Table of ContentsThe Picture Suddenly Gets Clearer With this week's first broadcast of digital high-definition TV, the U.S. takes the lead in a pivotal industry for the 21st centuryPublic TV Under Assault Conservatives have stepped up their campaign against ''left-wing'' fare, but their attacks are misplacedRegulating Security Guards BUSINESS NOTES PHARMACEUTICALS Strategic Withdrawal Childhood Cut Short BACKLASH AGAINST FEMINISM BUSINESS NOTES TRADE No Kidding, We're No. 1? TIME magazine contents page Vol. 139 No. 13 MARCH 30, 1992 BUSINESS NOTES ADVERTISING The Changing Face of Chic Passions over Pornography A bitter debate divides feminism and some of its liberal backers. At issue: free speech vs. the civil rights of abused women.TIME magazine masthead Vol. 139 No. 13 MARCH 30, 1992 OCTOBER SURPRISE: THE SEQUELTHE YEAR 2000 Is it the end -- or just the beginning?Caught in a Web of LoveA Great Show, but Where Is It? Readers 19, Political Correctness 0 Will Canada Come Apart? VOX POPCOVER STORIES Country Rocks The Boomers Buoyed by fresh converts and embraced by a whole generation facing the realities of middle age, the new Nashville sound captures the mainstream with a nourishing mix of tradition, down-home showmanship and up-to-datTHE LORD MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS ...Give My Regards To Malibu Movie and TV stars stampede to Broadway, bringing old-fashioned glamour, box-office clout and artistic sizzleCLINTON'S VEEP PROSPECTS: HOW TO SCORE 'EMDOES MONTY PYTHON KNOW ABOUT THIS?Talking About the Untalkable As jobs grow scarcer and resentments rise, blacks and whites give Studs Terkel an earful about race and classHOSPITALITY VS. QUESTIONABLE CONDUCTFriends in Low Places Garth Brooks, average guy, pleasant singer and hokey holy terror as a performer, is the surprising new face of popCAMPAIGN NOTES THE SENATE Storming the Club CAMPAIGN NOTES THE HOUSE A Bigot Gets The Boot CAMPAIGN NOTES INDEPENDENTS President Perot? CAMPAIGN NOTES ABORTION Loosening the Gag -- a Bit SOUTH AFRICA Yes! Voters in what should be the last whites-only election support sharing power with the black majority. Can De Klerk and Mandela make it happen?ISRAEL Uncle Sam Closes His Wallet As Bush dooms loan guarantees, and relations with the U.S. worsen, a bomb levels the Buenos Aires embassyPOLITICS Sweet Smell of Success With two big Rust Belt victories and Tsongas out of the race, the nomination is Clinton's to lose. Now he faces a tougher challenge: proving he can beat Bush.Broke but Unbowed Suspending his bid for the White House, Paul Tsongas mulls how he can keep his message aliveThe Political Interest Clinton's Foreign Policy JujitsuETHICS When Spouses Earn Paychecks As politicians' wives increasingly forge careers of their own, questions about conflicts of interest inevitably ariseCONGRESS Checkmate for the Speaker? Rubbergate claims its first victims and threatens scores more in November. Even Tom Foley may have to pay.Will Bush Go to Rio? The environment is low on his priority list, but he can't afford the fallout of being a no-show at the Earth SummitThe Viper: Quite a Lusty Little Brute AUTOMOBILES Jockeying for Position Chrysler's board reaches outside for an heir apparent. But the race to replace Iacocca may be far from over.SUPERMARKETS Grocery-Cart Wars In the battle for customers, high tech is one way to compete with -- and sometimes beat -- low pricesBUSINESS NOTES MANUFACTURING Guns 'n' Losses BUSINESS NOTES INTERNATIONAL BANKING Take It to the Cleaners BRITAIN The Not So Merry Wife of Windsor Amid barbs from Buckingham Palace and press criticism of ''Duchess Do-Little,'' Fergie decides to end her marriage to the Duke of YorkWORLD NOTES AFGHANISTAN Najibullah's Siren Song WORLD NOTES FORMER SOVIET UNION A Dangerous Divide WORLD NOTES EASTERN EUROPE Poaching Souls WORLD NOTES HONG KONG Undesirable Imports
