A Sampler of Souter's Views

American Notes BIRMINGHAM
Blacks, Whites And Greens

American Notes DEFENSE
Will Stealth Disappear?

American Notes GUNS
Shooting Holes In a Ban

American Notes JAILS
Under the Big Top

American Notes LOUISIANA
Legislative Follies

An 18th Century Man
David Souter is a flinty New Englander with a love of books and a reverence for legal precedent. He has plenty of brains, but does he have a heart?

And Now, The Plane People (Grapevine)

A Blank Slate
Hoping to place a conservative on the Supreme Court without a bloody confirmation fight, Bush picks a man nobody knows

Defense Cuts: "Not In My Backyard" (Grapevine)

Firepower And Firewater (Grapevine)

Nervous About Nerve Gas
Plans to destroy chemical weapons cause a Pacific uproar

Oh, Great. More Bulls in Politics. (Grapevine)

On The Way Down?
Fears about the economy and the rising costs of the S&L scandal put the first dents in Bush's popularity

One Small Step for a Man Trophy (Grapevine)

Revenge Of (Grapevine)
The Bureaucrats

Roseanne Barr Popularity Prize (Grapevine)

S&L: the Ongoing Horror . . . (Grapevine)

Songbird of the Week (Grapevine)

Spinning Out Of Orbit
With the shuttle grounded, the Hubble troubled and its future role in jeopardy, NASA is an agency lost in space

The Longest Mistrial
The McMartin Pre-School case ends at last

The Presidency
Fire Storm of Babble


Austria The Trojan Guest
Havel meets with Waldheim, then politely cuts him up

Brazil The Biggest Shake-Up
To save his stumbling country, Collor tries the most radical reform ever -- but the hardest part is how to make it stick

Britain Where Is the Black Queen?
Police hope a chess code may unlock the riddle of a woman who vanished on a trip through Ireland

South Africa The Party's Not Over
Will an old specter -- communism -- derail constitutional talks and sour the relationship between Mandela and De Klerk?

Soviet Union Heading for a Showdown
As illegal nationalist forces roam the countryside, Gorbachev issues a decree demanding that they disband

World Notes CUBA
State of Siege For Freedom

World Notes MONGOLIA
Quantum Leap To Democracy

World Notes THE KOREAS
No Wonder They're Divided

World Notes TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Following the Law of Allah

Yugoslavia The Old Demons Arise
After the collapse of totalitarianism in Central Europe, the fractious Balkans face new instability


The Return of the Golden Calf
A figurine backs the tale of Moses and the idolatrous Israelites


Battle Over The Abortion Pill (Medicine)
Pressure is mounting to introduce the drug RU 486 in the U.S.


Eeeeeyyooowiiii!!! (Living)
A new generation of roller coasters is scarier -- but safer -- than ever

Sex and The Sporting Life (Behavior)
Do athletic teams unwittingly promote assaults and rapes?


New Life for Ms. Magazine
The voice of feminism speaks again -- without ads


Dramatic Choice for Canterbury
The Anglicans get an amiable, working-class Evangelical from London's East End as their 103rd Archbishop


Beyond The Big Chill
In the glasnost era, the Goodwill Games lose some sizzle


Outracing The Bulldozers (Design)
A "guerrilla preservationist" saves historic buildings


In Search of Artificial Life
Some scientists believe that things inside their computers are actually alive. What's really scary is that it may be true


Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 136, No. 6 AUGUST 6, 1990

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 136, No. 6 AUGUST 6, 1990

As Luxe As It Gets
The bold scion of Hermes gives an Old World firm fresh pizazz

Business Notes COMPUTERS DEC's
Profits Hit the Deck

Business Notes FUND RAISING
Rubber Ducky, You're the One

Business Notes LOANS
Getting an F In Finance

Business Notes NUTRITION
Big Mac Sees the Lite

Business Notes TRADE
Hard Rocks For Hard Cash

Double Vision In the Den
A tiny U.S. company battles to market a dual-deck VCR

Skeletons In Eastern's Hangar
Criminal charges of poor maintenance may be the final blow

The Crude Enforcer
Iraq's leader calls out the troops to frighten his neighbors into curbing their petroleum output; his tactic will raise oil prices -- but for how long?

The Fast Track to Platinum
An upstart called SBK is the hottest new label on the turntable


Diamonds In The Rough
An unusual program propels young blacks toward college


Putting A Thumbprint on History
Supreme Court clerks help shape the nation's final judgments


Brit Kitsch (Books)

Figments (Books)

Life On Hemlock Street (Books)

What's Up, Doc? Animation! (Show Business)
The cartoon boom in TV and movies is reviving a neglected craft


Take This Job and Love It (Profile)
An inspired leader and a tough negotiator, ROBIN BURNS may be that elusive figure, the new woman executive


From the Publisher (From The Publisher)


The End of the South