Vol. 133 No. 13
NATION
American Notes CHICAGO
Don't Tread On Me
American Notes LABOR
New Deal for The Teamsters
American Notes SUPREME COURT
A Private Opinion
American Notes THE BORDER
A Final Deadly Barrier
American Notes WASHINGTON
Tough Times For Taxmen
Do You Dare To Eat A Peach? Or an apple, or a grape?
The fruit panic was a lesson about terrorism -- and living with risk
Did He Lie?
The North trial outlines Reagan's role in contra aid
Dining With Invisible Danger
Meals are rarely deadly, but consumers have reason to complain
Down on The Farm
First Steps Toward a Policy
Baker plays coy with Israel and hangs tough on Nicaragua
From Kitchen To Table
Future Shock
A fight brews in Tennessee for custody of fertilized eggs
Gunning For Assault Rifles
An import ban will slow the boom in semiautomatic weapons
Into The Pipeline
On The Road To Market
WORLD
Peru Lurching Toward Anarchy
Can the country cope with terrorism -- and 10,000% inflation?
Rigid But Prosperous
South Africa Return of the Great Crocodile
After a stroke, Botha defies his party and clings to power
Soviet Union New Masters of The Land
Attempting to free agriculture
Special Report: Eastern Europe Chips Off the Old Bloc
Moscow's satellites are in ferment. Where's the West?
Terrorism Late Alarums, Failed Alerts
"Toshiba bombs" had surfaced in advance of Flight 103
World Notes BRAZIL
All in the Family
World Notes ESPIONAGE
Yeah? Well, Take That!
World Notes ITALY
Old Tragedy, New Evidence
World Notes WEST GERMANY
The Center Doesn't Hold
SCIENCE
"It Gets Better Every Time"
(Space)
Major scientific missions are riding on the shuttles in 1989
A Drastic Plan to Banish Smog
(Environment)
Los Angeles seeks to clear its smudged skies by the year 2009
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A Setback for Pro-Life Forces New studies find abortions pose little danger to women
(Health)
Yet Another Deadly Link
(Health)
Breathing cigarette smoke may cause cervical cancer
SOCIETY
Atlanta, Georgia Image Wilting?
(American Scene)
Help Is at Hand A consultant raids closets to help the humdrum look upscale
RELIGION
Africa's Artistic Resurrection
Amid poverty and starvation, Christian faith and native talent are inspiring a wealth of religious works
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page
(Contents)
Vol. 133 No. 13 MARCH 27, 1989
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(Masthead)
Vol. 133 No. 13 MARCH 27, 1989
BUSINESS
A Deal That Nearly Came Undone
Despite qualms, the U.S. will help Japan build the FSX jet
Business Notes ADVERTISING
Way Cool or Totally Bogus?
Business Notes MANAGEMENT
Now for the Hard Part
Business Notes TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Dial P For Profits
Business Notes THE ECONOMY
Pop Go The Prices
Business Notes THRIFTS
Springing a Savings Leak
Rolling Along the Mommy Track
Is motherhood putting some women on a slower career path?
Small-Town Blues
The trains don't stop anymore, jobs are vanishing and young people are moving away. Now America's rural hamlets are fighting to stay on the map
LAW
Beware Of Paper Tigers
A brutal Indiana killing raises questions about the limits of court protection for battered women
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Scholarly Everest Gets Bigger
(Books)
The Oxford English Dictionary updates and goes electronic
A Soap Goes Black and White
(Video)
NBC unveils an interracial daytime serial, Generations
Critics' Choice
(Critics' Choice)
Dreaming At The Wheel
(Music)
R.E.M. hits the charts by jumping in place
Tiger Ladies
(Books)
PEOPLE
Chronicler Of Frayed Feminism
(Profile)
WENDY WASSERSTEIN, in her play The Heidi Chronicles, asks hard questions about her generation, but her mother would prefer a grandchild
Telling Tales
TO OUR READERS
From the Publisher
(From The Publisher)
ESSAY
A Sacrificial Rite of Spring