An Expose That's Also a Mystery (Grapevine)

In the Pipeline (Grapevine)

Sorry, You've Reached Your Credit Limit (Grapevine)

The Celebrity Action Squad (Grapevine)

The Glasnost-Bottom Boat (Grapevine)

The Palm Beach Rape Case: Then There Were Three
The prosecution raises the ante by unveiling a trio of new accusers who say William Kennedy Smith assaulted them

The Summit Goodfellas
How Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush developed one of the most extraordinary yet subtle collaborations in history, using their personal rapport to facilitate the Soviet Union's capitulation in the co

Vox Pop (Grapevine)

We Like You Right Where You Are (Grapevine)


Iraq D-Day? More Like ZZZ-Day
Saddam wins time to come clean on his killer arsenal, but the U.S. rejects his plea to lift sanctions

Kuwait: Back to the Past

Man in The Middle

Middle East: What Are These Two Up To?
With Assad now willing to attend a regional peace conference, Shamir faces heavy pressure, especially from the U.S., to go along

South Africa: Crisis of Confidence
A scandal engulfs De Klerk, and raises the question: Are he and his National Party sincere about sharing power?

Soviet Union: Hard Times for the Hard-Liners
For Alexei Sergeyev and other devout communists, Gorbachev's reforms spell the end of the party

World Notes Britain
Old Regiments Just Fade Away

World Notes Italy
Tax Cheats' Hall of Shame

World Notes Southeast Asia
Tempest in A Soap Dish

World Notes Turkey
Foiling a Deadly Plot


The Pulse of Another World
How three astronomers timing radio waves may have finally found a planet outside our solar system


Now Hear This -- If You Can (Health)
Americans are amazingly tolerant of the noise that engulfs them at work and play. They shouldn't be. The din causes millions to lose their hearing, slowly but surely.

The Doctors Take On Bush (Medicine)
Once loyal, the medical establishment is fuming over issues ranging from the abortion gag rule to fetal research


The Little Flat of Horrors (Crime)
In a saga recalling The Silence of the Lambs, a Milwaukee man is seized in a den of preserved heads and mutilated body parts


The Media's Wacky Watchdogs
Press bashing, once just a spectator sport, has become a full-time profession for a growing cadre on both the left and right


Superchurches And How They Grew
American Protestants are turning to one-stop spiritual shopping


Energy (American Notes)
Cheap Gas -- For Now

Law Enforcement (American Notes)
Such Sweet Sorrow

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 138 No. 5 AUGUST 5, 1991

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 138 No. 5 AUGUST 5, 1991

Visions (American Notes)
Miraculous Perception

Washington No Sex, We're Republicans (American Notes)

Business Notes Competition
For Whom the Bells Toll

Business Notes Economy
Looking at a Rocky Recovery

Business Notes Marketing
Hot As A Pistol

Business Notes Media
Network Savings Time

Business Notes Soviet Union
A Lada Capitalism

Corruption: Feeling the Heat
As new B.C.C.I. disclosures feed the flames, governments scurry to control the world's first truly global scandal

Insurance: A Lack of Assurance
Seizures, lowered investor ratings, and mergers signal mounting financial uncertainty in a troubled business

Oh, Herbie, Don't Be Ridiculous (Money Angles)


An Affair To Remember (Books)

Apartheid, He Wrote (Books)
In his mystery series about a white South African detective and his Zulu partner, James McClure digs up the truth about a racially divided society

Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)

Neck-Deep in The (Show Business)
Culture In books, films and TV, John Sayles wins acclaim by championing his own kind: underdogs and outsiders

The Last Teller of Tales (Books)
Isaac Bashevis Singer: 1904-1991

Why Can't A Woman Be a Man? (Cinema)
This summer's films feature more female roles, but are they strong women or just macho guys in drag?


The Glory and the Glitz (History)
The new National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is a classic jumble of laudable intentions and bad taste


From the Publishers (From The Publishers)


Why Arms Control Is Obsolete