Vol. 136 No. 8
NATION
Supersonic Trash
American Notes CALIFORNIA
Farewell to Club Fed
American Notes GEORGIA
Not So Dandy For Ole Andy
American Notes INVESTIGATIONS
A Murder in the U-Haul Family
American Notes SOUTH DAKOTA
Rumble in the Black Hills
Another Reason to Dislike Lawyers (Grapevine)
Clairvoyant of the Week (Grapevine)
Gone But Not Forgotten
The most vilified airline boss takes the money and runs
Here Comes Talkin' Lawton
A legendary figure seeks Florida's statehouse with a message so quaint no other candidate would try it. He might make it work.
Kids Write the Darnedest Things (Grapevine)
Mixed Verdict, Divided City
Marion Barry's trial ends with both sides claiming victory
Our Regularly Scheduled Crash (Grapevine)
Playing Against Type (Grapevine)
She Just Can't Get Any Respect (Grapevine)
The Best Good Riddance of the Week (Grapevine)
The Littlest Victims
An epidemic of random violence tests New York City's new mayor
The Rule It Out Advisory (Grapevine)
The Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Notification (Grapevine)
WORLD
As the bloody three-way civil war rages on, the U.S. wonders how its years of aid could have ended so disastrously
Pakistan "They Have Done It Again"
Backed by the armed forces, the President ousts Bhutto's 20-month-old government
South Africa Blunting the Spear
The African National Congress suspends military operations after 29 years, but that doesn't mean peace is at hand
World Notes CANADA
Talking Under The Gun
World Notes FRANCE
Out on a Limb For the Trees
World Notes KENYA
Diverging Opinions
World Notes PERU
A Shock to The System
World Notes THE GERMANYS
Setting Back The Clock
WAR & TERRORISM
The Dangers of Demonization
Barbarians At The Pump (The Gulf)
Blasted for gouging, the oil companies trim their price hikes
Read My Ships (The Gulf)
George Bush, who has spent a lifetime preparing for the kind of crisis he faces in the Persian Gulf, has adroitly rallied most of the world behind him. Now he must keep the pressure on until Saddam ba
Full Tilt into Trouble (The Gulf)
The oil shock triggered by Iraq's seizure of Kuwait could plunge the U.S. into a long-feared recession -- or has it already arrived?
Me And My Brother Against My Cousin (The Gulf)
The crisis forces Arab leaders to do what they most abhor: take a stand
Paying The Bill for the Party Next Door (The Gulf)
Planes Against Brawn (The Gulf)
Pouring aircraft and ships into the gulf, the U.S. sets out to checkmate Saddam's tanks and lay siege to Iraq and Kuwait
The World Closes (The Gulf)
In Record, tough economic sanctions, U.S. troops and a pan-Arab force have been mobilized. But Iraq is in no mood for capitulation.
Why the U.S. Is Vulnerable (The Gulf)
Other nations have learned to protect their economies from oil shocks. It is time for America to follow their example.
SCIENCE
Population growth and development have depleted and polluted the world's water supply, raising the risk of starvation, epidemics and even wars
The U.S.: No Water to Waste (Environment)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Go A University of Chicago analyst predicts that the decline of superpower tensions will make Europe a more dangerous place
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 136, No. 8 AUGUST 20, 1990
LAW
The A.B.A. drops pro-choice
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
New cookbooks show the sophistication and variety of American cuisine
Everything Is Not So Jake (Cinema)
In The Mood (Cinema)
Six Tales, Twice Told (Video)
A Hemingway gem among a treasury of short stories
Will Broadway Miss Saigon? (Theater)
A seething dispute puts a blockbuster musical on hold as each of the combatants cuts off his nose to spite his race
Wizard Of Odd (Cinema)
PEOPLE
When she thought NBC wanted her out, JANE PAULEY prepared to go quietly, but the public uproar provided revenge she is too ladylike to savor
The Science Of Human Rights (Interview)
Now safely in the West, China's most famous dissident, astrophysicist FANG LIZHI, takes a long-range view of democratic revolution