Vol. 135 No. 2

NATION

American Notes DALLAS
Police Presence

American Notes DRUGS
A Tighter Noose

American Notes FLORIDA
Kracking Down On Crack

American Notes HOMICIDE
Another Bloody Year

American Notes TREES
Made for The Shade

Medfly Madness
A pesky insect has Southern California up in arms

Seven Sorry Senators
A tidal wave of ethics cases may boost campaign-finance reform

The Presidency
Freedom's Multi-Ring Circus

WORLD

A Kaleidoscope of Chaos
On the road from the border to Bucharest: people ricocheting between agony and elation, fear and hope

America Abroad
Glued to the Tube

Bombing Run on Congress

When Tyrants Fall

Defiant to the End

Panama No Place To Run
With Noriega cornered but not caught, was the pain of invasion worth the gain?

Passing The Manhood Test Operation
Just Cause was a triumph for American soldiers

Rumania Unfinished Revolution
Ceausescu is dead, but the country is entering a perilous new phase. Can the interim government win popular loyalty? Will the army take over? Does democracy stand a chance?

Soviet Union Cutting the Party Line
Moscow sweats to keep control

Vicious Keepers of the Faith

World Notes AUSTRALIA
First Time Unlucky

World Notes ISRAEL
The Outspoken Pilgrim

World Notes MIDDLE EAST
Time Heals Most Wounds

World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
Enrile Is Charged

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Chance to Be Taller (Health)
Growth hormone provides hope -- and the potential for abuse

PRESS

How Reporters Missed the War
On a tight leash, journalists assail the Pentagon's pool system

SPORT

Clearly, The Team of the Decade
After a 14-2 season, the 49ers set their sights on the Super Bowl

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 135, No. 2 JANUARY 8, 1990

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 135, No. 2 JANUARY 8, 1990

BUSINESS

Business Notes ADVERTISING
Coke Updates A . . . Classic

Business Notes ARGENTINA
The Greenback Gets Respect

Business Notes CORPORATIONS
The Highflyers Hit a Low

Business Notes PUBLISHING
How Much, Malcolm?

Business Notes REGULATION
Turning from Wall to Main

The Price Isn't Right
Drug firms start to feel the heat as the cost of medication spirals

What Rimes with Citrus?
Bitter cold bites growers, refiners and consumers

EDUCATION

Bracing For Perestroika
New York's new chancellor vows to restructure a troubled system

LAW

Reach Out and Tape Someone
A federal lawsuit seeks privacy protection for cordless phones

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Blockbusters of An Inventive Showman (Art)
American master Frederic Edwin Church's spectacular 19th century landscapes were the CinemaScope of his age

Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)

Fantasy Life (Books)

Giving Birth "Astride of a Grave" (Theater)
Samuel Beckett: 1906-1989

Hollywood On The Holocaust (Cinema)
Three holiday films recall the slaughter of European Jewry

Imposing On Reality (Cinema)

In The Driver's Seat (Show Business)
Actor Morgan Freeman eases into high gear

Millennial Megababble (Books)

Odd Hysteria (Books)

PEOPLE

Dissident To President (Profile)
VACLAV HAVEL, master of absurdist theater, philosopher of rebellion and veteran of Czechoslovakia's best prisons, becomes its head of state

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Eugene Mihaesco