October 12, 1992 | Vol. 140 No. 15

Head to Head (Cover Stories)

In a TIME exclusive, top advisers for Bush and Clinton square off in a feisty exchange over whose plan is more likely to fix the broken economy

Perot's Number Two (Cover Stories)

Shock Treatment (Cover Stories)

Perot's budget proposal wins raves for its honesty, but many economists fear the timing is wrong

Three-Ring Political Circus (Cover Stories)

Perot's return -- and the specter of trilateral debates -- jolts a race that was looking like a Clinton blowout. But will the final results change?

Perot: Who's in Charge Here? (Cover Stories)

Having burned his bridges with the professionals that ran his earlier campaign, Perot now calls his own shots with the help of hand-picked cronies

Are You Out There, Ross? (Grapevine)

As GM Goes . . . (Grapevine)

Don't Want to Talk About It (Grapevine)

Friendly Fire (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

Friendly Fire

Temporary Relief (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

Temporary Relief

Film At 11 (Grapevine)

Film At 11 (Grapevine)

Hot Potatoes (The Week: Nation)

The Democrats keep tossing touchy bills at the White House

Last Call (The Week: Nation)

Pork-Barrel Defense Policy (Grapevine)

Scorecard: Oct. 12, 1992 (Grapevine)

The 33-Day Three-Legged Race (The Week: Nation)

Perot's back in, the debates are on, and the campaign pace picks up

Vox Pop: Oct. 12, 1992 (Grapevine)

Where's Jimbo? (Grapevine)

Who's On Trial? (The Week: Nation)

The cover-up defense in an Iraqgate trial gets its day in court

Death (The Week World)

Follow The Money (The Week World)

Operation Green Ice breaks up the Cali cartel's financial network

It's Official: The System Works (The Week World)

Brazil impeaches its President and will try him on charges of corruption

Psst! Want to Buy A Factory? (The Week World)

Russia's program to issue shares in its economy gets off to a tepid start

Talks, At A Price (The Week World)

A deal freeing terrorists brings the A.N.C. back to the table South Africa.

The Wet-Clay Protest (Middle East)

As the peace talks progress, a fresh union of Palestinian rejectionists hardens its efforts to demolish the negotiations

Murder At Ugar Gorge (The Balkans)

One lucky survivor recounts to TIME a Bosnian tale of horror -- the summary execution of more than 200 Muslims

The Green Factor (Environment)

Does protecting the planet destroy jobs? Bush says yes, Clinton says no, and their running mates fight it out on the stump

A Question of Color (The Week Health & Science)

Treatable ills cause the gaps in U.S. infant-mortality rates

Building A Better Keyboard (Health)

Crippled by Computers (Health)

As more U.S. workers spend their days at keyboards, hand injuries and lawsuits are multiplying

How the West Was Cooked (Food)

Minimaps For Human Cells (The Week Health & Science)

Scientists provide the first guides to two chromosomes

Some Like It Hot (Food)

The virile chile -- the food that bites back -- has branded itself deep into America's palate

Tilting At Sacred Cows (The Week Health & Science)

A group of doctors bad-mouth milk, shaking up parents and pediatricians

Where Have You Been? (The Week Health & Science)

Late by about a decade, a missing comet finally streaks into view

Back To Bakke (The Week: Society)

Berkeley's law school agrees to change its admissions procedures

Death Sentence (The Week: Society / Et Cetera)

Death Sentence

Finishing Line Always Royal (The Week: Society)

Garthathon (The Week: Society)

School Of Hard Knocks (The Week: Society)

Some stations have pretty liberal definitions of educational television

Your Money Or Their Lives

Patient advocates are learning from AIDS activists how to work the system

Al Gore' s O.K., You're O.K. (Environment)

America Abroad: Greece's Defense Seems Just Silly (America Abroad)

Greece's Defense Seems Just Silly

Money Angles: The Dividends For Quitters (Business)

The Dividends For Quitters

The Magistrate of Morals (Ideas)

There's a lot to criticize in grimy pop culture, but critic Michael Medved is the wrong man for the job

The Political Interest: Why Bush Welcomes Perot (The Political Interest)

Why Bush Welcomes Perot

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