Vol. 141 No. 9

COVER

. . . And Then Came Carrot Cake (Cover Stories)

How the Plan Works (Cover Stories)

The Next Dose of Medicine (Cover Stories)

Working the Crowd (Cover Stories)
Despite its higher taxes, Clinton's economic plan gets a warm welcome from the public, but Congress seems ready to give it a pounding

NATION

. . . And More Good News for the Pentagon (Grapevine)

Ca$Hing in on Chelsea: (Grapevine)

Death Becomes Her (Grapevine)

Doing Bush a Favor (The Week: Nation)
Did the U.S. Archivist trade his signature for a job?

Hails From The Chief (Grapevine)

Haiti Or Hades (The Week: Nation)
The Senate extends the ban on immigrants with the AIDS virus

Jail Time (The Week: Nation)

Mind Control Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Grapevine)

Pure Damage Control (Grapevine)

Quick Start for a Long, Hard Campaign (The Week: Nation)
Clinton's deficit-cutting plan scores in first polls, but foes are formidable

Roofers From Hell (Florida)
Migrant construction workers following in the wake of Hurricane Andrew bring with them a violent crime wave

Temper, Temper (The Week: Nation)

Vox Pop (Grapevine)

Word Watch (Grapevine)

WORLD

Bosnian (The Week World)
Sides Find A New Weapon: Food Blockades, refusals and a U.N. feud snarl the distribution of relief

Breakthrough (The Week World)
The A.N.C. and the South African government agree to share power

Good Behavior (The Week World)
Beijing frees two dissidents and opens its oil fields to the West

In the Icy Grip of Death (Armenia)
Life is becoming nasty, brutish and short for 3.5 million people trapped in an undeclared war with Azerbaijan

Jungle Jailbreak (The Week World)
The murderers of Brazil's rain-forest martyr escape from prison

No One Ever Said It Would Be Easy (European Community)
Goods, people, capital and services are moving more freely, but so are jobs as Europe's attempt to form a more perfect union runs into trouble

No Reprieve (The Week World)

Nobel Demonstrators (The Week World)

On The Defensive (The Week World)
A rash of violence in and around Israel further dampens prospects for peace

Only to America (The Week World)

The Church Triumphant (The Week World)
Poland adopts one of Europe's strictest antiabortion measures

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Aids Triple Play (The Week Health & Science)
Researchers hit on a new chemical combination to combat the virus

Biosphere Or Biostunt? (The Week Health & Science)
Scientists give the world's biggest terrarium a vote of no confidence

Dr. Jacobs' Alternative Mission (Health)
A new NIH office will put unconventional medicine to the test

Mind Over Malady (Health)

Risky Business (The Week Health & Science)
Two studies suggest a link between vasectomies and prostate cancer

Shark Bites Microbe (The Week Health & Science)
The denizen of the deep yields a powerful killer of bacteria and fungi

So You Want to Be a Doctor? (The Week Health & Science)

SOCIETY

"Hello? I'M Home Alone . . . "
Up to 10 million U.S. children are latchkey kids; hot lines are helping them battle fear and loneliness

About-Face (The Week: Society)
A plucky female challenges the all-male Citadel

Colson's Triumph (The Week: Society)
A notorious Watergate figure wins $1 million for his religious work

End of the Line (The Week: Society)

Home Alone Is No Place to Be (The Week: Society)
A rash of deaths reaffirms that child care is a national problem

Independents' Day (The Week: Society)

TECHNOLOGY

The Digital Dilemma
Consumers must once again choose between competing high-tech sound systems

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

The Political Interest
It Is a Time For Cunning

Time Magazine Contents Page March 1, 1993 Volume 141 No. 9 (Contents)

BUSINESS

A Friend at the Top (The Week: Business)
Clinton's Labor Secretary tells the AFL-CIO what it most wants to hear

Bonds: Up. Stocks: Down, Up, Down . . . (The Week: Business)
Wall Street shows a split personality as it reacts to Clinton's deficit plan

Fully Loaded (The Week: Business)
A French company wins a major Middle East contract for battle tanks

Rolling Back Executive Pay
Taking a cue from President Clinton, opponents of excessive corporate salaries grow emboldened

The China Syndrome (The Week: Business)

The Week Business (The Week: Business)

Unprofitable Skies (The Week: Business)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Denis The Menace (Show Business)
First there's denial. Then anger. Finally acceptance. Comic Denis Leary may be here to stay. Deal with it.

Don't Read This Story! (Cinema)
. . . unless you've already seen The Crying Game, the sexy British mystery that won six Oscar nominations and made an unknown nonactor into a hot new star

Frontier Feminist (Reviews Television)

Jack Of All Trades (Reviews Books)

Losing It All in L.A. (Reviews Cinema)

Perversely High Tech (Reviews Music)

Phantom Mania (Theater)
Lloyd Webber has the big Broadway hit, but half a dozen other masked men are stalking the provinces

Short Takes (Reviews)

Signs of Anxiety (Art)
In a retrospective, American artist Susan Rothenberg emerges from the '80s as a painter of mystery, originality and real staying power

The Patient Is Impatient (Reviews Theater)

PEOPLE

An Old Fox Learns New Tricks (Profile)
He created a fourth network and mastered the Hollywood power game. Now Barry Diller is betting on TV's interactive future. )

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

The Melting Pot Is Still Simmering