: Notch One for Nativism (World Notes)
Notch One for Nativism
Kenya: A Death Explained (World Notes)
A Death Explained
South Africa: Culling the Springboks (World Notes)
Culling the Springboks
Soviet Union: Face-Off With Boris (World Notes)
Face-Off With Boris
Yugoslavia The Human Cost of War
After 12 failed cease-fires, Croatians and Serbs are starving and dying -- and wondering why no one stops the bloodletting
SCIENCE
Invasion of The Superbug (Environment)
A voracious insect is chewing its way through California crops, and consumers across the U.S. may pay the price
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Reprieve For Breast Implants (Medicine)
Their safety is unproved, but it's tough to ban something already used by 2 million U.S. women
Short Road to Heart Attacks (Medicine)
Small people are at risk, especially if they are hostile, potbellied, chain-smoking couch potatoes
SOCIETY
. . . But You Were Afraid to Ask
How Safe Is Sex?
When Magic Johnson announced that he had the AIDS virus, he put the risk of heterosexual transmission squarely in center court
The Dangerous World of Wannabes
Magic Johnson's plight brings fear into pro locker rooms across the country and spotlights the riskiest athletic perk: promiscuous sex
PRESS
Blondie, Meet Herb And Marcy
Long shut out of the mainstream, black cartoonists are now livening up the nation's funny pages
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 138 No. 21 NOVEMBER 25, 1991
Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 138 No. 21 NOVEMBER 25, 1991 (Masthead)
Vol. 138 No. 21 NOVEMBER 25, 1991
BUSINESS
Advertising: Battling the Bimbo Factor
Battling the Bimbo Factor
Airlines: Midway's Hard Landing
Midway's Hard Landing
Banking: Hunt for the B.C.C.I. Bunch
Hunt for the B.C.C.I. Bunch
Entertainment: Snow Job From Up North
Snow Job From Up North
Unemployment: A Bit More Cushion
A Bit More Cushion
Money Angles: What George -- and You -- Should Do Next
What George -- and You -- Should Do Next
Organized Crime An Offer They Can't Refuse
Weakened by turncoats and convictions, Mob families are considering a strategic solution: the merger
The Economy Down and Dirty
Washington's easy-credit strategy has been a boon for borrowers, but its inability to start a recovery sends Wall Street into a sudden skid
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Goner from the Git-Go (Show Business)
Last year's fizzled Bonfire is elegized in a book bristling with cruel Hollywood wit
Critics' Voices: Nov. 25, 1991 (Critics' Voices)
Dashing And Demanding (Music)
With a superb new album, U2 reinvents itself
Divorce, Bochco-Style (Television)
CIVIL WARS; ABC; debuting Nov. 20, 10 p.m. EST
Art: It's A Steal (Art)
The world's cultural heritage is being looted by thieves who often have ties to organized crime -- and even get help from the art world
Keep An Eye on the Furniture (Cinema)
The visual voodoo of an Addams Family portrait and the shimmering spell of a Disney cartoon are triumphs of style
Playwright's Own Story (Theater)
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA by Endesha Ida Mae Holland
The 30-Year Writer's Block (Books)
After much advance praise and even more delay, Harold Brodkey finally finishes his long-awaited first novel
The Ghosts of Studio B (Books)
PEOPLE
Father Of The Child Within: JOHN BRADSHAW (Profile)
JOHN BRADSHAW, the leading guru on the self-help circuit, claims that we must all come to grips with our unhappy childhoods