A Guest Who Wore Out His Welcome

American Notes ALASKA
Redoubt Blows Its Top

American Notes BIRTHS
Bringing Out Baby

American Notes CALIFORNIA
Demise of a Novel Theory

American Notes IDEAS
The Mysterious Mr.-or Ms.-"Z"

American Notes THE WHITE HOUSE
Therapy for Sore Eyes

Cashing A Check

Fire When Ready, Ma'am
The invasion reopens the debate on women in combat

Hero, Suspect, Suicide
A bizarre murder inflames racial tension in Boston

Noriega On Ice
The chase over, will he now try to put heat on George Bush?

The Devil They Knew
How Noriega was transformed from CIA asset to public enemy

The Presidency
A $650 Million Flying Palace


Argentina Run for The Money
A fight to save the economy -- and the government

Disasters Close Shave off Morocco
An Iranian tanker spills nearly twice as much oil as the Exxon Valdez, but the immediate impact is far less dire

Eastern Europe Now, the Hangover
As the celebrations of freedom die down, the countries of Eastern Europe grapple with the sobering task of rebuilding their societies

Nicaragua Dangerous Highways
Did the contras attack church workers and kill two nuns?

Soviet Union Breaking Up Is Hard to Stop
Violence in the south and separatism in the north make nationalism Gorbachev's most pressing problem

The Philippines Cory, Coups and Corruption
Allegations of graft fuel resentment against Aquino

World Notes ALBANIA
Revolution By Balloon

World Notes COLOMBIA
Drug Thugs' Revenge

World Notes IRAQ
Lonesome in Baghdad

World Notes ISRAEL
On the Firing Line

World Notes SOUTH KOREA
Exercise in Exorcism


Antarctica (Environment)
Once inaccessible and pristine, the white continent is now threatened by spreading pollution, budding tourism and the world's thirst for oil


Amherst, Massachusetts (American Scene)
Preserving the Printed Word Aaron Lansky's mission is to collect Yiddish literature


An Unpopular Vote
The pollsters pass up Notre Dame


Hip Styles for Blue Chips (Design)
Scott Strasser brings austere elegance to corporate America


Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 135, No. 3 JANUARY 15, 1990

A Taste Of Thistle
Trendy sip: single-malt Scotch

Boom And Gloom
How is the U.S. economy doing? That depends on where you live

Business Notes AUTOS
Look, Ma, No Fumes!

Business Notes LABOR
Fresh Air in The Mine Shaft

Business Notes LANDSCAPING
That'll Cost a Lot of Coconuts

Business Notes LITIGATION
Stubbed, but Not Out

Business Notes REAL ESTATE
Bomb, Bomb On the Range

Penetrating The World of Dango
How Navy agents cracked a Japanese bid-rigging scheme


Get Me a Ladder at The Library
Books are still king, but now there is so much more


Prayers in The Schoolhouse?
The court weighs the constitutionality of student religious groups


Everybody's Wild About Harry (Music)
The age's "new" Sinatra hits his snazzy stride

Shades Of Gray (Cinema)

Shadowy Presence (Books)

The Spores of Paranoia (Books)

When The Pot Overflowed (Video)


The Master Spy Who Failed (History)
Surprising new facts emerge about the making of the H-bomb


Ins And Outs of the Celebrity Shuffle

Not Quite Your Usual Historian (Profile)
Champion of imprisoned writers, chronicler of monarchs, LADY ANTONIA FRASER stirs controversy without even trying


From the Publisher (From The Publisher)


Dissent, Dogma and Darwin's Dog