Vol. 134 No. 23
NATION
American Notes ENTREPRENEURS
Selling a Piece Of the Rock
American Notes FLORIDA
"She Still Calls Me Daddy"
American Notes IRAN-CONTRA
And Then There Was One
American Notes RAILROADS
Last Train to Iowa
American Notes WASHINGTON
Plea from A Wheelchair
Keating Takes the Fifth
But the last word is yet to be spoken about the thrift fiasco
Pro-Choice? Get Lost
Antiabortion views are a must at Health and Human Services
Quack! Quack! Quack!
What walks like a tax, squawks like a tax and looks like a tax?
WORLD
Czechoslovaks oust a hard-line regime, giving the superpowers another reason to put Communist upheavals atop the Malta summit agenda
A Scandalous Record
Going To Meet the Man (East-West)
If the U.S. and Soviet leaders hit it off, the summit could be more than a cruise
Lebanon A Bomb Aimed at Peace
Just 17 days in office, the new President is killed in Beirut in another setback for attempts to stop the endless bloodshed
Of Turncoats and Scapegoats (East-West)
In East Germany pent-up anger leads to retribution
The Road to Malta (East-West)
A year ago, Bush distrusted Gorbachev. Now he wonders how to help him succeed
The Sheraton Siege
Guerrillas take the war into the wealthy sections of the capital, as new questions are raised about the U.S. role and the deaths of six Jesuits
When The Tanks Rolled In (East-West)
World Notes COLOMBIA
Wanted, but Not Found
World Notes GREECE
Partnership Of Enemies
World Notes INDIA
Dirty Money, Bloody Ballots
World Notes SPAIN
Bullets for Basques
SOCIETY
The superwoman is weary, the young are complacent, but feminism is not dead. And, baby, there's still a long way to go
Free Advice (Ethics)
Psychologists face discipline for diagnosing strangers
Where Angelenos Fear to Tread (Ethics)
A panel proposes the toughest guidelines yet for city employees
RELIGION
Gorbachev's historic visit to Pope John Paul II seals a truce after 72 years of bitter spiritual warfare
TECHNOLOGY
Electronic mufflers cancel unwanted sound waves in midair
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 134, No. 23 DECEMBER 4, 1989
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 134, No. 23 DECEMBER 4, 1989
BUSINESS
Go East, Young Man?
Business Notes ADVERTISING
Picture Imperfect?
Business Notes DIVESTITURES
Lightening The Load
Business Notes NEWSPAPERS
The Word on The Street
Business Notes RETAILING
No Breaks for This Clerk
Business Notes STRIKES
Back in the Saddle Again
High Tech's Fickle Helping Hand
The White House wavers on funding for microchips and HDTV
Winter's Bitter Wind
With the economy crumbling and food shortages worsening, Soviet citizens are losing patience with perestroika and forcing Gorbachev into a race for results
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
NO PLACE LIKE HOME CBS; Dec. 3; 9 p.m. EST
More Travels with Marty (Cinema)
Sad Life of a Love Goddess (Books)
Spooked by a Crumbling Wall (Books)
SPECIAL SECTION
After Hugo With the high season fast approaching, the battered Caribbean rushes to be ready
PEOPLE
MOTHER TERESA sees poverty as a kind of richness -- and richness as impoverishment -- as she cares for the dying and unwanted of Calcutta
The Most Hated Man In Science (Profile)
To some "the Abominable No Man," gadfly JEREMY RIFKIN warns of the dangers of uncontrolled experiments with new technologies