NATION
Fraud: What's Up, Doc? (American Notes)
What's Up, Doc?
Law: Choosing Castration: Choosing Castration (American Notes)
Choosing Castration
Politics: No Laughing Matter (American Notes)
No Laughing Matter
Trials: Tale of The Tape (American Notes)
Tale of The Tape
Bring on the Grownups (Grapevine)
Brother's Helper
Forward Spin: Mar. 16, 1992 (Grapevine)
Maybe He's Not So Bad After All (Grapevine)
Seat-of-the-Pants Politics (Grapevine)
Spookier Than We Thought (Grapevine)
The Challenger What Does Pat Want?
Buchanan has already drawn blood and divided the G.O.P., but he won't be satisfied until the party embraces his arch-conservative agenda
The Democrats Southern Fried Feuding
As Tsongas and Clinton pull ahead, they begin hurling negatives at each other -- and reveal a lot about themselves
The Political Interest: Onward to the Rust Belt
Onward to the Rust Belt
The President Why Is This Man Smiling?
With his campaign in turmoil, Bush not only has little to cheer about but also has no apparent plan to pull himself out of the doldrums
The Spirit of '76
Trials Why Is Sammy the Bull Singing?
Copping a plea for 19 murders, a high-ranking Mafia turncoat offers testimony that may finally scrape the Teflon off Gambino boss John Gotti
Vox Pop: Mar. 16, 1992 (Grapevine)
Who Shot J.R.?
WORLD
Diplomacy Is the West Losing Russia?
More than food and financial aid is needed. The reformers must feel that the world is at their side in the struggle for democracy.
France Meddling with the Marseillaise
A proposal to bowdlerize France's barn-burning anthem provokes an indignant Mon Dieu! from traditionalists
Saudi Arabia A Modest Step Forward
King Fahd loosens his grip on the government
Tragedy Massacre in Khojaly
The blood feud between Armenians and Azerbaijanis claims 200 civilians
Germany: The Right to Get High (World Notes)
The Right to Get High
Russia: End of the Party Line? (World Notes)
End of the Party Line?
Turkey: Underground Morgue (World Notes)
Underground Morgue
Yugoslavia: Another Vote To Leave (World Notes)
Another Vote To Leave
SCIENCE
Space Program for Sale
Top Russian scientists and hardware that NASA covets are available at bargain-basement prices, but the U.S. government is dragging its heels
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A Medical Accident? (Medicine)
New speculation links polio vaccine to the birth of AIDS
SOCIETY
A Conspiracy of Goodness (Ethics)
Rescuing Jews during World War II took a special kind of heroism: ordinary human compassion
The Hidden Hurdle
Talented black students find that one of the most insidious obstacles to achievement comes from a surprising source: their own peers
PRESS
Don't Quote Me, But . . .
A U.S. Senator cries foul to sexual-misconduct charges, but the accusers are not the usual anonymous sources
RELIGION
Christians Spar in Harvard Yard
Does it matter that the campus chaplain is gay? Some conservatives say it does, and he should resign.
TECHNOLOGY
Ding! Whrrrrrrrrrrrr. Crash!
A tiny virus called Michelangelo whips the computer world into a frenzy but in the end creates more hype than havoc
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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Vol. 139 No. 11 MARCH 16, 1992
Time Magazine Masthead VOL. 139 No. 11 MARCH 16, 1992 (Masthead)
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BUSINESS
Marketing: Battle for Young Minds
Battle for Young Minds
Newspapers: Free Ads for The Asking
Free Ads for The Asking
Settlements: Let's Not Make A Deal Yet
Let's Not Make A Deal Yet
Telecommunications: Dial 0 For Robot
Dial 0 For Robot
Hard Times The Great Energy Bust
More than any previous recession in the U.S. oil and gas industry, this one smells dangerously permanent
Trials A Lawyer's Precipitous Fall from Grace
Harvey Myerson faces as much as 20 years on charges of swindling $3.5 million
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Story of Vim and Rigor (Books)
And What a Reign It Was (Television)
In his 30 years, Carson was the best, providing a bedtime blanket of amusing rituals and quirks, and a barometer of the national mood
Jay Leno: Midnight's Mayor (Television)
Jay Leno, succeeding Johnny Carson as late-night host to millions, has already won the office of Most Popular Regular Guy in America
Critics' Voices: Mar. 16, 1992 (Critics' Voices)
Doing It Right the Hard Way (Cinema)
The radiant Howards End caps 30 years of Merchant Ivory filmmaking: on the cheap, but with style
Summoning The Glory Days (Cinema)
The Battle to Film Malcolm X (Show Business)
To portray the black hero his way, Spike Lee has taken on rival directors, black activists, the studio and the budget
Two Who Are On Their Way (Theater)
Plays by Howard Korder and Jon Robin Baitz acidly etch how we live now
PEOPLE
LEON BING: In The Brutal World of L.A.'s Toughest Gangs (Interview)
LEON BING spent four years with the Crips and the Bloods to find out why thousands of American teenagers are waging war on one another in the desolate heart of the City of Dreams