COVER

The Fat Lady Hasn't Quite Sung (Cover Stories)

The race tightens in the final lap, as both Bush and Perot gain ground on Clinton. But the Democrat's grip on an electoral-vote majority will be hard to break.

Bill Clinton: The Long Road (Cover Stories)

How a combination of luck, tenacity and a strong sense of message turned Bill Clinton into the front runner of 1992

NATION

Another Desert Storm (The Week: Nation)

A Saudi co-commander has some harsh words for Stormin' Norman

Caught Off Guard (The Week: Nation)

A report on the L.A. riots singles out the city's former top cop as a culprit

No Cigar (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

No Cigar

Progress At Last (The Week: Nation)

Looking for rapprochement, Vietnam promises new POW/MIA evidence

The Outsiders (The U.S. Campaign)

In an election year marked by distrust of incumbents, a hunger for change and a surge of support for women, dozens of unconventional candidates are headed for Capitol Hill

WORLD

An Unfitting End (The Week World)

Germany's original Green, Petra Kelly, dies at the hand of her lover

Coming Clean? (The Week World)

The government and the A.N.C. deal with the uses and abuses of power

Mixed Hospitality (The Week World)

Reforming China welcomes one visitor and snubs another |

The Lessons of Iraq (Diplomacy)

Though Bush never invited Saddam to take a chunk of Kuwait, he badly miscalculated by misreading the dictator's goals and by trying to be nice to a bully.

The Truth at Last (Vietnam)

How two walk-in intelligence sources paved the way for a major U.S.-Vietnamese breakthrough on POWs and MIAs, and likely diplomatic relations as well

The Truth Unearthed (The Week World)

Investigators find evidence of El Salvador's worst civil-war massacre

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Cancer Counterattack (The Week Health & Science)

A vaccine made from patients' own cells helps treat B-cell lymphoma

Fire And Ice (The Week Health & Science)

Frozen water has been found on the searing surface of Mercury

Relax, Mrs. Sprat (The Week Health & Science)

High-fat, low-fiber diets may not cause breast cancer after all

SOCIETY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

A Blockbuster Deal (The Week: Business)

A video-rental giant decides to get into the music business, big-time

The 10%ers (The Week: Business)

Solution In a major realignment, Hollywood's talent agents play musical chairs

The Great PC Price War (The Week: Business)

Personal computers have never been so cheap -- or sold so furiously

Why Banks Won't Lend (The Economy)

Interest rates are low, but many businesses can't get loans. Why? Banks blame regulation, but another reason is that they have found an easier way to make profits.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Art: Russia's Great Flowering (Art)

A huge show surveys the heady moment early in the century when radical art became the house style of a political revolution

PEOPLE

The Second Coming: BILL WALSH (Profile)

With his return to Stanford, BILL WALSH converts campus agnostics into believers and raises an academic question: Can a football coach be called a genius?

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