American Notes ALASKA
Baying at The Moon?

American Notes POLITICS
Who's Afraid Of the Voters?

American Notes SCHOOLS
Elusive Equality

American Notes TEXAS
Odessa's Obsession

Suffer the Little Children
The world's leaders gather for an extraordinary summit and listen at last to a crying need

Down to The Final Wire
Once again, Washington plays budget ball to the last minute

I'M Not An Oenophile (Grapevine)

Keeping Cincinnati Clean
A museum director is tried on obscenity charges

Like Father, Like Son
A columnist is ambushed

Living Struggling for Sanity
Mental and emotional distress are taking an alarming toll of the young

Mind If We Tag Along? (Grapevine)

Mouthful of the Week (Grapevine)

My (Ghostwritten) Summer Vacation (Grapevine)

Nation

Natural (Yuck!)Ingredients (Grapevine)

Shameful Bequests to The Next Generation
America's legacy to its young people includes bad schools, poor health care, deadly addictions, crushing debts -- and utter indifference

Smart Marketing Rhinestone Belt (Grapevine)

Stealth Candidate of the Week (Grapevine)

The Energy Conservation Prize (Grapevine)

There Was This Storyteller . . . (Grapevine)


Back in the U.S.S.S.?

Germany And Now There Is One
Unification is a fact at last, but Europe's new power faces years of labor to make the merger work for Germans and non-Germans alike

Soviet Union No Shortage of Rumors
Despite official denials, talk of a military coup persists

World Notes ALGERIA
Ben Bella Unbound

World Notes INDIA
Protest By Fire

World Notes JAPAN
There Goes the Neighborhood

World Notes SOVIET UNION
Keeping the Faith


Fear And Loathing in Israel (The Gulf)
Fingered for an Iraqi first strike, Jerusalem steps up its defenses and hopes for a war that would crush Saddam

In The Capital of Dread (The Gulf)
From shopkeepers to ministers, Iraqis realize that their lives have changed irrevocably. Perhaps that is why there are grumbles of unhappiness with Saddam.

Knowing When to Duck (The Gulf)

Saddam in The Cross Hairs (The Gulf)
Bush is legally forbidden to order a hit on the Iraqi leader, but loopholes do exist. Should he take advantage of them?

The Battle Beckons (The Gulf)
With sanctions serving only to increase Saddam's belligerence and the West struggling to fathom his thinking, war looks more and more inevitable

The Political Interest (The Gulf)
The Case Against Nukes


A Restless Venus (Space)
Unveiled Magellan peers to the volcanic surface of Earth's near twin

Wake Up, East And Midwest
The next Big One may not hit California after all


Sweetness And Not a Lot of Light
A papal decree on higher education avoids conflict -- for now


Streaking Hard for the Top
Led by rocket Rickey Henderson, Oakland looks to win another World Series


Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page Vol. 136, No. 15 OCTOBER 8, 1990

Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead Vol. 136, No. 15 OCTOBER 8, 1990

Business Notes AIRLINES
Flying Along at Treetop Level

Business Notes DEFENSE CONTRACTORS
It's Defective? Buy More!

Business Notes HOUSING
My Realtor, The Saint

Business Notes PRODUCT SAFETY
Unsafe at Any Speed?

Business Notes SPORTING GOODS
The Hottest Ride on Snow

Going Ape for Entertainment
A Japanese electronics giant courts Hollywood's MCA for a blockbuster merger

Hear No Evil, See No Evil
A testy Neil Bush defends his role as a Silverado director

How Stubborn Can You Get?
Unless the U.S. and Europe budge, global trade talks may fail

Never Mind the Brakes
Even as oil hits $40, the U.S. shuns a plan for fuel efficiency


One Nation, Very Divisible
As the U.S. Supreme Court grows more conservative, state benches are becoming the new bulwarks of liberalism


Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)

Doing It on the Road (Books)

Taking The Hex out of X (Cinema)
A new rating takes films from the forbidden zone into -- limbo

The Civil War Comes Home (Video)
Of all things, a surprise smash hit on PBS

Unquiet Grave (Books)


From the Publisher (From The Publisher)


The Second American Century
Was the first one just an illusion? Even if it was real, is it over? No, says the author. But if the U.S. is to go on leading, it must renew and rebuild itself.