October 5, 1992 | Vol. 140 No. 14

Dishonest Abe Lincoln (Cover Stories)

America's most revered politician dissembled, waffled, told racist stories and consorted with corrupt politicians -- all in his noble effort to free the slaves and save the Union

The U.S. Political Campaign: Lies, Lies, Lies (Cover Stories)

The current political campaign is erupting in a series of charges and countercharges of dishonesty and deceptions, all of which raise the question, Is anyone around here telling the truth?

The Whole Truth and Nothing But? (Cover Stories)

Call them lies, call them fudges, all three candidates have committed their share

Voters' Guide: How to Tell If a Politician Is Lying (Cover Stories)

All Aboard the Gravy Train (Grapevine)

Better Keep Him in the Tent (Grapevine)

End of an Era (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

End of an Era

For the Record Oct. 5, 1992 (Notebook)

Friends At The White House (Grapevine)

If Not for the Honor . . . (Grapevine)

In For Keeps, or Just for Kicks? (The Week: Nation)

Perot is on the move, while Bush has yet to make a dent in Clinton's lead

Say Three Hail Marys And Watch It (Grapevine)

The Astroturf Movement (U.S. Campaign)

Perot claims that grass-roots supporters are pushing him to run, but in fact he has carefully nurtured -- and bankrolled -- his volunteer network

The Unending War (The Week: Nation)

Senior officials of the Nixon era are still fighting over the POWs

The Week: Oct. 5, 1992 (The Week / Nation)

Three's a Crowd (U.S. Campaign)

As Bush struggles to catch up to Clinton, Perot's threat to leap in from the sidelines complicates the race in its final stretch

Veto Wars (The Week: Nation)

Congress corners the President on family leave and cable bills

Vox Pop: Oct. 5, 1992 (Grapevine)

Zero Tolerance? (The Week: Nation)

A report blasts Navy investigators for bungling the Tailhook inquiry

The Church Triumphant (The Week World / Et Cetera)

The Church Triumphant

War Is Not Healthy (The Week World / Et Cetera)

War Is Not Healthy

Europe's Future Is A Bit Further Away (The Week World)

It now seems unlikely the Maastricht treaty can be ratified by year's end

Exit Day for Collor? (The Week World)

By week's end he may be suspended as President of Brazil

France's Tragic Turn (The Week World)

Imperfect Hindsight (Diplomacy)

Kissinger's critics may be justified in attacking his role in the Vietnam peace talks, but there is nothing to suggest that he was callous toward the fate of POWs

In the Hands Of The People (Europe)

Why Europeans are thinking twice before committing themselves to closer union

Yugoslavia Expelled (The Week World)

The U.N. ousts Belgrade to stiffen its demands for peace in Bosnia

Catching A Bad Gene

In the Tiniest of Embryos A remarkable procedure takes society into the brave new world ofgenetic screening

Application Rejected (The Week Health & Science)

The first attempt to patent human genes is turned down flat

Cork That Volcano (The Week Health & Science)

Ash and particles in the air seem to make the ozone hole worse

Why to Ban Birthdays (The Week Health & Science / Et Cetera)

Why to Ban Birthdays

Tattletale Termite (The Week Health & Science)

Scraps of ancient insect genes solve a long-standing mystery of evolution

The Private Pain of Prostate Cancer (Medicine)

It is killing more and more older men. Will early screening with blood tests make a difference?

A Child Asserts His Legal Rights (The Week: Society)

Gregory Kingsley wins a new family and a new name -- and makes history

A Net Victory (The Week: Society)

Breaking Out, Then and Now

Revisiting his alma mater, a TIME correspondent finds that even for bright, ambitious Chicago youths like Keri Wingo, the obstacles to success are far more formidable than the ones he faced 25 years a

Too Tough on Abortion (The Week: Society / Et Cetera)

Too Tough on Abortion

Lolita Pleads Guilty (The Week: Society)

A Long Island teen faces prison for shooting her alleged lover's wife

Byting Japan

Apple Computer shows how to crack the world's toughest consumer-electronics market

The Political Interest: The Truth About Bush's Hypocrisy (The Political Interest)

The Truth About Bush's Hypocrisy

There Is Hope for Africa (Traveler's Notes)

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)

October 5, 1992 Vol. 140 No. 14