Vol. 136 No. 14
NATION
American Notes BANKING
Watch Out, Wall Street
American Notes NEVADA
Strange Bedfellows
American Notes SPORTS
Winning the Gold
American Notes THE PRESIDENCY
Mission to Moscow
American Notes WASHINGTON
Just Saying No
Bring Your Own Boards (Grapevine)
David Duke's Addictive Politics
The former Klansman is tapping a vein of resentment that may reach far
Excuse of the Week (Grapevine)
Footnotes From the Front (Grapevine)
Now She'll Never Get an NEA Grant (Grapevine)
Power Lunch Discount Coupon (Grapevine)
Running with A Bad Crowd
How Neil Bush let himself get caught up in the $1 billion Silverado debacle
S&L Hot Seat
Thrift honchos squirm and politicians dither as the economy slides
The $70 Billion Sellout
How the big-money boys cleaned up on the thrift rescues
The Hottest Show in Hollywood
Some curious bit players steal the scene as the murder trial of the Menendez brothers approaches
The That Was No Lady Citation (Grapevine)
Throw Some of the Bums Out!
Rage wins in Massachusetts and Oklahoma, but most congressional incumbents are still sitting pretty
You Mean God Isn't English? (Grapevine)
WORLD
Japan and the Vision Thing
Poland The Man Who Did His Duty
Jaruzelski, who is preparing to step down, is likely to be remembered better by historians than by his countrymen today
Ready, Aim, Fired
Remember The Good Old Lines?
South Africa The Pilgrim's Slow Progress
Though De Klerk's U.S. visit is symbolically important, he will find little succor abroad
Soviet Union All Power to the President
As parliament deadlocks over economic policy, an indecisive Gorbachev asks for the right to decide
The Gulf Saddam's Strategies
With most of the world arrayed against him, could the Iraqi leader break the embargo -- or even achieve his goals in war?
Tolling The Death
Knell Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn urges the swift breakup of the union
Trial by Fire
Who Lost Kuwait?
While no one is using those accusatory words yet, finger pointing is in full swing in the corridors of Washington
World Notes FRANCE
Have Faith, Save Water
World Notes LIBERIA
Truce Under Pressure
World Notes TERRORISM
Taking Revenge
World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
New Tack on The Bases
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A way to block malignancies
Way Out of Reach (Medicine)
A schizophrenia drug is too costly for those who need it most
SOCIETY
Antiquated sex laws turn into a bludgeon for divorcing spouses
Is Washington in Japan's Pocket? (Ethics)
A controversial new book challenges the way former top officials lobby for foreign interests, but fails to plumb the dilemma of patriotism in a global economy
Lancaster, Pennsylvania College Days: (American Scene)
Then and Now A TIME writer revisits the past during freshman orientation week at Franklin & Marshall
PRESS
The pugnacious conservative pundit is accused of anti-Semitism
RELIGION
Did a woman write Scripture?
TECHNOLOGY
Genetic engineering promises to transform agriculture
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Suits Against White Sheets
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 136, No. 14 OCTOBER 1, 1990
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 136, No. 14 OCTOBER 1, 1990
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Come-Ons (Books)
Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)
Dancing Tales (Books)
Keeping All Kinds of Hope Alive (Video)
Jesse Jackson makes an uneasy jump from politics to journalism
Lion Man Among the Ruins (Books)
Sculpture of The Absurd (Art)
Joel Shapiro brings uncanny expressiveness to human form
Shedunit (Books)
PEOPLE
As his haunting Twin Peaks begins a new season, David Lynch tests whether a brilliantly eccentric film artist can move into the mainstream