Time Magazine Contents Page
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COVER: The two giants of Communism witness a surge of people power
In China the forces for transformation bubble up from below, while in the Soviet Union they are marshaled from above. But in both cases there is recognition that the system needs a drastic overhaul. -- How far will China's hard-liners go to keep the lid on discontent? -- Presiding over the most freely elected legislature in his country's history, Gorbachev hears the clamorous voices of the people.
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NATION: As Jim Wright's fate is sealed, the Capitol Hill ethics purge also topples majority whip Tony Coelho
Democrats are poised to elevate Tom Foley to the top House post, but there will be a scramble for other leadership positions. -- At this week's NATO summit, George Bush may counter Gorbachev's gambits by proposing a cut in U.S. , forces in Europe. -- Could the explosion that killed 47 sailors on the U.S.S. Iowa have been triggered by a plot to collect insurance?
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BUSINESS: The Bush Administration names Japan to a hit list of unfair traders and threatens retaliatory action
With protectionist fever rising on Capitol Hill, the U.S. strikes out against Japanese trade barriers, but critics fear that tough action may rupture relations with a critical ally. -- While most Americans think Tokyo's trading manners are still one-sided, the Japanese argue that they have come a long way from their closed-door past. -- A small Arkansas town welcomes the Japanese invasion.
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BEHAVIOR: The disturbing rise in sex crimes by youths
The arrest of five teenagers in New Jersey for an assault on a mentally impaired 17-year-old girl stirs outrage and intensifies debate over the causes of adolescent violence.
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PRESS: Scrambling to cover China's simmering crisis
Martial law, blocked satellite transmissions and a dearth of reliable sources are all part of a very long day's work. -- TV has made English the lingua franca of protest.
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HEALTH: How internal clocks can go out of whack
A volunteer emerges after 131 days alone in a New Mexico cave and sheds new light on the innate biological rhythms that mark everything from blood pressure to mood.
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SPACE: A mission to measure the earth's vital signs
Seeking a pivotal role in the campaign to save the planet, NASA is developing a long-term program of satellite flights designed to monitor intensively earth's ecological problems. Data received from sophisticated instruments aboard orbiting unmanned space platforms would help measure pollution, deforestation and other global threats. But funding for the proposal, which could eventually cost $20 billion, remains uncertain.
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INTERVIEW: Let's test Gorbachev's sincerity
Peacenik William Sloane Coffin suggests that now is the time to end the arms race and start dismantling NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
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TRAVEL: Puffing all the way up Hemingway's peak
Despite an exhausting days-long walk, frigid air and high fees, climbers are flocking to ascend to the roof of Africa, immortalized in The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
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SPORT: Foreign athletes and U.S. teams look abroad
Three Soviet stars will join North American hockey teams as international athletic boundaries blur. And would you believe pro football in Japan and Europe?
8 Letters
13 Critics' Choice
32 World
63 Law
63 Milestones
70 Environment
70 Technology
78 Cinema
83 Books
88 People
90 Essay
Cover: Photographs by Forrest Anderson -- Gamma/Liaison (Beijing) and Victor Yurchenko -- AP (Moscow)