American Notes Cities
Those Chelsea Blues

American Notes Combat
Horror in The Desert

American Notes Congress
A Boost for Abortion Rights

American Notes Philanthropy
A Gift from the GoodFellas

But Do They Understand Bulgarian? (Grapevine)

Did Bob Gates Serve His Masters Too Well?

Hey! Let's Send a Couple Billion to Wolfgang (Grapevine)

I've Been Lonely Too Long (Grapevine)

Intelligence: Crisis in Spooksville
As the Senate grilling of Robert Gates begins, the CIA starts to rethink its own mandate in a rapidly changing world

Presidential Candidates "Always Attack, Never Defend"
Iowa's Tom Harkin, the third Democrat to announce, promises a $ hard-hitting campaign based on unabashed liberalism and fiery populist oratory

Supreme Court: Judging the Judge
For all their posturing, Senate Judiciary Committee members have no fixed standards in reviewing presidential nominees

The Kind of Guy a Mother Would Love (Grapevine)

The Political Interest
Fears and Choices on the Road to '92

Vox Pop (Grapevine)

We Say Tomayto, They Say Tomahto (Grapevine)


America Abroad
Journey Without Maps

Cuba So Long, Amigos
Moscow's planned troop pullout and embrace of free trade intensify Havana's political and economic isolation

Middle East: No Give and Take
Washington and Jerusalem find themselves at loggerheads over aid, even as a denouement to the hostage drama appears to be at hand

Soviet Union Will a Weak Democracy Spawn a Dictatorship?
Wild inflation and pending economic collapse stir worries of a rebound to authoritarian government

World Notes Britain
Season of "Hotting"

World Notes Greece
Editors Twice Barred

World Notes South Africa
Death in the Townships

World Notes the Philippines
Farewell to Subic Bay


It Happens in the Best Circles
A pair of British artists claim they are the hoaxers behind those mystifying and intriguing crop patterns


Is There a Method to Manipulation? (Health)
Once scorned as quackery, chiropractic is winning adherents and respect


Aleutian Islands (Cultures)
Resurrecting a Wondrous Craft

Borneo (Cultures)
The Penans Stand By Their Land

Central African Republic (Cultures)
Proving the Worth of A Healing Art

Cover Story (Cultures)
Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge

Papua New Guinea (Cultures)
A Chronicler of Elders' Wisdom


Al's Further Adventures
Gannett's former chairman turns his ambition to global philanthropy, largely at Gannett expense


Erotic Electronic Encounters
Computer games have shattered the sex barrier, but retailers are nervous about selling explicit disks


Cinema (View Points)
A Late Bloomer from the Mulch

Music (View Points)
An Ambassador Arrives

Music (View Points)
The Way She Was

Television (View Points)
Reaching for the Rafters

Theater (View Points)
Framed, but Is It Art?

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 138 No. 12 SEPTEMBER 23, 1991

Time Magazine Masthead September 23, 1991 (Masthead)
Vol. 138 No. 12

Advertising: What's It All About, Calvin?
Jeans genius Klein pumps lots of cash and controversy -- but not many jeans -- into a magazine supplement

Banking No Amiable Dunce
Clark Clifford lets Congress know he will not bow meekly in its B.C.C.I. probe

Business Notes Inventions
Plat Du Jour

Business Notes New York
End of A Dream

Business Notes Scandals
We'll All Hang Together

Business Notes Soviet Investment
Let's Make Lots of Deals

Business Notes Strikes
Catfight In Canada

Style California Dreamin'
Ideas for the world's autos now come from design studios clustered around (where else?) trendsetting L.A.


A Man. A Legend. A What!? (Radio)
Raging against "commie libs" and "femi-Nazis," Rush Limbaugh is bombastic, infuriating and nearly irresistible

Against The Cult of the Moment (Art)
A superb show presents Georges Seurat as an inspired lyricist who achieved grand images of mysterious permanence

Bad Trades (Books)

First Person Singular (Books)

Love Among The Temples (Books)

Words Of One Syllabus (Cinema)


From the Publisher (From The Publisher)


Pains of The Poet -- And Miracles