Table of ContentsExecutions in the U.S.: 1930-93 SPOTLIGHT Geared to the Max Why settle for ordinary sports equipment when you can get a high-impact modulus-polymer-visco-graphite version? Americans are gaga for gadgetry.RAW DATA HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? Falling interest rates have become the most powerful force in a balky economyWINNERS & LOSERS INFORMED SOURCES GORBY THE GREEN WARRIOR Moving from the cold war to global warming, the former Soviet leader searches for a new roleWhat They Did on Their Summer Vacations Lost in Space A $1 billion satellite is gone, and so is another chunk of NASA's reputationMAP Driving ReignHeidi's Hollywood Hustle PROGNOSIS: FEWER JOBS Clinton may not know it yet, but his advisers predict job losses from health-care reformWould You Believe This Witness? OVERTURNING REAGAN'S ERA TIME Magazine Contents Page SEPTEMBER 6, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 10 Clarification Annulments, American-Style TIME Magazine Masthead SEPTEMBER 6, 1993 VOL. 142 NO. 10 Snared in the Terrorist Web The feds charge Sheik Abdel Rahman as mastermind of a vast Islamic conspiracy to bomb, kidnap and murderOne Just Like Her Back HomeSpeaking of Upside Down BRIGHT LIFE, DARK DEATH A color-blind American scholar eager to hasten democracy loses her life to racial violenceA Country Held Hostage Former contras and ex-Sandinistas are both at war with the Chamorro governmentCorrection In Semiprivate PainHow to Make Marriage MatterShamed By Their Nation Nigerians are fed up with rulers who squandered their patrimony and killed a dream of greatnessNEWS DIGEST AUGUST 22-28The Grouch From HullHell Is These PeopleMake Love, Not WarReality CheckTot RockHold the MayoSky's The Limit The Rocky Mountain home of cowboys and lumberjacks has become a magnet for lone-eagle telecommuters and Range Rover-driving yuppies. So far, it's been a booming good time.THE LAST SAFE PLACE A longtime resident of Montana ponders the invasion of the Rockies, what it means for his state and what it says about AmericaRequiem for a Heavyweight In Sam Cohn's show-business realm, the good old days keep on endingMY QUEST FOR THE FOUNTAIN OF AGE The catalyst of the women's movement, now 72, hopes to do for the image of older people what she did to dispel the ''feminine mystique''HEALTH REPORT Hot Damn,He's Good Rancher, polo player, champion eyeballer -- and now the Southwest Bogart''MAN IS NOT A GOD''THE 10 MOST PREDICTABLE GUESTS ON JERRY LEWIS' LABOR DAY WEEKEND TELETHON 1 TONY ORLANDO 2 WAYNE NEWTON 3 JOHN DAVIDSON 4 JACK JONES 5 NORM CROSBY 6 FREDDIE ROMAN 7 CASEY KASEM WHO'S BAD? An age of innocence may be at an end as Michael Jackson, the Peter Pan of pop, confronts accusations that he sexually abused one of his young friendsPaying Protection MoneyHurray! A B Minus!''Say 'Good Night,' Paul.'' ''Good Night, Paul.'' NBC has recently threatened legal action if David Letterman takes some of the comedy bits he made famous on his NBC show and uses them on his new late-night show on CBS. NBC has made a fuss with CBS over tBLUEGRASS SAGA Out of a son's death and a backwoods journey comes a Pulitzer prizewinning look at the dark U.S. past
