May 28, 1990 | Vol. 135 No. 22

A Life in His Hands; Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer

Only Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer could block Dalton Prejean's execution. He chose not to

SEXES: Not Coed - Or Dead (American Notes)

Not Coed -- Or Dead

Ecology: Bad Weather, Good Crops (American Notes)

Bad Weather, Good Crops

Indians: Crossing Over The Line (American Notes)

Crossing Over The Line

New York: Return to Love Canal (American Notes)

Return to Love Canal

The Border: Arizona Pipeline (American Notes)

Arizona Pipeline

Broken Mosaic

Mixed verdicts in a racial murder plunge New York City into turmoil. Can the city's first black mayor cope with an epidemic of bigotry?

Catch of The Week: Minnesota Governor RUDY PERPICH (Grapevine)

False Alarms or No Alarms?

Grapevine: May 28, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: May 28, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: May 28, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: May 28, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: May 28, 1990 (Grapevine)

More Security, More Delays

Airlines are urged to tighten up against terrorism

Second Best Catch of the Week (Grapevine)

The Morning Line: How the Keating Five are faring (Grapevine)

The Pia Zadora Personality Prize (Grapevine)

The Presidency: What, This Crowd Worry?

What, This Crowd Worry?

The Schoolyard-Bully Badge of Courage (Grapevine)

Why Blacks and Koreans Clash

America Abroad: The Incredible Shrinking U.S.S.R.

The Incredible Shrinking U.S.S.R.

Discrimination An Outbreak of Bigotry

Everyone says it's only human nature to despise one's neighbor. If that's true, what can governments around the world do to control such hatred?

France Issues of Color And of Creed

India A Local Custom Called Cruelty

A vicious caste murder becomes a cause celebre

Japan No Longer Willing To Be Invisible

Treaties: Oh, One More Thing . . .

South Africa The Wind Rises in Welkom

In defense of apartheid, white vigilantes organize to intimidate blacks and threaten a "holy war"

Soviet Union Playing for Keeps

Ever the master politician, Gorbachev copes with challenges from a onetime ally and the Baltic republics on the eve of his U.S. visit

Colombia: Cartels vs. Candidates (World Notes)

Cartels vs. Candidates

Dominican Republic: Battle of the Dinosaurs (World Notes)

Battle of the Dinosaurs

Nicaragua: Strike Force (World Notes)

Strike Force

Soviet Union: Adam and Evesky (World Notes)

Adam and Evesky

The Germanys: Fuller Speed Ahead (World Notes)

Fuller Speed Ahead

Science: Signals From Distant Disasters

The search intensifies for Einstein's gravity waves

Environment: Where The Sky Stays Dark (Environment)

The lifting of the Iron Curtain reveals the planet's most polluted region

Medicine: A Hard Day's Night in L. A. (Medicine)

Food: Ah, How Sweet It Is! (Food)

Barbie, Batman and friends feed a sugary controversy

Medicine: Do You Want To Die? (Medicine)

The crisis in emergency care is taking its toll on doctors, nurses -- and patients

Health: Just What the Patient Ordered (Health)

Prescription drug ads make doctors edgy and consumers curious

Design: Windows on A Nouveau World (Design)

A show of rare Tiffany reveals a colorist's world

Technology: Dr. Nintendo

The Mario Bros. -- and $3 million -- go to M.I.T.

Time Magazine Contents Page: May 28, 1990 (Contents)

Magazine contents page Vol. 135, No. 22 MAY 28, 1990

Time Magazine Masthead: May 28, 1990 (Masthead)

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