Table of ContentsTHE HUMONGOUS HOOKUP AT&T goes cellular in a big way -- and steals yet another march on its rivals18 Rms, No Royal Vu Buckingham bric-a-brac: a tourist finds Rubens, a suburban throne, electric heaters and mintsThe U.S. thinks so, and has outlawed the Islamic state for harboring and training fundamentalist militantsTIME Magazine masthead AUGUST 30, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 9 SPOTLIGHT By George, a Worthy RivalNEWS DIGEST AUGUST 15-21The Last SongwriterBombs in the Name of Allah Islamic militants prove they will use any means to overthrow Mubarak's secular governmentFind Out the Causes FUN AND GAMES WITH THE KGB The Ploy That Fell to Earth Star Wars suffers another blow with charges that an antimissile test was fakedCall in the Smarm Police!Consideration for Free Trade Dirt from the Old SodBrazil's Lost Children The Best Steel Facility Healthy, Wealthy and Fraudulent Doctors and patients are in on scams that could bust Clinton's health budgetLittle Big GirlON HOLLYWOOD AND VINEYARD The natives are restless as Bill, Hillary and Chelsea begin their summer vacationTIME Magazine Contents Page AUGUST 30, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 9 Spectator Ted Goes Hollywood IIJust Another Fun CoupleMAYAN MYSTERIES Little Sex Change on the PrairieCafe SocietyHail to the Vacationer-in-ChiefNot a BombLate Night With Just About EverybodyDon't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful; Feel Sorry for Me WHAT BECOMES A LEGEND MOST? A flood of kitsch and concerts gives Maestro Bernstein an Elvis-like resurrectionNew Dave Dawning After 11 years, David Letterman is the man of the hour in late night. Now if he can only learn to enjoy it.VOX POP Dateline Under Fire NBC's investigative series continues to make news -- about itselfDISPATCHES Oprah Springs EternalSTEALTH CRUISE HEALTH REPORT MANHATTAN HELLHOLE The harrowing tale of a stalwart kidnapping victim who managed to make it out aliveMystery of the 300-Year Drought The world's first empire may have been doomed by a volcano and an epic dry spellINFORMED SOURCES BUNNY-HOPPING INTO SPACE A cheap, lightweight rocket could make the shuttle obsoleteMAP WELL, THE BOSS DOESN'T CARE RAW DATA The Ultimate Choice An operation to separate the Lakeberg twins was surely compassionate -- but was it wise?Prognosis: Expensive The Board vs. the ''Babe'' A businesswoman's sex-bias lawsuit takes aim at a new target: the top ranks of corporate AmericaWINNERS & LOSERS Tinkering with MADNESS Did a UCLA experiment deliberately allow a schizophrenic to fall into a severe relapse?INNOCENT AS CHARGED Robert Altman's acquittal shows the perils of criminal prosecution ! in the complex B.C.C.I. scandalLOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE . . .
