Vol. 133 No. 15
NATION
American Notes MAINE
Rallying to The Claws
American Notes PHILADELPHIA
A Doggone Shame
American Notes SPACE
Do You Read Me, Phobos?
American Notes THE WHITE HOUSE
How High an Office?
Go Faster! No! Go Slower! Holding Back (The Union)
In advancing his agenda, Gorbachev faces growing pressure from two opposite camps: the liberals and the conservatives
Go Faster! No! Go Slower! Pushing Forward (The Union)
In advancing his agenda, Gorbachev faces growing pressure from two opposite camps: the liberals and the conservatives
Haunted By History's Horrors (The Union)
In allowing Stalin's crimes to be exhumed, Gorbachev is trying ( to create a mandate for his reforms. But what if debate about the past calls the legitimacy of the state into question?
Legacy of an Unpopular War (The Union)
Taking It All Back, Plus Interest
The U.S. wants billions from the king of junk bonds
The Big Spill
Bred from complacency, the Valdez fiasco goes from bad to worse to worst possible
The Cup Turneth Over
San Diego loses yachting's biggest prize -- in a courtroom
The New USSR (The Union)
The Union (The Union)
Then and Now (The Union)
Nearly 20 years after being expelled, a TIME correspondent returns to discover what is new -- and not new -- in Moscow
What the Comrades Say (The Union)
In the most extensive Soviet poll on perestroika ever conducted for a foreign publication, TIME discovers surprising candor -- and more than a little dissension
WORLD
A historic -- and surprising -- election is the latest indication that, for all his troubles, Gorbachev's revolution is transforming his nation
Moscow Beginners Where Slava Starts Over Again (Soviet Scene)
At a meeting of the country's first A.A. group, alcoholics learn a sort of personal perestroika, one day at a time
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Long ostracized by colleagues around the world, Soviet psychiatrists try to show that they are not instruments of oppression
Here Come the Trainers (Health & Fitness)
Increasingly concerned about flab and kholesterine, many comrades are shaping up and eating less
SOCIETY
Though no competition for Armani or Miyake, two young designers hope to banish the drab from Soviet closets
Living (Living)
Rehabilitating Sex (Behavior)
The erotic is no longer taboo in the media or in schools. But ( a tradition of silence does not die so easily
PRESS
With remarkable candor, a leading editor describes the joys and pains of being on the cutting edge of glasnost
RELIGION
Nurtured by a growing official tolerance, the country's 55 million Muslims enjoy a flowering of freedom
New Freedoms for Old Faiths
TECHNOLOGY
In a society where information has always been tightly controlled, the electronic revolution moves slowly
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 133 No. 15 APRIL 10, 1989
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 133 No. 15 APRIL 10, 1989
BUSINESS
Flight No. 30 Carries the Goodies
Joint Misadventures
Once giddy about doing deals, Western firms discover that their Soviet partners are not always on the line
Oh, No, Here Comes Joe
On the Front Line
The co-op movement is thriving, but has run into resistance from bureaucrats and resentment among consumers
Turning Up The Power
To revitalize its moribund industry, Moscow aims to free some plants from meddlesome central planners and encourage enterprise
EDUCATION
Though socialism still rules the curriculum, students are encouraged to think for themselves. But did anyone tell the teachers?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Canvases of Their Own (Art)
Now that socialist realism has been undone, artists struggle between the desire to find a fresh vision and the lure of Western markets
Censors' Day Off (Cinema)
As audiences cheer, filmmakers are ushering a May Day parade of social ills -- and a little sex -- onto the screen
Freedom Waiting for Vision (The Arts)
From theater to painting, from movies to books, from television to magazines, the cultural thaw has turned into a spring flood. But where is the new Soviet Renaissance?
Hot, Hot, Hot: Brigada S (Music)
Teens from Tallinn to Vladivostok love all nine members of a homegrown band whose songs sound like (yes) the Andrews Sisters on acid
Let Me Tell You . . . (Show Business)
Voices From the Inner Depths (Theater)
Topical invective aside, the stage is rediscovering its true concern, the human soul