Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 21 MAY 22, 1989

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COVER: Noriega brazenly steals an election, mugging its winners and provoking a quick U.S. reaction

In a brutish exercise of revenge, the Panamanian leader tries to install his handpicked President while his goons beat the real victors. Calling Noriega "a gangster," George Bush sends in more troops and debates his next step. -- With the canal's importance to the U.S. diminishing, Washington finds itself in a battle as much to save its prestige as to restore stability to Panama.

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NATION: Exclusive pictures follow Bush through a day sending troops to Panama and hearing news from Moscow

Gorbachev does it again, catching the U.S. off guard with an arms-control proposal that could deepen the U.S.-West German split. -- Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley loses some of his Teflon. -- Rookie Governor Gaston Caperton gives West Virginia something new and strange -- hope. -- The annual Statistical Abstract paints a picture of American life by the numbers.

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BUSINESS: The slowing U.S. economy could fall victim to inflation on the one hand or recession on the other

Multiplying signs that the record 6 1/2-year expansion is coming to an end present the Federal Reserve with the ticklish task of engineering a soft landing. The White House and Congress could help by cutting the budget deficit. -- To protect the environment and their profits, firms are recycling plastics. -- Mystery surrounds the death of an executive of Florida's troubled Gulf Power.

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ENVIRONMENT: A search for White House leadership

On such pressing issues as global warming and ozone depletion, the President has been taking his cues from the Europeans. The next major test will be his stance on the Clean Air Act.

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RELIGION: The centuries-old center of American faith is collapsing as mainline Protestantism faces unprecedented woes

The Old Guard churches that defined the nation's spiritual and moral ethos from Plymouth Rock through the 1950s are coping with a decline in numbers and social clout. Strategic failures abound in recruitment, missions and education, while demographic trends point to an even bleaker future.

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TECHNOLOGY: "Hello! This is voice mail speaking"

To find out why more and more phones are being answered by computers these days and why the machines are driving many people nuts, turn to page 98 -- now.

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LIVING: A campy craze of fashion-model posing

Forget break dancing. So long to hiphop. At the hottest clubs in Manhattan, on MTV and at Paris fashion shows, the ultra-hip are into vogueing, a scene that began in Harlem.

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TRAVEL: Retirees with RVs find a place in the sun

There's no mayor, no water system, not even a stoplight. But each winter, tiny Quartzsite, Ariz., grows to absorb 200,000 people, only to shrink again come spring. What attracts the snowbirds?

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INTERVIEW: A clear, passionate and poetic voice

Toni Morrison speaks about relations between the races, violence in the schools and teenage mothers.

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ESSAY: Can reform work in China and the Soviet Union?