NATION
California: Too Much Fowl Play (American Notes)
Too Much Fowl Play
Candidates: Then There Were Five (American Notes)
Then There Were Five
Ethnicity: Watch Out For Wisians (American Notes)
Watch Out For Wisians
Job Safety: A Belated Crackdown: A Belated Crackdown (American Notes)
A Belated Crackdown
Get Timothy Dalton for the Part (Grapevine)
Gorby Has Other Irons in the Fire (Grapevine)
Nice Guys Finish Dead (Grapevine)
Organized Crime: A Gang That Still Can't Shoot Straight
When the trigger-happy Colombo family goes to war with itself, innocent bystanders had better look out
Presidential Upchuck Scorecard (Grapevine)
Texas Come Hell or High Water
A deluge shows how overbuilding at the edge of floodplains can put thousands of people at risk
The Other America
Who Could Live Here? Only people with no other choice -- and in Camden that usually means children
The Political Interest: Why Clinton Is Catching On
Why Clinton Is Catching On
The Presidency Motion Sickness
The President's Sounding Board (Grapevine)
The Vice Presidency: Second Look at a Second Lady
Washington is wondering: If Marilyn Quayle became First Lady, would she make Nancy Reagan look good?
Trade and Politics: Mission Impossible
Bush's goal in Japan was jobs, jobs, jobs via greater U.S. sales. What he got was some promises -- and a bug that gave the world a scare.
Vox Pop: Jan. 20, 1992 (Grapevine)
WORLD
Europe: In the Same Boat and Bailing
The Continent is suffering just as much economic pain as the U.S., and the partners will have to sink or swim together
Georgia Descending Into Chaos
Gamsakhurdia flees, clouding his new nation's future and sending a chilling message to the other republics on the state of democracy
Russia: Looking Into the Abyss
Real hunger and fear of a coup stalk the citizens of St. Petersburg
Greece: Striking Back (World Notes)
Striking Back
Iraq: Rumor Mill in Overdrive (World Notes)
Rumor Mill in Overdrive
The Philippines: Is Imelda a Shoe-In? (World Notes)
Is Imelda a Shoe-In?
Yugoslavia: Trying for a Lasting Truce (World Notes)
Trying for a Lasting Truce
SCIENCE
Sizing Up The Sexes (Cover Story)
Scientists are discovering that gender differences have as much to do with the biology of the brain as with the way we are raised
Is Sex Really Necessary?
Making Sense of la Difference
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A Strike Against Silicone (Medicine)
The FDA, citing new safety worries, clamps down on breast implants
Making The Best Choice (Medicine)
TECHNOLOGY
A Pocketful of Miracles
Hand-held books with batteries are one bright spot in what looks like a gloomy year for consumer electronics
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 139 No. 3 JANUARY 20, 1992
BUSINESS
Finance: The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right
Retailing: Shrinking the Five-and-Dime
Shrinking the Five-and-Dime
Scandals: Everything But the Sink
Everything But the Sink
Technology: Bellying Up to The Bar Code
Bellying Up to The Bar Code
Compensation: Motown's Fat Cats
An unseemly spat over the salaries and perks of American and Japanese auto chiefs points up a weakness in the U.S. case for fair trade
Sexual Harassment: A Guide
An instant how-not-to book prompted by the Thomas hearings spells it out with classroom clarity
The Ceo Of Culture Inc.
Controversial Guggenheim director Thomas Krens is changing the way the world's art museums operate
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
America's Rubber Soul (Books)
Australia's Family Ties (Books)
Binge And Purge at the B.O. (Show Business)
Moviegoing zigzagged sharply in '91 as Hollywood waited out the recession by talking cheap and spending big
Breaking The Jell-O Mold (Theater)
Blue Man Group is, yes, a group of men who are really blue, and their bizarre art playground is a sensation
Even Feminists Get the Blues (Books)
At 57, Gloria Steinem finally comes to terms with her childhood and realizes what she has been missing
Ms. Kidvid Calls It Quits (Television)
Activist Peggy Charren disbands her group, saying its job is done. But is children's TV really any better?
Art: Seeing Life In Jazz Tempo (Art)
A major show gives the neglected Stuart Davis his due as a great, brash chronicler of the urban American scene