June 4, 1990 | Vol. 135 No. 23

Accident-Prone - And

Lethal Doubts rise on the safety of three types of nuclear warheads

California: Little Red Riding Hootch (American Notes)

Little Red Riding Hootch

Contests: Nobody Beats The Wiz (American Notes)

Nobody Beats The Wiz

Nature: First Crunch, Then Munch (American Notes)

First Crunch, Then Munch

San Francisco: Safe Sex and The Flag (American Notes)

Safe Sex and The Flag

The Navy: Second Look At the Iowa (American Notes)

Second Look At the Iowa

Daddy's Little Girl

Did eight-year-old Eileen Franklin see her father kill her friend? Or is 29-year-old Eileen Franklin-Lipsker looking for revenge?

Grapevine: Jun. 4, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: Jun. 4, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: Jun. 4, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: Jun. 4, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: Jun. 4, 1990 (Grapevine)

Opening Doors for the Disabled

But the handicapped-rights law may harm those it aims to help

Sacrificial Lamb of the Week (Grapevine)

Talented Toiletmouth

The Back-to-the-Drawing-Board Directive (Grapevine)

The Crime-Does-Too-Pay Award (Grapevine)

The Excu-U-U-Se Me Citation (Grapevine)

The Morning Line (Grapevine)

How the Keating Five are faring

Whose Art Is It, Anyway?

Desperate for an enemy, the radical right accuses Washington of subsidizing obscene, elitist art. The facts paint a different picture

Gorbachev Interview: I Am an Optimist (The Summit / Gorbachev Interview)

Expressing impatience toward his critics and advice for foreign heads of state, Gorbachev sees himself as the leader of a new revolution and a visionary for the end of the century

America Abroad: The Fear of Weimar Russia (The Summit)

The Fear of Weimar Russia

The Summit: Anger, Bluff - and Cooperation (The Summit)

Behind the Sandinistas' stunning election loss in Nicaragua is the secret story of U.S.-Soviet partnership in Central America. George Bush may lack Gorbachev's grand vision, but he and his advisers pr

China One Year Later

The leadership stifles dissent as it tries to put the best face on an unpopular regime

Conflicts Taking the Road to War?

A cleric's assassination raises the temperature as India and Pakistan stumble toward another unwinnable battle

How Many Really Died? Tiananmen Square Fatalities

Middle East When Madmen Call the Shots

As Shamir stalls and a massacre reignites the intifadeh, progress toward peace is more urgent than ever

Separatism Is Canada Coming Apart?

Maybe not, but its politicians are playing a dangerous game of chicken over the future of the federation

The Summit: The Eye of the Storm (The Summit)

The Summit: The Men Who Made It All Work (The Summit)

Pavlov and Aronson each expected the other to be a hard-line old thinker. After a year of tough bargaining, they found they were friends

Three Lives, Then and Now

Mexico: Government by Terrorism? (World Notes)

Government by Terrorism?

Romania: Iliescu Wins Big (World Notes)

Iliescu Wins Big

Uganda: Night of the Wild Pigs (World Notes)

Night of the Wild Pigs

Yemen: Sheba's Land Together Again (World Notes)

Sheba's Land Together Again

Health: Chubby? Blame Those Genes (Health)

Heredity plays the pivotal role in weight control

Behavior: Do People Get Hooked on Sex? (Behavior)

Psychologists debate how to treat a different kind of "addiction"

Ethics: When The Lullaby Ends (Ethics)

Should adoptive parents be able to return unwanted children?

Press: A Search for Glitz

The house of Newhouse pursues a winning formula with toughness -- and a revolving door

Religion: Oberammergau's Blood Curse

A famous Passion play opens to a chorus of Jewish criticism

Time Magazine Contents Page: June 4, 1990 (Contents)

Vol. 135, No. 23 JUNE 4, 1990