American Notes CHICAGO
Flag-on-the-Floor Furor

American Notes DISEASES
Return of the Red Spots !

American Notes DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Will a Curfew Ring Tonight?

American Notes LOS ANGELES
A Holy Helicopter

Drawing The Line
In the Senate furor over John Tower's sobriety, some basic ethical concerns have been obscured

Primogeniture in The Windy City
Dick Daley's firstborn son may follow in hizzoner's footsteps

So Much for Bipartisanship
If the Republicans cannot save Tower, they are determined to tar the Democrats

The Mirror A Free Press Flourishes (American Ideas)
Behind Bars Lifer Robert Taliaferro runs an award-winning biweekly at a Minnesota jail

The Presidency
"Dead Soldiers" Along the Potomac


China The Furious Flap over Fang Lizhi
Washington and Beijing clash over a famous dissident

Scandals The Looting of Greece
For the first time, a fallen tycoon tells how he embezzled millions

Venezuela Crackdown in Caracas
Austerity measures provoke an orgy of rioting and murder

World Notes EL SALVADOR
Turning the Tables

World Notes ISRAEL
The Likud Scores Big

World Notes TERRORISM
To Break or Not to Break

World Notes YUGOSLAVIA
Steps Toward The Abyss


First Aid for the Ozone Layer (Environment)
The movement to ban CFCs is starting to roll


The Latest Word on What to Eat (Health)
A new report calls for less fat, more starch and no vitamin pills

Trying To Fool the Infertile (Medicine)
Is in-vitro fertilization being oversold?


Cover Story Between Two Worlds (Living)
The black middle class has everything the white middle class has, except a feeling that it really fits in

When The Boss Is Black (Living)


The Last Stand of the Tabloids
As newspaper competition declines nationwide, three New York City papers slug it out for survival


The Pope Wins in Court
A theologian's removal raises questions about the Vatican's role in U.S. Catholic higher education


Whistle Blower
Ben Johnson's coach confirms steroid use


Darth Radar
New Star Wars tools for Smokey and the bandits

Where The Action Is
In computers, workstations are the workhorses of the future


Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 133 No. 11 MARCH 13, 1989

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 133 No. 11 MARCH 13, 1989

Business Notes ADVERTISING
Too Bawdy At the Bundys'

Business Notes AQUACULTURE
Catfish Hunters

Business Notes ELECTRONICS
The Big Picture

Business Notes TOBACCO
Requiem for A Stinker

Business Notes WAGES
Making Up for Lost Time

Get Down
Sears' new discount policy is drawing crowds, so far

Going For Broke at Eastern
The strike disrupts travel and could bankrupt the airline

Roundup Time for Teriyaki Beef
Japanese investors buy prime U.S. ranches and packinghouses

Tarnished Wings
To calm fears about flying, the airlines propose to overhaul their aging jets


Report Card

The Fight over School Choice
Should parents decide where their children are taught?


1939: Twelve Months of Magic (Show Business)
In those days, there really was gold in the Hollywood hills

A Burden of Answered Prayers (Books)

Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)

Lying with A Straight Face (Cinema)

Tough Love (Cinema)

Withered Roots (Books)


You Want Me to Eat THIS? (Travel)
How frequent flyers frequently flee domestic-airline food


Smart, Dull And Very Powerful (Profile)
SAM NUNN, John Tower's nemesis, has never flirted with charisma, but built a strong Senate presence on expertise, instinct and understated toughness


From the Publisher (From The Publisher)


Take My Kidney, Please