Vol. 141 No. 24

COVER

Defiling The Children (Cover Stories)
In the basest effect of the burgeoning sex trade, the search for newer thrills has chained increasing numbers of girls and boys to prostitution

The Skin Trade (Cover Stories)
Poverty, chaos and porous borders have turned prostitution into a global growth industry, debasing the women and children of the world

NATION

64 Men, 1 Vote (The Week)

A Matter of Honor (Scandals)
Marianne Gasior blew the whistle on her employer because it was selling weapons-related goods to Iraq. Now she's threatening to reopen the Iraqgate scandal.

Bob Dole Ate My Homework (The Week)

Call Me ((symbol of Prince's new name here)) (The Week)

Dispatches "Most Hearts Go Ker-thump" (The Week)

Fast Times (The Week)

Health Report (The Week)

Hizzoner the Ceo L.a.'s New Mayor Is a Manager in The (Los Angeles)
Perot mold, but can a Mr. Fix-It approach heal a divided city?

I Hear You, I Hear You (The White House)
In heeding the advice of critics on taxes and the Supreme Court, is Clinton playing smart politics or choosing the path of least resistance?

Map The Next Bosnia? (The Week)

News Digest June 6-12 (The Week)

Nformed Sources (The Week)

Send Back Your Tired, Your Poor . . . (Immigration)
As illegal entries into the U.S. rise at a time of job shortages and budget woes, a backlash is gaining force

Shave and A Haircut, Lots of Bits (The Week)

The Examined Life (The Week)

The Professor and the 400-Lb. Gorilla (The White House)

The White House Jogging Scorecard (The Week)

Winners & Losers (The Week)

WORLD

Counterpunch (Somalia)
A week after gunmen kill 23 U.N. peacekeepers, Clinton takes action and orders punishing raids in Somalia

Here Come the Yummies (Cuba)
A new generation of upwardly mobile Marxists still talks Das Kapital but dabbles in capitalism

WAR & TERRORISM

Fighting Off Doomsday (Arms Control)
Whether the threat comes from North Korea or Ukraine, the world worries about more fingers on the nuclear trigger

SCIENCE

Facing a Deadline to Save the Everglades (Environment)
The fate of Florida's famous wetlands could be decided this week

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Alzheimer's Clue (Health)
Once ignored, a scientist gains support for his idea that a common gene helps cause the disease

Tight Rein On Diabetes (Health)
A study shows that strict control of blood sugar can keep patients healthier

SOCIETY

Where's the Promised Land?
Duped by gangsters, illegal Chinese migrants are cast adrift in America -- impoverished and afraid

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Spectator: Are Beavis and Butt-head Arty?
Today everyone fromShandling to Schwarzenegger is a postmodernist

Time Magazine Contents Page JUNE 14, 1993 VOL. 141 NO. 24 (Contents)

BUSINESS

Trading Punches (Economy)
Economist Laura Tyson inspires a tough new policy toward Japan

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Nonstop Smile (Reviews Theater)

All You Need Is Hate (Television)
Extremist groups have found a niche on the nation's public-access cable channels, arousing protests and pitting community standards against the First Amendment

Aye, Tina! (Show Business)
The Soul Survivor is as hot as ever, with an album, a tour and her life on film

Love Between The Lines (Reviews Cinema)

Match Points (Reviews Books)

Modern Life, Ancient Fear (Reviews Books)

Old Dog, No New Tricks (Reviews Television)

Out of The Shadows at Last (Show Business)

The Dinosaur And the Dog (Reviews Cinema)

PEOPLE

Envoy To Two Cultures (Profile)
A scholar and humanist, Edward Said is the controversial voice of Palestine in America and an eloquent mediator between the Middle East and the West

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

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