A "Complete Soldier" Makes It This time
Colin Powell got the job he always wanted

American Notes DETROIT
Anybody Home?

American Notes LAS VEGAS--- Stop the Music!

American Notes PHOENIX
The Drowning Pools

American Notes THE WEST
Gone to Blazes

Brain Trusts
Washington wants to know if colleges are fixing prices

Bush's Bad Cop

Mr. Consensus
Cautious and personable, George Bush is a President who listens, leans heavily on advisers -- and usually comes down in the middle

Do Guns Save Lives?
Not as often as the N.R.A. says

The Bazaar Is Open
But the haggling over the hostages could take forever

The Man with Six In Boxes

The States Pay the Price


Burma A Country Under the Boot
One year after explosive riots, the regime cracks down on pro-democracy activists

Central America The "Disposal Problem"
Five Presidents tell the contras to disband, but will they go?

Soviet Union Cry Independence
Pushing for sovereignty, the Baltics shape the future of perestroika

World Notes BRITAIN
Cricket by Checkbook

World Notes FRANCE
Dirty Dancing, Ma Cherie?

World Notes JAPAN
Kaifu's Surprises

World Notes NEW ZEALAND
A Fretful Farewell

World Notes SOVIET UNION
Hard Cash for Hard Times


Do Humans Need to Get High? (Behavior)
A scientist says society should provide safe, nonaddictive drugs

The New Jersey Shoreline (American Scene)
Doing Their Primal Thing When it comes to orgies, these crabs have no peers

The New Zoo: A Modern Ark (Living)
From Atlanta to Tacoma, today's menagerie is both a cageless wonderland and a rescue station


The Right to Fake Quotes
A journalist's legal victory raises questions about ethics


Auschwitz Ire
Stay-put nuns spark protests


Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 134 No. 8 AUGUST 21, 1989

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 134 No. 8 AUGUST 21, 1989

Business Notes BANKRUPTCY
More Than He Could Chew

Business Notes COMPUTERS
The Son Also Sets

Business Notes CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Is It a Drug Or a Cereal?

Business Notes INSECT REPELLENTS
Bugging Ticks For Profits

Business Notes INVESTIGATIONS
Wringing Out a Money Laundry

Can't Afford to Get Sick
In the phone strike, health care is a bitter new issue

He's Hungry to Buy an Airline
High-roller Marvin Davis mounts a $5.4 billion bid for United

Money Angles
How My Pal Joey Got Even

Needs Work
Too few jet mechanics, too many breakdowns

Out Of Sight, Out of Mind
The S & L bailout looks bold, but it hides the full costs

The Bulls of Summer
Stock exchanges around the world are setting new records, despite fears that another free fall could occur if the U.S. economy goes into a slump


The Search For Minorities
Despite increased wooing, few go on to college


Showdown At Gucci
Gulch Designed as a Mob buster, RICO has become a powerful catchall


Eight Lads Putting on Airs (Music)
The Pogues shake up Irish folk tunes to make blistering rock

Of Arms and the Man (Books)
Tom Clancy, the military's minstrel, longs to live the life he writes about

Vice And Victims in Viet Nam (Cinema)


A Room of Her Own (Travel)
In London a hotel responds to women's complaints


Living By the Letter (Interview)
To her 90 million readers, ANN LANDERS is the last word on matters as mundane as toilet paper and as painful as divorce


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