September 21, 1992 | Vol. 140 No. 12

Folklore in a Box (Cover Stories)

Having It All (Cover Stories)

Actress Candice Bergen leads a life that Murphy Brown could envy

Sitcom Politics (Cover Stories)

As Murphy Brown prepares to zap Dan Quayle, TV draws fire for its 'liberal bias.' Do the charges have merit?

A Legacy of Contempt (Intelligence)

As a former CIA officer awaits retrial, his case tells a cautionary tale about the agency's responsibilities to Congress

Banana Peels (Grapevine)

Campaign Quiz (Grapevine)

Hawaiian Punch (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

Hawaiian Punch

Playing Post Office (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

Playing Post Office

For The Man Who Has Everything (Grapevine)

Four Days in Hell (The Week: Nation)

A kidnapper pleads guilty to the brutal $18 million Exxon extortion scheme

Getting Down To Business (The Week: Nation)

At last the race is focusing in on an issue voters care about: the economy

Heading for A Grilling (Grapevine)

No Miracles Yet (The U.S. Campaign)

The organization is tighter, the decisions come quicker, but Baker is still struggling to inject a much needed jolt into Bush's re-election campaign

Remember Ross? (Politics)

The avowed noncandidate tantalizes supporters and worries rivals with hints of an October surprise

Sound Like Good Republicans to Me (Grapevine)

Vox Pop: Sep. 21, 1992 (Grapevine)

What Did Bush Know? (The U.S. Campaign)

With Friends Like These ... (Grapevine)

You Call That Nothing? (Grapevine)

Africa: A Day in the Death of Somalia (Africa)

Beefing Up the Bosnian Brigade (The Week World)

Foreign troop commitments deepen after an unprotected U.N. convoy is attacked

The Nays Have It (The Week World / Et Cetera)

The Nays Have It

Lose Some, Win Some (The Week World)

Yeltsin gives Tokyo the cold shoulder but warms up to Taipei

Some Land for Peace (The Week World)

Israel signals that it is ready to make a territorial deal with Syria

World: Sep. 21, 1992 (The Week)

Violence In Ciskei (The Week World)

Another South African bloodbath may force De Klerk and the A.N.C. to talk

Agriculture: Trouble At the Roots (Agriculture)

New strains of a louse are chewing up California's finest vineyards, but that could lead to better wines someday

Fertility Fix-Up (The Week Health & Science / Et Cetera)

Fertility Fix-Up

Now It's Iron (The Week Health & Science)

Too much of the metal could be a major factor in heart attacks

Transplant Trials (The Week Health & Science)

The baboon liver did fine, it turns out. But the patient, now dead, had the AIDS virus

A League of Their Own (The Week: Society)

Baseball's bosses are back in charge after Fay Vincent resigns

A Savage Story

Suburbia is not immune to the ugliest crimes, like this mother's death in a carjacking

Back on the Block (The Week: Society / Et Cetera)

Back on the Block

Over the Top (The Week: Society / Et Cetera)

Over the Top

Play of The Week ! (The Week: Society)

A jury leaves N.F.L. players licking their chops, owners their wounds

Revenge of the Orphans (The Week: Society)

Jerry Lewis fends off attacks from the disabled folks he has tried to serve

Society: Sep. 21, 1992 (The Week)

Society: Sep. 21, 1992 (The Week)

Is Jesus In the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Newly revealed texts offer tantalizing -- and controversial -- evidence on Christian origins

Pride Of Ownership (Disputes)

In a bid to regain the Kurile Islands, Japan dangles an economic lure, but Moscow is stymied by nationalists who cling to every last Soviet outpost

The Political Interest:The Lies of George and Bill (The Political Interest)

The Lies of George and Bill

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)

September 21, 1992 Vol. 140 No. 12

Time Magazine Masthead September 21, 1992 Vol. 140 No. 12 (Masthead)

September 21, 1992 Vol. 140 No. 12

Keep The Change (The Week: Society)

Automated toll systems promise to save time and money while reducing congestion and accidents