Vol. 135 No. 18

NATION

American Notes ADOPTION
Putting Kids On Display

American Notes DRUGS
X Marks The Spot

American Notes MONUMENTS
A Tower of Hot Air

American Notes NEW YORK
Mistaken Identity

Games Captors Play
Amid power struggles and delays, a hostage is finally released

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grapevine^ (Grapevine)

How Green Is My Record (Grapevine)
Crashers at the Earth Day Party

Loser of the Week (Grapevine)

Outrage of the Week (Grapevine)

The Jesse Helms Marketing Strategy (Grapevine)

The Presidency
The Noncampaign of '92

The with-Friends-Like-These Trophy (Grapevine)

Up From The Streets
Instead of dying out, Detroit gangs have been reborn as criminal empires

Walleye War
Indians and sportsmen clash over fishing rights

Winner of the Week (Grapevine)

WORLD

"It's Time to Heal the Wounds" (Vietnam)

A War on Poverty (Vietnam)
Finally at peace, Vietnam is struggling to open up its economy and close the gap between the backward North and bustling South

America Abroad
Defusing Baghdad's Bomb

Central America "The Boys"
Step into Line On the eve of her inauguration, Chamorro brokers a cease-fire between the contras and the Sandinistas -- but will it stick?

Hout Seng's Long March (Vietnam)

Persecution Repression's Hall of Shame
Nelson Mandela notwithstanding, political prisoners still languish in cells decades after their arrests

Soviet Union Running Out Of Gas?
As Gorbachev lays siege to Lithuania, the republic begins to debate the wisdom of its dash to independence

Still A Killing Field (Vietnam)
Cambodia remains a pawn in the regional power game -- and the slaughter continues

Vietnam 15 Years Later (Vietnam)
Guilt and recrimination still shroud America's perceptions of the only war it ever lost

Why The Western Powers Are Right to Tread Carefully
With East-West relations at stake, Lithuania is not worth a fight

World Notes EASTERN EUROPE
Send in the (Peace) Corps!

World Notes ISRAEL
The Territorial Imperative

World Notes NAMES
Equal Ethnic Billing

World Notes SOUTH AFRICA
A Zephyr Of Change

World Notes SOVIET UNION
Biting Back At Watchdogs

SCIENCE

A Sizzling Scientific Debate (Environment)
Skeptics claim that the evidence for global warming is not so hot

HEALTH & MEDICINE

DNA and The Desire to Drink (Medicine)
Researchers discover a gene at the root of alcoholism

It's A Girl! (Medicine)
Picking an embryo's sex prevents the inheritance of some diseases

Pain-Killer Alert (Medicine)
Taking too much ibuprofen for too long can lead to kidney failure

SOCIETY

Hogan's Alley, Virginia Crime (American Scene)
Is This Town's Job But the good guys always get their man

PRESS

When Cultures Clash
Tribal warfare roils National Geographic

STYLE & DESIGN

A Cult Hero Gets His Due (Design)
The bold, austere architecture of Italy's Aldo Rossi wins the prestigious Pritzker Prize

TECHNOLOGY

L.A.'s High-Watt Highway
Electric cars get a boost in the capital of smog

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 135 No. 18 APRIL 30, 1990

BUSINESS

Biting The Bullets
Military suppliers scramble to get ready for the defense build-down

Blast From The Past
Stagflation is coming back. Is there a cure this time?

Business Notes AIRLINES
This Is Your Pilot Speaking

Business Notes CONSUMER CREDIT
They Don't Take Visa

Business Notes RETAILING
Wrap It Up, We'll Take It

Business Notes SOCIAL ISSUES
Moral Battle In the Office

Business Notes TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Dial C For Clean

Cutting The Deal of His Life
The long-defiant bond wizard slouches toward a plea

World Of Business Trading Jabs

EDUCATION

Blackboard Jungle
A TIME correspondent revisits his troubled alma mater

LAW

A Victory for Integration
The court rules on civil rights, privacy and labor relations

Foul Weather for Fair Use
A wave of copyright suits puts scholars on the defensive

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Beyond Headlines and Haydn (Radio)
National Public Radio adds some fun -- and even some fluff

Foolish Tragedy (Books)

No Exit (Books)

The Last Mysterious Lady (Show Business)
Greta Garbo: 1905-1990

When Complications Occur (Books)

PEOPLE

Sage In a Land Of Anger (Profile)
Teaching tolerance and pluralism, Israeli philosopher DAVID HARTMAN seeks to heal Israel's trauma

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Einstein In Love