Vol. 141 No. 2

COVER

Megacities (Cover Story)

NATION

A Lame Duck Soars High (The Week: Nation)
One More Time On Somalia, the Balkans and nukes, Bush starts a fast-paced closing act

End of The Affair? (The Week: Nation)
Signals conflict on whether Walsh will call a halt to his Iran-contra probe

Et Cetera Freedom Flight (The Week: Nation)

Et Cetera Hunt Down (The Week: Nation)

The Last Rights (The Week: Nation)
The Justice Department begins enforcing the Disabilities Act

WORLD

Chilly Scenes of Winter (The Week World)
As freezing cold claims lives in Bosnia, the political heat rises

Collor Out, Franco In (The Week World)
An unrepentant President departs, claiming a political lynching

Curious George (The Week World)
No quiet on the Somalian front even as Bush touches down

Fruits of Socialism (The Week World)

Half A Victory (The Week World)
Kenya's first multiparty election in 26 years brings only more uncertainty

Iraqi Miscalculation (The Week World)
Saddam Hussein's planes lose a vain challenge to the no-fly zone

Out with a Bang (Diplomacy)
Bush's eleventh-hour flurry of foreign policy activity bequeaths Clinton a complex agenda of unfinished business

Outcast, Isolated and Running Out of Time (The Week World)
The deported Palestinians remain stranded, with no help in sight

Victims Or Victors? (Middle East)
Palestinian fundamentalists may be out in the cold in Lebanon, but they have become the force to be reckoned with in the occupied territories

Warlord Country (Somalia)
In a hostile land without government, the real problem is whether the rival clans can find a way to resolve their long-standing quarrels without reaching for rifles

WAR & TERRORISM

Crime Without Punishment (The Balkans)
The U.S. has charged Yugoslav leaders with atrocities in Bosnia, but the criminals may never be brought to justice. Does the West have the will to follow through?

SCIENCE

The Most Wanted Particle
After a 15-year search, the elusive but extremely heavy top quark may have been found

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Bark with A Bite (The Week Health & Science)
Taxol, a drug derived from tree bark, is approved to treat ovarian cancer

Et Cetera Coals to Newcastle (The Week Health & Science)

Et Cetera So Long, Nobel (The Week Health & Science)

The Math Gap That Won't Go Away (The Week Health & Science)
After a decade of concern, American youngsters still lag behind Asians

SOCIETY

Et Cetera More Than a Game (The Week: Society)

Home Alone 2 1/2: The Real Thing (The Week: Society)
You saw the movies; now you can read the arrest record

Kross Out: the Sequel (The Week: Society)
Christmas in Cincinnati is haunted by the Ghost of Hatred Present

The Devil's Disciple
Westley Dodd may die at the end of a rope, but he leaves behind a controversial law against sex offenders

Trigger Happy (The Week: Society)
A Seattle rap concert spawns a frightening shoot-out

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Clinton's People "An Instinct for The Important"
SANDY BERGER brings Carter-era ideals tempered by pragmatism to the new foreign policy team

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BUSINESS

Et Cetera It Ain't Over Yet (The Week: Business)

Running On Empty
Japan's once thriving automakers now face sagging domestic demand, stagnant overseas markets and inflated costs

The Great Green Christmas of 1992 (The Week: Business)
Retailers report a rewarding holiday season as shoppers shout "Charge!"

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Burden Of Turow (Reviews Books)

Getting On A New Train (Reviews Music)

Historical (Reviews Television)
Gusher

Short Takes (Reviews)

Stiff Upper Libido (Reviews Cinema)

The Masterpiece Road Show (Art)
An exhibit of ancient Greek sculpture is used to advance a specious political argument

Trashomon (Television)
Three rival Amy Fisher movies prove that some folks will do anything for love -- or money

PEOPLE

Laureate of The Wild (Profile)
Novelist, naturalist and activist, Peter Matthiessen pursues an austere spiritual quest in his life as well as in his writing

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

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