Time

TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 9

CHRONICLES 15

MILESTONES 27

POLITICS: Assault with a Deadly Crime Bill 30

Aren't the Democrats a majority? Clinton's setback is ominous

The Political Interest: Getting the crime bill right

CAPITOL HILL: The Shadow President 35

Bob Dole makes like a candidate for the White House

ENVIRONMENT: The Killing Fields 36

The country's national parks are becoming abattoirs

MEXICO: In Search of El Presidente 38

The country looks for its first clean election

NORTH KOREA: Bomb Sale 42

The U.S. agrees to buy out Pyongyang's nukes

RWANDA: Going Home 53

Despite fears of revenge, the Munyanzizas return to Kigali

ECONOMICS: The Sins of a Sainted Bank 54

Critics say the World Bank hurts the poor and the environment

COMMERCE: Click! Zap! You've Got It! 56

Programs that teach the three Rs pace the software industry

RETAILING: Ye Olde Wal-Marte 58

Vermont cuts the largest U.S. retailer down to size

CRIME: Who Are These Guys Anyway? 60

O.J.'s squad of gumshoes keeps floating new theories

JUSTICE: Broken Date with the Citadel 61

An appeals court blocks a woman's attempt to become a cadet

HEALTH: When Breast-Feeding Fails 63

Low-milk syndrome poses a rare but serious risk to newborns

MEDICINE: No News Is Bad News 63

Gathered in Japan, AIDS researchers report scant progress

SOCIETY: American Babies for Export 64

Despite a shortage of adoptable infants, many end up abroad

COVER: The Bummer of '94 68

The eighth work stoppage in baseball history deprives millions of major

league ball. Has the public had it with greedy players and

self-interested owners?

I Had a Dream: The season that might have been

The Only Game in Town: The joys of the minor leagues

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Music: The rekindling of Woodstock 78

Show Business: A gossipy new bio of James Dean 83

Books: Peter Taylor's novel of a Tennessee clan 84

Ideas: Admitting to the evils of communism 87

PEOPLE 89

ESSAY 90