Time Magazine

TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 5

CHRONICLES 31

MILESTONES 39

$ CONGRESS: Assault on Deadly Weapons 40

Foiling the N.R.A., ban on 19 types of guns passes by a hair

THE ADMINISTRATION: A Case of Jones v. Clinton 44

Clinton is sued by a woman who says he sexually harassed her

THE POLITICAL INTEREST: Sticks That Could Sting Haiti 47

Some sanctions may work, but not the latest ones

HEALTH CARE: Should Benefits Be Taxed? 50

Congressional reformers may soon target a $74 billion subsidy

SOCIETY: A Payoff for Good Behavior 51

When all else fails, more and more social programs offer cash

TRANSPORTATION: The Baggage Stops Here 52

Are the glitches in Denver's airport fixable anytime soon?

COVER: Rwanda's Killing Fields 56

In the bloodiest eruption of violence in years, hundreds of thousands have died or fled from the carnage in Central Africa. Is this the face of wars to come?

What Can Be Done: Pondering the options

SOUTH AFRICA: An Interview with the President 65

Newly elected, Nelson Mandela gets down to business

MIDDLE EAST: Over to You, Arafat 66

The P.L.O. reign begins, but it is hardly ready to take over

BUSINESS: Just a Sip or Bottoms Up? 68

What does Bronfman of Seagram's want from Time Warner?

COMPUTERS: Big, Blue and Embattled 71

As the crisis eases at IBM, the company remains in turmoi

SPORT: Chronicle of a Death Foretold 74

Did changes in the rules doom a Formula One race-car driver?

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Show Business: Launching her first tour in 28 years, Barbra Streisand speaks about her work and her pet peeves 76

Joan Rivers has made you laugh; now maybe you'll cry 79

Cinema: A disappointing Crooklyn from Spike Lee 81

When a Man Loves a Woman is a banal story about a drunk

Art: The market for contemporary art keeps plummeting 82

Books: Courtly dissections by Murray Kempton 84

Remembering Satan is a scary but true crime tale 86

Scott's bruising Antarctic disaster, told as fiction

Music: Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard swings into film 89

Culture: A mesmerizing encore from Albert Camus 91

PEOPLE 93

ESSAY 94

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