Vol. 143 No. 2

COVER

Las Vegas, U.S.A. (Cover Story)
Booming with three new mega-hotel-casinos, the city now seems mainstream. But that's only because the rest of America has become a lot more like Vegas

NATION

A Review of the Play Shows Illegal Socks (Chronicles)

Brother, Can You Spare a Voucher? (Welfare)

Clinton Begins Undoing the Reagan-Bush Judiciary (Chronicles)

Dispatches Another Day of Peacekeeping (Chronicles)

Health Report (Chronicles)

Inside Washington Clinton's Pollard Strategy (Chronicles)

The House That Hillary Built (The Administration)
In their Arkansas real estate venture, the Clintons depended on the buddy system -- probably too much

The Most Unusual Crowd Ever At a Bette Midler Concert (Chronicles)

The Week December 26-January 1 (Chronicles)

Unraveling the Safety Net (Welfare)
The paradox of welfare reform is that saving money can be very expensive

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)

WORLD

A Game of Nuclear Roulette (North Korea)
Does Kim Il Sung have the bomb? The mystery deepens as the U.S. presses for answers

Borderline Breakthrough (Middle East)
Israel and the P.L.O. make progress in Cairo, but a deal is unsealed

Hello, I Must Be Going (Russia)
On a swing through Europe, Vladimir Zhirinovsky offends just about everyone

SOCIETY

Death on Delivery (Crime)
On the third day of Christmas, a spurned lover sends lethal gifts to a family that did not want him

Old Enough to Be Your Mother (Ethics)
Two women stir up the question of when is it too late to bear children

RELIGION

Jesus Christ, Plain and Simple
A trinity of new, scholarly books tries to strip away the traditional Gospel accounts of the man from Nazareth

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Informed Sources (Chronicles)

Money Angles
Beware the Plastic Loan Shark

The Political Interest the Case for a Bigger Nato

Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page January 10, 1994 VOL. 143 NO. 2

Time (Masthead)
Magazine Masthead JANUARY 10, 1994 VOL. 143 NO. 2

Tonight! Miracles, Live!

BUSINESS

Picking Up Speed Time's Economists See Healthier Growth in 1994 But Warn That Continued Downsizing Will Slow Job Creation (The Economy)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Blessed Are the Caretakers (The Arts & Media Cinema)
Johnny Depp anchors a flighty family drama

Codgers, Shticky and Sticky (The Arts & Media Cinema)
A pair of movies contrasts the fate of four un-dirty old men

Date with an Angel, Take Two (The Arts & Media Cinema)
In a wondrous mess of a sequel to Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders brings his heavenly spirits to earth in chaotic Berlin

In the Shadow of Stardom (Cinema)
A tender tale of love and loss in World War II France

Less Than Fair (The Arts & Media Theater)
Tinkering with a beloved musical is risky business

Pop Fiction's Prime Provocateur (The Arts & Media Profile)
Seize the day's subject is the megabuck rule Michael Crichton follows, so his new novel puts a reverse twist on sexual harrassment

Swaying the Home Jury (The Arts & Media Television)
The Menendez trial has been a long-running soap opera -- and a high-profile attraction -- for cable's Court TV

The Finest Orchestra? (Surprise!) Cleveland (The Arts & Media Music)
Under conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi, the Ohioans have risen to the forefront of American ensembles

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