Vol. 134 No. 4
NATION
After 800 miles, a crash, a swim and a gun wound
American Notes ILLINOIS
Two Times, Too Much
American Notes ROBOTS
Meet Manny, One Tough G.I.
American Notes TRENDS
An Ounce of Prevention
American Notes UTAH
Very Heavy Lifting
From Patrons to Partners
Bush's trip shows a changing role for the superpowers in Europe
High-Wire Act
On a mission to Poland and Hungary, the President walks a line between pushing reform and making too many promises
Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick
For Kemp, the mess at HUD is both a hurdle and an opportunity
Washington's Man from Nowhere
Who is Craig Spence, and why were all those VIPs at his parties?
WORLD
A splashy bicentennial erupts in fireworks, parades -- and politics
Israel Why Is This Man So Glum?
Peres and Shamir part ways over a controversial peace plan
Nicaragua Decade of Despair
The Sandinistas promised a better life but delivered hard times
South Africa An Unlikely Tea for Two
By meeting with Botha, Mandela gives his blessing to direct talks between his supporters and the government
World Notes CUBA
No Clemency For a Hero
World Notes FRANCE A
"Mountain Of Sorrow"
World Notes GREECE
For Better Or Worse
World Notes HONG KONG
Singapore, Here We Come
SCIENCE
A TIME investigation of the Exxon Valdez fiasco finds that not only the tanker's captain is to blame for the worst oil spill in U.S. history
The Next Giant Leap for Mankind (Space)
Two decades after its first moon landing, it is time for the U.S. to head for Mars
SOCIETY
Experts say George Foreman has a fat chance at best of regaining boxing's heavyweight crown. He thinks otherwise
The Rights of Frozen Embryos (Ethics)
Complex, painful dilemmas are raised by in vitro fertilization
PRESS
Time Inc. announces plans to start Entertainment Weekly
Where Were the Media on HUD?
Washington journalists missed the scandal when it was breaking
TECHNOLOGY
Japanese translating machines make languages less foreign
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Vol. 134 No. 4 JULY 24, 1989
BUSINESS
Argentina's new leader imposes a drastic recovery plan
Business Notes AIRPORTS
Freight Goes First Class
Business Notes COAL STRIKE
First the Calm, Now the Storm
Business Notes COMMODITIES
Ferruzzi's Big Pot of Beans
Business Notes MARKETING
The Ultimate Ad Space
One for The Books
In rejecting Paramount's challenge to the Time-Warner deal, a judge affirms the right of directors to determine the fate of their companies
Romancing The Roadster
Mazda's hot Miata is the sensation of U.S. showrooms
That's A Reach, Sir James
The raider springs a daring $21 billion bid for B.A.T
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Laurence Olivier: 1907-1989
We Don't Need Another Heroid (Cinema)
The good guys are cyborgs in a pair of summer sequels
SPECIAL SECTION
At last, Moscow's on the map
PEOPLE
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN publishes the first volume of his epic on the Bolshevik Revolution and gives a rare account of his life in Vermont In his first major American interview since 1