COVER
Tower Terror (Cover Story)
A murderous explosion in the heart of New York City raises the specter of terrorism in America and sets off a feverish hunt for the bomber
Who Could Have Done It (Cover Story)
NATION
5% of X = $1 Billion. Solve for X. (Grapevine)
Bad Vibes (Grapevine)
Bosnia Airlift Is Set; Will It Do Any Good? (The Week: Nation)
A U.S. supply drop is praised, but critics fear a quagmire
Cooking Up a Political Storm (Lobbying)
The restaurant lobby is stirred up over entertainment deductions. Maybe too much so.
David Letterman, CBS (California Big Shot) (Grapevine)
Don't Fence Us In (The Administration)
For family ranchers, higher grazing fees are just the latest hardship to blow across the plains
Dynamic Duo (The Week: Nation)
Fire And Smoke (The Week: Nation)
A powerful bomb explodes underneath the World Trade Center
Hold That Sugar! (The Week: Nation)
Congress says it doesn't dare put stimulus ahead of deficit cutting
Rodney King (The Week: Nation)
Redux A jury impaneled, the second L.A. police trial gets under way
Silence And Sainthood (Grapevine)
Spilled Milk (The Week: Nation)
The Great Pretender: (Grapevine)
The Kids Down the Hall (The White House)
For the young, diverse Clinton staff, the tools of governing are R.E.M. tapes, PowerBooks and 100-page briefing papers
The Land Lord Outdoorsman (The Administration)
Bruce Babbitt aims to protect 500 million federal acres that have long been exploited for commercial purposes
Vox Pop: Mar. 8, 1993 (Grapevine)
Winds Of Change (Grapevine)
WORLD
A French Big Bang (The Week World)
Rocard calls for a new political constellation to replace the Socialists
A Good Maiden Voyage (The Week World)
Warren Christopher's Middle East trip produces more than expected
At The Boiling Point (The Week World)
India's government puts a lid on a planned protest by Hindu militants
Boris, Meet Bill (The Week World)
An April U.S.-Russia summit could help Yeltsin hold his enemies at bay
In The Crossfire (Somalia)
When rival warlords open fire, a TIME journalist, Somalis and peacekeepers get caught in the middle.
Sick of It All (Italy)
Probing into an apparently bottomless political cesspool leaves the whole country feeling dirty
The U.S.'s Honeymoon Is Over (The Week World)
Coalition forces face the reality of Somalia's convoluted conflict
World: Mar. 8, 1993 (The Week)
Time To Bow Out (The Week World)
Canada's Mulroney makes room for a new Conservative leader
Uncivil Ceremony (The Week World)
WAR & TERRORISM
High-Altitude (The Balkans)
Help Clinton decides to air-drop aid into Bosnia, but the humanitarian gesture may turn out to be a high-risk venture with wide-ranging consequences
SCIENCE
Copying What Comes Naturally
Scientists are creating revolutionary new materials by imitating the weave and structure of biological designs
Eluding The White Death (Nature)
A narrow escape for five skiers lost in the Colorado snow highlights a record season of avalanches
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A Treatment for MS? (The Week Health & Science)
It's too soon to tell, but a new study shows tantalizing results
Lunar Mission (The Week Health & Science)
By stabilizing Earth's tilt, the moon may have made life possible
Rethinking Ru 486 (The Week Health & Science)
With Clinton in, the French abortion pill may finally make it to the U.S.
Sex By the Numbers (The Week Health & Science)
Troy's Legend Grows (The Week Health & Science)
Fresh finds in Turkey have the dimensions to be Homer's grand city
Unreliable Breast Test (The Week Health & Science)
In younger women, mammograms don't seem to prevent cancer deaths
What's A Short, Bald-Headed, Potbellied Guy to Do? (Health)
The list of risk factors for heart disease grows even longer
SOCIETY
Conflicted Custody (The Week: Society)
The Supreme Court affirms reproductive rights -- for men
Oh, What a Feline! (The Week: Society)
Outlawing Dr. Death (The Week: Society)
Michigan tries again to put the brakes on the suicide specialist
The Boss Is Back (The Week: Society)
Steinbrenner returns to baseball, but not as a kinder, gentler George
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
The Political Interest: Getting Smart About Head Start (The Political Interest)
Getting Smart About Head Start
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
March 8, 1993 Volume 141 No. 10
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
March 8, 1993 Volume 141 No. 10
BUSINESS
Japan's Economic Red Tide Rises (The Week: Business)
Carmakers suffer financial woes only worsened by a strong yen
Miracle Drug: Only $350,000 a Year
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Jobs)
Fly-by-night job agencies are promising -- but not delivering -- fat paychecks in faraway places
Ouch! Which hurts more, the shot or the bill?
Now drug firms also feel the pain as Clinton blasts their prices.
Scaling China's Wall (The Week: Business)
AT&T joins the crowd invading Asia's biggest and fastest-growing market
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Complaint: Double Vision (Reviews Books)
Bill Murray in The Driver's Seat (Cinema)
Goofily charming in a hit comedy and silkily menacing in a drama, he perfects the role of Everyguy as superstar
Disorder And Early Sorrow (Reviews Cinema)
Few Bucks, Very Big Bang (Cinema)
A nifty, no-budget movie makes Robert Rodriguez, 24, the industry's newest bet for directorial stardom
Of Drugs, Porn And Soup (Reviews Theater)
Pushing Back The Frontier (Reviews Music)
Short Takes: Mar. 8, 1993 (Reviews)
Top of The Pops: A Symphony? (Music)
Poland's Henryk Gorecki has a surprise transatlantic hit with his hypnotic Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Art: Daumier: Vitality's Signature (Art)
The drawings of Daumier powerfully capture the muck and detail of life