Index

58 COVER: Here Come the Cyberpunks!
Loaded with equal portions of technology and attitude, a new
subculture is bubbling up from the computer underground
and surfing the dark edges of information age
62 Electronic Outlaw - How a hacker landed in jail

26 THE ADMINISTRATION: Clinton's Amateur Hour
The President collides with Congress and the Pentagon

29 ARMED FORCES: The Secret Life of Gays
For homosexuals in uniform, deception is a necessary habit

31 THE FIRST LADY: Hillary's Challenge
The President's wife lands a bigjob can't neglect tradition

32 AN APPRECIATION: Justice Thurgood Marshall
A former clerk recalls the days and nights of the great jurist

35 CITIES: Fear and Division in L.A.
A tense metropolis prepares for two racially charged trials

37 SOCIETY: A Teacher's Life at Risk
Two girls are prevented from committing murder in class

38 BOOK EXCERPT: Present at the Destruction
How George Shultz fought the sandbagging of his policies

51 MIDDLE EAST: A Lesson in Deportment
The U.S. wants Israel to look for a strategic retreat

54 BUSINESS: Board Games
Puppets no more, corporate directors turn on their masters

56 TECHNOLOGY: Do Cellular Phones Cause Cancer?
Despite scanty evidence, people are panicking

57 SCIENCE: The French Do It Faster
The first human genome map won't be made in the U.S.A.

66 LIVING: A Farewell to the Big Book
The Sears catalog was much more than a shopping aid

68 FASHION: An American in Paris
Oscar de la Renta takes over - and spruces up - staid Balmain

REVIEWS

THEATER In The Last Yankee, Arthur Miller ages splendidly .....72
TELEVISION Paul McCartney robustly revisits his Beatles past ..72
CINEMA A bright satirical intelligence gleams in Matinee ......78
ART Jeff Koons promotes gloss, glitz and Jeff Koons ...........78
SHORT TAKES ...................................................83

Cover: Illustration for Time by Bart Nagel

DEPARTMENTS

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF'S LETTER....6
LETTERS ....................8
GRAPEVINE..................15
MILESTONES.................23
PEOPLE.....................71
ESSAY......................86