Vol. 134 No. 19
NATION
Billion Worth of Influence How a shaky businessman put five Senators in his corner
American
Notes CONSERVATION No Longer at Loggerheads
American
Notes GUNS Targeting the Children
American
Notes TEXAS "Like Being Inside a Bomb"
American
Notes WASHINGTON Down for The Count
Bush's
No-No On Abortion The President's twin vetoes slow the pro-choice momentum
Everybody's
Pal
Is
California Worth the Risk? Absolutely, 30 million residents will say -- and they're no different from Americans who smoke, drive, hang glide, eat apples or fly DC-10s
Is
Los Angeles Next? Southern California finds flaws in its plans for the Big One
Now, The
Financial Aftershocks The cleanup may top $10 billion, and the whole U.S. will pay
Remembering
Hugo
The
Presidency The Yen to Stay Onstage
The
Stovepipe Problem The real "micromanager" on Panama was the President
WORLD
America
Abroad Why Bush Should Sweat
Cover Stories: Yes, He's For Real
Yes, He's For Real By loosening the Soviet grip on Eastern Europe, Gorbachev proves once and for all that he seeks a different world. How should the West respond?
Now
It's More Like Real Money The ruble is cut down to size -- but may have to be cut more
Some Options for the U.S.
The
Three Holdouts Against Change
There Goes the Bloc
With Moscow's satellites finding their own way, a new architecture must be created for the heart of the Continent. But no one is sure of the blueprint
Uganda
Starting Over in Kampala Peace slowly revives a country shattered by war and atrocity
World
Notes BRITAIN Killed with Faint Praise
World
Notes LEBANON Pipe Down In the Back
World
Notes LIBYA After All This Time, Scruples
World
Notes NORTH KOREA . . . And One For Kim?
World
Notes SOUTH AFRICA An A-Bomb For Pretoria?
SCIENCE
Mother Nature A minstrel duo brings fun -- and fire -- to the ecology movement
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Game Is Up! Deer, boar and other woodland creatures are appearing on more menus
SOCIETY
Plague Without Boundaries Crack, once a problem of the poor, invades the U.S. middle class
Habit (Living)
Forming A silly new survey of American compulsions
Yellowstone (American Scene)
National Park The Brawl of The Wild A plan for reintroducing wolves touches off a howling argument
PRESS
Trying Harder The Washington Times bags a politician, but can it win respect?
TECHNOLOGY
Old Magic Will new stealth weapons make radar obsolete?
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 134, No. 19 NOVEMBER 6, 1989
Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead NOVEMBER 6, 1989 Vol. 134, No. 19
BUSINESS
Chasm of Misery Latin America's rich and poor have become separate, wary societies. Unless leaders bridge the gap, the countries risk violent upheaval
Business
Notes AUTOMAKERS Stalking A Jaguar
Business
Notes BREWERIES Suds Take A Spill
Business
Notes LAWS Softening RICO's Rap
Business
Notes VIDEO GAMES New Boy on The Block
Business
Notes WALL STREET Turned Off On Programs
Dynamic
Duos Don't Come Cheap Sony and Warner Bros. wage a billion-dollar personnel war
Money
Angles Why I Voted for a Used Car
Not
Mad About Manhattan Exxon flees New York prices
The
Harvard Debt Doctor's Controversial Cure
LAW
Wrath of "Maximum Bob" Jim Bakker's stiff punishment raises questions over sentencing
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Sistine, And Disney, The licentious genius of Mantua's Giulio Romano
Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)
Fetal (Cinema)
Attraction
Invasion of The (Video)
Wild Things TV is overrun with thrills, chills and delicious horrors
Litmus (Books)
Test
Martyr Or (Books)
Machiavelli?
Street (Books)
Smart
True (Cinema)
Grit
PEOPLE
She Looks Inward Architect MAYA LIN'S Viet Nam memorial proved to be a powerful emotional reminder. Now she has created another
TO OUR READERS
ESSAY
Capitalist's Guide to Capital Gains