September 20, 1993 | Vol. 142 No. 12

Bill and Hill Clinton: Behind Closed Doors (Cover Stories)

The inside story of how Bill and Hillary Clinton fashioned the health-care plan. Their own aides often battled over the Clintons' approach

Ready to Operate (Cover Stories)

Clinton's plan would cover everyone. Here's how it would work and what it will cost you

Health Report: Sep. 20, 1993 (The Week)

Home of the Brave, Land of the Fee (The Week)

In the Line of Fire (The Week)

Informed Sources: Sep. 20, 1993 (The Week)

It's A Gift to Be Simple (The Week)

News Digest (The Week)

One Church, One Pope -- and 20 Popemobiles (The Week)

Or Forever Hold Your Peace ... (The Week)

Raw Data: Sep. 20, 1993 (The Week)

The Crystal Ball (The Week)

The Morning Line: Sep. 20, 1993 (The Week)

Vox Pop: Sep. 20, 1993 (The Week)

Winners & Losers: Sep. 20, 1993 (The Week)

All Together Now (Middle East)

Just as Arafat and Rabin liberated their people from a wasteful enmity, Israelis and Palestinians can learn to live side by side and make the region bloom

How Hate Dies (Middle East)

No globocop can force implacable enemies to cry uncle: they must come to embrace of their own volition

To Prevail Over the Past (Middle East)

The real rift is no longer between Jew and Arab but betweeen backward-looking and forward-looking people on both sides

Welcome Back! (South Africa)

A multiracial transition council is agreed to, and the A.N.C. prepares to end sanctions

What Are the Americans Doing? (South Africa)

Cold Water on Lorenzo's Oil (Medicine)

Research casts doubt on a Hollywood remedy

Blood on the Board (Chess)

The chess world erupts in its strangest move yet: dueling championships

Gay Parents: Under Fire and on the Rise

As a Virginia lesbian loses custody of her son, gay men and women increasingly assert the virtues of family

Miami's Tourist Trap (Crime)

A German honeymooner girds for danger and still dies

Playing With His Fingertips (Chess)

Baseball's Wacky Wild-Card Gimmick

The pennant races may never be the same, as owners tamper with tradition to placate television

A Parachute -- but No Jump Mayday!

When the engine conks, a new system lets pilots and passengers stay aboard and float to safety

The Political Interest: Now Comes Clinton's Turn (The Political Interest)

Now Comes Clinton's Turn

Advertisements for Themselves (Spectator)

In modern huckstering, the celebrities become the product

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