The Third Wave
Closed mid-March 1992 · On stands late March 1992
The Front
Index of the Quarter
Numbers of the winter — implant moratoriums requested, casino chips sold on opening weekend, essays submitted to Ms.
The Essay
The Third Wave
Rebecca Walker's January essay 'Becoming the Third Wave,' published in Ms. Magazine, and what it names for a generation of readers younger than the magazine's median
The Foreign File
The Treaty Signing
Twelve foreign ministers sign the treaty on February 7 — a stringer's notes on a currency union still five years from a coin
The Feature Well
The Moratorium
FDA Commissioner David Kessler's January 6 announcement of a voluntary moratorium on silicone gel breast implants
The Contractor's Winter
A profile of an Ohio contractor's slow season, told through three renovations postponed
The City
The Group Founded on East 13th Street
The Treatment Action Group, founded in January, carries ACT UP's treatment-data expertise directly into FDA and NIH relationships
A Weekend Drive, Reconsidered
Foxwoods casino opens in Connecticut in February — a new destination for a reader who already owns the country house nearby
The Back
Books: A review of the season's essay collections on feminism's next generation · Art: A survey of winter museum shows opening in Chicago and Los Angeles · Film: The season's serious pictures, and the studio's quiet bet on a music biopic nobody expected to open this wide