Monday, Oct. 22, 1990
Time Magazine Contents Page
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COVER: With a horn full of fire and a mouth full of advice, Wynton Marsalis, 29, is leading a youthful jazz renaissance
Eleven years, eight Grammys and several million dollars after launching his professional career, the New Orleans-born trumpeter is showing a generation of talented young players how to tap the roots and ensure the future of America's greatest cultural tradition. -- A look at some up-and-coming stars.
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EXCERPT: The most senior Soviet intelligence officer ever to work for the West offers a rare look inside the KGB
% When he fled from the U.S.S.R. in 1985, Oleg Gordievsky was the Kremlin's top spy in Britain -- and had also been cooperating with British intelligence for a decade. Here he portrays the network of Americans who cast their lot with Moscow and tells how, in 1983, the world edged perilously close to apocalypse.
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NATION: Mounting anger over the budget morass
The wimp factor returns with a vengeance as Bush's flip-flops over taxes raise questions about his feckless domestic leadership. -- Public outrage against incumbents adds spice to the midterm elections -- but may not decide their outcome. -- One year after the killer quake, the San Francisco Bay area is still rebuilding -- and waiting for the Big One.
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WORLD: Saddam's lucky break on Temple Mount
U.S. and Arab allies split on how far to go in condemning Israel. -- Why Kuwait is not the West Bank. -- Jimmy Carter on the need to negotiate.
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BUSINESS: Andrew Tobias on insurance woes
Rising claims and failing investments have shaken many insurers, which could increase premiums. -- A young reporter's $1 million story. -- Europe's squabbling monetary club.
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HEALTH: Moving from asylum to anarchy
Brutal indifference to the mentally ill has put many of them on the streets and in the jails, creating a national disgrace. -- Yet another study brings perky news to coffee lovers.
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EDUCATION: Parent-Teachers Association
Motivated by the notion that learning should be unpolluted by the classroom, home schooling is an eccentricity that has become a national movement.
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ART: Graffiti, ads and comic strips come to MOMA
The museum takes a controversial look at the interplay of "high" art and "low" (popular and mass) culture. Alas, the survey works better in the catalog than on the walls.
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ESSAY: The myth of collective security
Are we entering an era in which the whole world stands up to aggression? Unfortunately, no. It is still America's job.
8 Letters
18 Critics' Voices
23 Grapevine
57 Milestones
60 Law
62 Nobel Prizes
63 Cinema
88 Books
90 Space
93 People
Cover: Photograph for TIME by Ted Thai