NATION
California: Political Fiction: Political Fiction (American Notes)
Political Fiction
Food Safety: Troubled Waters (American Notes)
Troubled Waters
Freedoms: Thou Shalt Not Read (American Notes)
Thou Shalt Not Read
Political Correctness: There Go the Coat Sales (American Notes)
There Go the Coat Sales
Scandals: Slow-Motion Justice (American Notes)
Slow-Motion Justice
Barking Like an Underdog Prodded by a right-wing challenger, a folksy, feisty Bush hits the campaign trail with a vengeance
Campaign Quiz (Grapevine)
Is Bill Clinton For Real? (Cover)
Anointed -- prematurely -- as the front runner, he remains an enigma: a bold planner but poor manager, a conciliator yet sometime waffler. Still, many Democrats believe he's electable, and that's what
Don't Leave Home, Please (Grapevine)
Hillary Clinton: Partner as Much as Wife
How to Stop Military Leaks (Grapevine)
Jaws: the Next Generation (Grapevine)
Nancy with the Golden Threads (Grapevine)
Nipping At Clinton's Heels
Rival Democrats attack the Arkansas Governor -- and backbite one another -- as they jockey for position in the New Hampshire primary
Not So Fast, Helmut and Kiichi (Grapevine)
The Political Interest: The Self-Making of a Front Runner
The Self-Making of a Front Runner
Vox Pop: Jan. 27, 1992 (Grapevine)
WORLD
American Abroad Terminator 2: Gloom on the Right
El Salvador
Two Cheers for Peace A treaty may end the bloody 12-year civil war, but prosperity will prove more elusive
Former Soviet Union
The Names They Are A-Changin'
Kuwait's Cleanup
One year later, the country has been almost completely rebuilt, but the psychological scars will take much longer to heal
North Africa A Prelude to Civil War?
To turn back the fundamentalist tide, Algeria's army derails legislative elections and sets up a tense standoff
Rx For Russia: Shock Therapy
Why? Because, says Jeffrey Sachs, you can't cross a chasm in two jumps
Georgia: Here He Comes Again (World Notes)
Here He Comes Again
Greece: Verdict on Papandreou (World Notes)
Verdict on Papandreou
Israel: The Big Stall (World Notes)
The Big Stall
Japan: A Scandal by Any Name (World Notes)
A Scandal by Any Name
Yep, There's Another One
SCIENCE
Can They Go Home Again? (Environment)
The $25 Million Bird (Environment)
As endangered California condors return to the wild, the law that saved them is under attack
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Cinema: A Home-Cooked Tale (View Points)
Cinema: Learning to Accept History (View Points)
Learning to Accept History
Music: A Bright Star Eclipsed (View Points)
Television: Mr. Mouse Goes to Washington (View Points / Television)
Mr. Mouse Goes to Washington
Theater Double, Double (View Points)
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 139 No. 4 JANUARY 27, 1992
Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 139 No. 4 JANUARY 27, 1992 (Masthead)
Vol. 139 No. 4 JANUARY 27, 1992
BUSINESS
I'm Not Asking for Sympathy
GM chief Robert Stempel accuses Japan of greed and the media of hostility
Banking: Our Man in Washington
Our Man in Washington
Economy: A Hot Tip Topples
A Hot Tip Topples
Insurance: What's in A Name?
What's in A Name?
Technology: A Coup for Couch Potatoes
A Coup for Couch Potatoes
Currently on The Business Shelf
The Workplace: Is Mr. Nice Guy Back?
With worker morale shredded by layoffs, some managers are trying kinder, gentler ways to restore competitiveness to American industry
LAW
Corridors Of Agony
A rare look inside a juvenile court reveals a system waging a thankless struggle to save society's lost children
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Out of Her League (Books)
Peering into The Russian Soul (Books)
What Ever Became of NC-17? (Cinema)
It was supposed to take the stigma off the X, but the dispute over a Michael Douglas movie shows how it failed
PEOPLE
How To Repossess A Life: NORA EPHRON (Profile)
Witty NORA EPHRON takes control by telling her story her way, as a novelist, screenwriter and now as director of a touching new movie