A Losing Battle
Despite billions of dollars and more than a million arrests, the war on drugs has barely dented addiction or violent crime

American Notes BOSTON
Double Standard?

American Notes COLORADO
Score One For the Trout

American Notes EDUCATION
Hair-Raising Punishment

American Notes NEW MEXICO
Lapse of Taste

American Notes TRIALS
Hitting the Pause Button

Bill Bennett's Firm Friends (Grapevine)

Croesus Seal of Approval (Grapevine)

Dial 1-800-Kurd (Grapevine)

Dubious Juror of the Week (Grapevine)

Hollywood's Hot Holiday Season (Grapevine)

Meanwhile, In Latin America
With whole economies at stake, the drug war rages on

Paint It Black Award (Grapevine)

Spooky S&L Stories (Grapevine)

Thanksgiving in The Desert
Setting out on a month of nonstop travel, Bush journeys to the Persian Gulf to eat -- and talk -- turkey with the troops

The Fling of a High Roller
Living a ghetto dream, Bo Bennett rode the coke trade from poverty to riches -- and into prison

The Man for the Job?

The President (Grapevine)
Dewey Achievement Award

Welcome To Americaland (Grapevine)


A Legacy of Revolution
Thatcher radically transformed her country in ways that rank her with Churchill as this century's greatest Prime Minister

Are Sanctions Working?

"It Is Time to Go"
Facing a Tory revolt, Thatcher steps aside. Now her successor must attempt to match her considerable influence at home and abroad.

Europe The Bills Come Due
After a year of freedom, Eastern Europe realizes that toppling statues of Stalin and Lenin is easier than erecting stable democracies and free markets

Faces of The Future

Soviet Union Give Us Our Daily Bread
Consumers face a hungry winter as supplies run short and state food production and distribution turn to crumbs

Syria Siding with the U.S.
Sheriff Bucking mounting doubts at home, Hafez Assad continues to ride in the American-led posse against Iraq

The Gulf It's All in the Wording
The U.S. cajoles its allies to pass a U.N. resolution permitting military action against Saddam, but the language remains debatable

World Notes EAST-WEST
Beware the Love-Sick Tank

World Notes EL SALVADOR
Fight Today, Talk Tomorrow

World Notes FRANCE
Survival Politics

World Notes ISRAEL
Pigheaded Protest

World Notes SINGAPORE
Is There Life After Lee?


Literary Guides to Turning Green (Environment)
To respect nature, people need a whole new way of thinking


Cold Shoulder for a Burn "Cure" (Medicine)
A touted Chinese treatment earns mostly skepticism in the U.S.

The Fish Tank On the Farm (Food)
Make way for dwarf halibut, tunge sole and blue lobster


Farmington, New Mexico Caught Between Earth and Sky (American Scene)
Nearing its 15th anniversary, a unique Navajo prep school may have to close its doors for lack of funds and a place to call home

Is The Country in a Depression? (Behavior)
When the economy slumps, so does the national psyche


What Tune Does the Utne Play?
A jingle of success, as the counterculture's version of Reader's Digest follows baby boomers onto Easy Street


Making Up with the Jesuits
The Pope gives a new assignment to his church's famed order


The (Surprise!)Game of the Year
The 49ers and the Giants are the N.F.L. matchup to watch


Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 136, No. 24 DECEMBER 3, 1990

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 136, No. 24 DECEMBER 3, 1990

A Stiff Term for the Wizard
By sentencing Milken to 10 years in prison, a judge sends a message that aims to deter white-collar crime

At The End of Milken's Junk-Food Chain

Business Notes AUTOS
Lemon Busters

Business Notes BANKRUPTCY
Laventhol's Number Is Up

Business Notes BEVERAGES
The Screw Cap Gave It Away

Business Notes INTERNATIONAL
TRADE GATT's Last Chance

Scrooge Goes To the Mall
As consumers balk, anxious retailers confront a potentially disastrous Christmas sales season


Grad Work for The War Zone
Harvard molds administrators for the toughest school jobs


A Spectacle for Thinking Adults (Show Business)
Two ex-Olympians head a hip, athletic ice show without Smurfs

Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)

Fans, You Know It's True (Music)
Milli Vanilli lose a Grammy for not singing, but have lots to say

Hot Red (Books)

No Liberals Need Apply Here (Books)
In monthly meetings and a just-published anthology, the Vile Body's young conservatives take the measure of yuppiedom

The Great Massacre of 1990 (Art)
As auction prices plunge, overhyped contemporary works are hit the hardest

Tragedy Is Their Destination (Cinema)
Bertolucci makes a bleak, beautiful film of The Sheltering Sky

Unmasked (Books)


Prospects Of War, Psychology of Oil (Interview)
Former Saudi Oil Minister AHMED ZAKI YAMANI says Saddam Hussein and the Gulf crisis will forever change the world petroleum game


From the Publisher (From The Publisher)


Kidnapping The Brainchildren