A Bizarre and Suspicious Flight
After 800 miles, a crash, a swim and a gun wound

Illinois: Two Times, Too Much (American Notes)
Two Times, Too Much

Robots: Meet Manny, One Tough G.I. (American Notes)
Meet Manny, One Tough G.I.

Trends: An Ounce of Prevention (American Notes)
An Ounce of Prevention

Utah: Very Heavy Lifting (American Notes)
Very Heavy Lifting

From Patrons to Partners
Bush's trip shows a changing role for the superpowers in Europe

George Bush's High-Wire Act
On a mission to Poland and Hungary, the President walks a line between pushing reform and making too many promises

Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick
For Kemp, the mess at HUD is both a hurdle and an opportunity

Washington's Man from Nowhere
Who is Craig Spence, and why were all those VIPs at his parties?


France Vive la Revolution!
A splashy bicentennial erupts in fireworks, parades -- and politics

Israel Why Is This Man So Glum?
Peres and Shamir part ways over a controversial peace plan

Nicaragua Decade of Despair
The Sandinistas promised a better life but delivered hard times

South Africa An Unlikely Tea for Two
By meeting with Botha, Mandela gives his blessing to direct talks between his supporters and the government

Cuba: No Clemency For a Hero (World Notes)
No Clemency For a Hero

France A: Mountain Of Sorrow (World Notes)
"Mountain Of Sorrow"

Greece: For Better Or Worse (World Notes)
For Better Or Worse

Hong Kong: Singapore, Here We Come (World Notes)
Singapore, Here We Come


Environment: Joe's Bad Tripon the Exxon Valdez (Environment)
A TIME investigation of the Exxon Valdez fiasco finds that not only the tanker's captain is to blame for the worst oil spill in U.S. history

Space: The Next Giant Leap for Mankind (Space)
Two decades after its first moon landing, it is time for the U.S. to head for Mars


Houston, Texas A Slugger and A Dream (American Scene)
Experts say George Foreman has a fat chance at best of regaining boxing's heavyweight crown. He thinks otherwise

Ethics: The Rights of Frozen Embryos (Ethics)
Complex, painful dilemmas are raised by in vitro fertilization


Press: News That You Can Choose
Time Inc. announces plans to start Entertainment Weekly

Press: Where Were the Media on HUD?
Washington journalists missed the scandal when it was breaking


Technology: Trying To Decipher Babel
Japanese translating machines make languages less foreign


Vol. 134 No. 4 JULY 24, 1989 (Contents)
Vol. 134 No. 4 JULY 24, 1989

Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 134 No. 4 JULY 24, 1989 (Masthead)
Vol. 134 No. 4 JULY 24, 1989

Get Up and Walk!
Argentina's new leader imposes a drastic recovery plan

AIRPORTS: Freight Goes First Class
Freight Goes First Class

COAL STRIKE: First the Calm, Now the Storm
First the Calm, Now the Storm

COMMODITIES: Ferruzzi's Big Pot of Beans
Ferruzzi's Big Pot of Beans

MARKETING: The Ultimate Ad Space
The Ultimate Ad Space

One for The Books
In rejecting Paramount's challenge to the Time-Warner deal, a judge affirms the right of directors to determine the fate of their companies

Romancing The Roadster
Mazda's hot Miata is the sensation of U.S. showrooms

That's A Reach, Sir James Goldsmith
The raider springs a daring $21 billion bid for B.A.T


Laurence Olivier: 1907-1989: Absolutely An Actor. Born to It (Show Business)
Laurence Olivier: 1907-1989

Cinema: We Don't Need Another Heroid (Cinema)
The good guys are cyborgs in a pair of summer sequels


Travel: Lost And Found (Travel)
At last, Moscow's on the map


Russia's Prophet In Exile ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN (Interview)
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN publishes the first volume of his epic on the Bolshevik Revolution and gives a rare account of his life in Vermont In his first major American interview since 1


From the Publisher: Jul 24 1989 (From The Publisher)


Essay: Why Israel Needs a Gentle Intifadeh Victory