Time Magazine Contents Page
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COVER: Workers are worn to a frazzle, families are frantic, but time refuses to stand still even for a moment
Welcome to the postindustrial age, when labor-saving gadgetry was supposed to make our lives easier. Not a chance. These are the days of the time famine, when parents talk about sleep the way hungry people talk about food. Why do we work so hard? What is the cost to ourselves and our children? And just what would we be willing to give up to live a little more peaceably? See LIVING.
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NATION: Choking back angry tears, House Speaker Jim Wright vows to fight charges of ethical misconduct
As a bipartisan panel prepares to accuse him of violating congressional rules, the Speaker and his Democratic
colleagues brace themselves for a knock-down, drag-out battle. -- Hugh Sidey calls on Wright to step aside. -- Are dull politicians the next big trend from California? -- Abbie Hoffman, the antic revolutionary, dies at 52.
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WORLD: A wimp no more, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari tackles corruption, drugs and debt
But how much substance is behind the political show?
-- A vicious cult of witchcraft and murder is unearthed in Matamoros, Mexico, as police discover the remains of 13 victims, including the body of a missing American student. -- What's behind the Recruit scandal in Japan and why it may topple the government of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.
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BUSINESS: The FSX jet puts more strain on U.S.-Japan ties
Opponents of the joint project fear it will endanger American dominance of the aerospace industry. -- Exxon faces lawsuits and consumer wrath for its role in the Alaskan oil spill.
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SCIENCE: The flap over cold fusion heats up
Some researchers claim that a breakthrough in nuclear physics has taken place, but experiments at other laboratories are yielding results that are confusing at best.
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TRAVEL: Having a wonderful time -- in Harlem, New York, of all places
The place does have crack houses, and whole blocks look postnuclear, but black Harlem is still a great place to visit. Beautiful old homes stand spiffily on Strivers' Row, the Apollo Theater percolates with Amateur Night every Wednesday, and churches like Abyssinian Baptist can renew the spirit of even the most jaded tourist.
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NATURE: Guarding nuclear submarines with dolphins
The marine mammals have an incomparable ability to detect intruders in murky waters, but a Navy plan has outraged both animal lovers and former trainers.
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PROFILE: A larger-than-life Surgeon General
C. Everett Koop is an outspoken First Doctor with pronounced ideas about how America should take care of itself.
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BOOKS: Getting to the (false) bottom of Orson Welles
A biography trenchantly captures the outsize actor, director, illusionist and impresario of the self. -- The dashing double-agentry of Kim Philby.
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SHOW BUSINESS: The Belushi story, onscreen at last
The producers of Wired finally find a distributor -- no thanks to Hollywood, they say, which feared the film's seamy revelations and closed ranks in an effort to quash it.
6 Letters
8 Critics' Choice
10 American Scene
43 People
74 Press
78 Cinema
78 Sport
89 Milestones
92 Essay
Cover: Illustration by Maris Bishofs