Table of ContentsThe Best Seats in TownWho's the Loser? Corporate sponsors get bashed in the Olympics' newest event The Magic of The GamesFire and Ice-T Protesters demand that Time Warner pull its Body Count album New Competition for Cable Companies After a long fight, the FCC allows phone companies to carry TV signals A Fresh Push for Middle East Peace Rabin urges Arabs and Israelis alike to give the process a chance ET CETERA RESIGNED TO DISUNITY Attempted Murder? The lawyer who is prosecuting the Communist Party is nearly killed The Pursuit of Happiness?Now for Something Really Nasty A new dinosaur find in Utah makes Tyrannosaurus rex look cuddly Flip-Flopping AlongBAD BREEDING SHORT TAKES ET CETERA IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM . . . Judge Entered, Axl RoseET CETERA FINE TUNING Expressionist ImpressionistMagic BulletET CETERA END OF AN ERA Milky Way Monster Bursts of gamma rays point to a black hole at the center of our galaxy ET CETERA RISK-FREE OYSTERS? ET CETERA ROUSING NEWS Perot Takes a Walk The inside story of how the rookie politician turned into a quitter, leaving his supporters in the lurchBill's Big Bash In a rare show of unity and Hollywood razzmatazz, the Democrats pull off the perfect G.O.P. conventionFront and Center Clinton surges into the lead with a flawless performance as a petulant Perot bows out and the President goes fishing''Mainstream'' Ku Klux Klan TAKING OFF!THE CITY Homage To BARCELONA Teeming and gritty, the historic Catalan capital is jealous of its independence and proud of its brilliant culturePILLS FOR THE MIND How Bush and Clinton Play The Israel Card TIME magazine masthead JULY 27, 1992 VOL. 140 NO. 4 STAR GYMNASTS TIME magazine contents page JULY 27, 1992 VOL. 140 NO. 4 GYMNASTICS DON'T CALL THEM PIXIES! Kim Zmeskal may be tiny and cute. Her rival Shannon Miller may be perky. But don't be fooled. The two American medal contenders are as tough as any world-class athlete.Courting Dixie Forget California or New York -- the South is a prize the Democrats must win to claim the White HouseBorder? What Border?Here Comes the Stealth ManuscriptWaiting for Baker Bush's floundering campaign needs help -- and may soon get itMake Mine StateOnce More, with Peeling Great Expectations By pushing to speed up peace talks, Yitzhak Rabin has left Washington smiling but the Palestinians scrambling to forge a counterproposalBig Mac to the Rescue The Presidency What Defines Character?Aggression 1, International Law 0 As the Serbs prepare to seize Bosnia, the West remains indignant -- and powerlessSeafood Under the Microscope And Then There Were Two With Perot folding, Clinton and Bush gird for a head-to-head fight DIVING China's Chosen Ones Plucked from home by age eight, trained in state secrecy and paid bonuses for victories that glorify their land, these competitors relive the heyday of Soviet-style sports factoriesSTAR SWIMMERS SCORECARDVOX POPBlazing Their Own RoadCheating the Big OneA Future Camp ClassicSee Me, Feel MeLook for the Union LabelTRACK STARS DECATHLON Dave on His Own He grew up running from the cops. Now, at 29, Dave Johnson may outpoint everyone in the Olympic decathlon.Another Cease-Fire In Bosnia -- Too Late? New offensives have gobbled up much of what little was left ET CETERA TAILHOOKED BASKETBALL ARE THEY KIDDING? The Dream Team is everyone else's nightmare. It should be no contest, unless . . .ET CETERA BITTER PILL SWIMMING A Bigger Splash After lagging behind East Germany, U.S. women seem poised to win in every stroke and in record timesNO ROOM AT THE DUMP TRADITIONS PRO VS. AMATEUR With the arrival of the U.S. basketball millionaires, the Games have turned a final corner. Shamateurism is gone. But will glitz and hype now prevail?A Big Win for Asbestos Workers Seven firms are found negligent in a complex Maryland trial Just Clearing the Air To curb pollution, the EPA demands tougher auto-emissions testing
