Did Noriega Slip Over the Edge?

Murder by Mail
Parcel bombs kill a federal judge and a civil rights lawyer

Panama's Would-Be President
Endara must show that his is not a "Made in U.S.A." government

Showing Muscle
With the invasion of Panama, a bolder -- and riskier -- Bush foreign policy emerges

Sowing Dragon's Teeth
How Operation Just Cause "decapitated" Panama's Defense Forces, then bogged down in scattered, and surprisingly tough, street fighting


A Revolution's Unlikely Spark

Brazil Putting His Best Foot Forward
President-elect Collor is young, attractive -- and in need of luck

Slaughter In The Streets
A massacre triggers the downfall of the tyrannical Ceausescu, but civil war erupts across the land

Transportation How Do You Double the Value Of a Trabant? Fill 'Er Up! East Germans may have driven the car to freedom, but jokes about the "little stinker" sputter along


Most of the Decade (Food)


Most of the Decade (Ethics)

Mustang Meadows Ranch (American Scene)
Halfway House For Horses A rancher creates a haven for living symbols of the Old West


Best of the Decade (Design)


Most of the Decade


Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 135, No. 1 JANUARY 1, 1990

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 135, No.1 JANUARY 1, 1990

Freed From Greed?
The past decade brought growth, avarice and an anything-goes attitude. But the '90s will be a time to fix up, clean up and pay up

Most of the Decade


Best of the Decade (Cinema)

Best of the Decade (Theater)

Best of the Decade (Video)

Best of the Decade (Books)

Best of the Decade (Music)


Gorbachev (Man Of The Decade)
The Unlikely Patron of Change

Gorbachev Touch (Man Of The Decade)
A MASTER POLITICIAN, HE GENERATES A SENSE OF PURPOSE, MAKING HIMSELF THE LEADER OF REGIME AND OPPOSITION ALIKE

In Any Language . . . (Man Of The Decade)
Intimate whispers, silent vigils, joyful chants all echoed with a single, precious word: freedom

Rethinking The Red Menace GORBACHEV IS HELPING THE WEST BY SHOWING THAT THE SOVIET THREAT ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE -- AND, WHAT'S MORE, THAT IT NEVER WAS (Man Of The Decade)

The Year of People (Man Of The Decade)
A CATALYST FOR REFORM FROM MOSCOW TO BUCHAREST, GORBACHEV HAS TRANSFORMED THE WORLD


From the Managing Editor (From The Managing Editor)