Vol. 142 No. 25
NATION
Folks, We Are Being Held on the Launch Pad Due to Meteors
(Chronicles)
Health Report
(Chronicles)
Informed Sources
(Chronicles)
Inside Washington the Damage of Pollard's Espionage
(Chronicles)
Reassuring News
(Chronicles)
The 10 Most Requested Celebrity-Look-Alikes From Ron Smith's L.a. Look-Alikes Firm*
(Chronicles)
The Satanic Reverses
(Chronicles)
The Week November 28 - December 4
(Chronicles)
Toy-Related Deaths
(Chronicles)
Vatican Guessing Game
(Chronicles)
Vox Pop
(Chronicles)
Winners & Losers
(Chronicles)
WORLD
Frightening Face-Off
(The Koreas)
Washington considers hard-line options as the North balks at inspection of nuclear sites
From Rebels to Rulers
(Middle East)
Even if Israeli withdrawal is delayed, the P.L.O. doesn't have much time to turn into a government
No Secrets Among Enemies
(Northern Ireland)
The search for peace between the I.R.A. and Britain breaks into the open
Windsor of Discontent
(Royalty)
The Princess of Wales blames the press for driving her into seclusion. Is it an act of despair or just more intrigue?
SCIENCE
Meanwhile, Back on Earth . . .
(Space)
Rendezvous with Destiny
(Space)
A fateful mission begins well as the shuttle reels in the Hubble Telescope
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Catching a Rogue Gene
(Medicine)
Two groups independently isolate the hereditary defect responsible for some forms of colon cancer
Dna By Special Delivery
(Medicine)
He's the Man with the Too Popular Plan
(Health Care)
A Tennessee Congressman ruffles the Administration with a centrist proposal that draws bipartisan support
SOCIETY
An Enemy of Promise
(Crime)
A triple killing shocks an elite naval community
Take This Job and Shove It
Apple Computer was coming to Texas -- until local officials got wind of its policy on gay employees.
PRESS
Uncandid Canada
Coverage of a murder trial crosses the border but isn't allowed back
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Escobar's Dead End
(Drugs)
Police killed Colombia's most notorious drug baron, but the cocaine trade lives
Spectator the Freedom to Ridicule
The Political Interest Rumblings on the Left
The Presidency Reach Out and Twist an Arm
Time Magazine Contents Page DECEMBER 13, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 25
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Time Magazine Masthead DECEMBER 13, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 25
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BUSINESS
Back on the Fast Track
(Cover Business)
After a brutal decade of lost stature and lost profits, American carmakers are really on a roll
Chrysler's Curve Master
(Cover Business)
Inside Gm's War Room
(Cover Business)
Talking Shop with Detroit's Big Three
Who Needs a Boom?
(The Economy)
It's not like the 1980s, but a steady surge is finally cutting unemployment and making wallets a bit fatter
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bette Comes Up Roses
(The Arts & Media Television)
Competing with the memory of that other divine, Ethel Merman, la Midler exuberantly revives the musical Gypsy
Bound By Tradition
(The Arts & Media Books)
The Year's outstanding books celebrate past glories of art, architecture and craft
Family Feuds
(The Arts & Media Theater)
Frank Gilroy revisits his 1964 hit, The Subject Was Roses
Fifty-Foot Feminist
(The Arts & Media Television)
A dated, shlocky sci-fi flick gets a first-rate comic revamp for the Susan Faludi age
Furthermore
(The Arts & Media Television)
Heart of Darkness
(The Arts & Media Holocaust)
Ghosts in their millions haunt Steven Spielberg's powerful Schindler's List
Honest Abe of Oberammergau
(The Arts & Media Theater)
Sam Waterston tries to play dark edges, but Robert Sherwood's once esteemed epic about Lincoln seems mere pageantry today
Masculinity's Last Frontier
(The Arts & Media Cinema)
Geronimo turns the story of the great Apache chief into a tract for our times
Sketchy Scam
(The Arts & Media Cinema)
John Guare adapts his hit play with mixed results
Songs of an Open Heart
(The Arts & Media Music)
Born partly of a breakup, Jackson Browne's album delivers a universal pain
Topping Spielberg's List
(The Arts & Media Holocaust)
PEOPLE
President Bill Clinton "That's What Drives Me Nuts"
(Interview)
The Dogg Is Unleashed
(Interview)
Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg has the No. 1 album in America. He's also facing murder charges. In a face-to-face interview, he speaks.
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