Table of ContentsTHEATER The Price Is RightVOX POPPOLITICS Moment Of Truth Insisting that Flowers' charges are ''false,'' Bill Clinton faces the biggest test of his political careerBehind the Star's Headlines Fusions for the 21st Century Melding indigenous folk traditions with Western jazz and high-tech pop, world music forges a vital new soundMUSIC Sounds of SurpriseWho Cares, Anyway?CINEMA Lives of Mannerly DesperationTHEATER A Tale of Downward MobilityTELEVISION Knots Landing on the PrairieABORTION Taking Aim at Roe v. Wade The Supreme Court may be poised to withdraw the rights it granted in 1973. Will George Bush pay the political price?Yo! Bobby!DON'T NUKE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOUBye-Bye Financial AidMEANWHILE, BACK AT THE BARGAINING TABLE . . .No G'Day for MagicSORRY, OTHERWISE ENGAGED1-900-AURAL SEX Nicholson Baker explores the nature of arousal in his dazzling and erotic (but not pornographic) novel VoxGET OUT THE LYCRA, AND CHECK THOSE PECSFORWARD SPINBig Chill on Campus After decades of growth, U.S. colleges are facing a financial squeeze that threatens the quality and breadth of higher educationAMERICAN NOTES AIR SAFETY A New Use for Old Bombers AMERICAN NOTES SEX DISCRIMINATION Falsetto Advertising AMERICAN NOTES WELFARE Carrots and Sticks Out-CastA New DrewMIDDLE EAST Seething over Settlements While Palestinians and Jews shoot it out in the occupied territories, U.S. and Israeli politicians slug it out on the problem of loan guaranteesUNITED NATIONS Challenge for The New Boss The end of the cold war brought a boom in opportunities for peacekeeping, but Boutros-Ghali must now reform the swollen bureaucracyTRIALS Do Mad Acts a Madman Make? When Milwaukee mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer goes on trial this week, so will the insanity defenseUncle Saddam's Land of TerrorTHE GULF Are Saddam's Days Numbered? Hints of a new U.S. effort to get rid of the Iraqi leader seem to be aimed more at American voters than at Baghdad. Good thing too: it's an idea likely to fail -- and to raise havoc even if it succeeded.CIVIL RIGHTS Let Me Out of Here! Birmingham's black mayor marches off to prison, calling his prosecution racist -- but doesn't stay longAMERICAN NOTES ASSASSINATIONS Open Minds, Closed Files WORLD NOTES FORMER SOVIET UNION Russian Time Warp WORLD NOTES NORTHERN IRELAND A War That Will Not End WORLD NOTES DIPLOMACY Long March to Recognition WORLD NOTES CUBA Standing Firm By Itself ETHICS The Price of Obedience Should East German border guards have followed the law and their orders or listened to their conscience?Fear and Betrayal In the Stasi State As the vast archives of the secret police are opened, former East Germans are finding ugly evidence of a pervasive system of deceitBUSINESS NOTES TAKEOVERS Continental Food Fight BUSINESS NOTES RETAILING Miracle On 34th Street BUSINESS NOTES MARKETING Knock, Knock No More Money Angles Let's Get Moving!TRADE Blame It On Japan In the wake of Bush's trip to Tokyo, ''Buy America'' once again emerges as a war cry for the nation's unemployedMILITARY CONTRACTORS Dismantling the War Machine America's cold war victory is just beginning to take a heavy toll on jobs in the defense industryWrong Party Marilyn Quayle's Role Gunning for the Greens The sour economy has made it more fashionable to save jobs than trees -- and fueled a backlash led by loggers, ranchers and developersWhat Happened to a Missing Pilot? Demanding Payment for Good BehaviorTIME magazine masthead Vol. 139 No. 5 FEBRUARY 3, 1992 An Extra Dimension Wagner Variations The Fraying Of America When a nation's diversity breaks into factions, demagogues rush in, false issues cloud debate, and everybody has a grievanceBUSINESS NOTES FOOD PROCESSING To Skin A Spud TIME magazine contents page Vol. 139 No. 5 FEBRUARY 3, 1992 Feats of Progress Ken Burns, whose new film airs this week, puts the ''story'' back in historyKeeping the Faith THE RECESSION
