July 16, 1990 | Vol. 136 No. 3

A Kinder, Gentler Onion (Grapevine)

Aid That Would Work

America's Doomsday Machine

The spirit of Dr. Strangelove still survives in the 12,000 U.S. nukes aimed at the Soviet Union

California: Adios, Exxon Valdez (American Notes)

Adios, Exxon Valdez

Los Angeles: Getting Back On Track (American Notes)

Getting Back On Track

Malpractice: Justice for Johnathan (American Notes)

Justice for Johnathan

North Carolina: The Price of Vanity (American Notes)

The Price of Vanity

Prisons: Silencing a Quayle Tale (American Notes)

Silencing a Quayle Tale

Complaints About a Crackdown

Minorities charge that the Los Angeles police department's war on gangs has become a war on their communities

Deposed Dictators: Is There Life After Tyranny? (Grapevine)

Ed Meese, Call Home

Another Attorney General is in hot water

Getting Farmers off the Dole

The budget squeeze forces a hard look at agriculture subsidies

NATO: Helping Hand or Clenched Fist?

NATO's leaders labor to convince Moscow of their good intentions but remain wary about how much to aid a beleaguered Gorbachev

Here's Our Hat, What's Our Hurry? (Grapevine)

Loser of the Week: Jul. 16, 1990 (Grapevine)

Shadow Boxing (Grapevine)

The Golden Fleece Citation (Grapevine)

The Stand By Your Man Statuette (Grapevine)

Up, Up And Away (Grapevine)

Winner of the Week (Grapevine)

Albania Next to Fall?

As thousands seek asylum in the West, the communist regime may face a showdown

Middle East Human Pawns in a Sordid Game

In southern Lebanon's notorious El Khiam prison, freedom is tied to the fate of the Western hostages

Saudi Arabia A Tragic Ascension to Paradise

More than 1,400 pilgrims perish in a tunnel stampede

Soviet Union It's Lonely Up There

There Gorbachev can't seem to please anyone in the Communist Party anymore

The Germanys No Fools in Furstenwalde

After economic union, flinty East Germans save their new currency for hard times to come

The Philippines A Muddle-Through Mode

A TIME correspondent who covered Cory Aquino's rise to power returns to find the President hanging on in the face of obstinate problems and persistent criticism

The War of the Widows

Brazil: A Growth Industry (World Notes)

A Growth Industry

France: Fatal Ridicule (World Notes)

Fatal Ridicule

Kenya: Quieting the Dissenters (World Notes)

Quieting the Dissenters

Poland: Hard Times at The Top (World Notes)

Hard Times at The Top

Space: Race To Mars? (Space)

Spaceships may sail to the red planet on solar breezes

Medicine: Getting A Shot Of Youth (Medicine)

Human growth hormone may reverse some signs of aging

Living: Proceeding With Caution (Living)

The twentysomething generation is balking at work, marriage and baby-boomer values. Why are today's young adults so skeptical?

Windsor, California Such Splendor On the Grass (American Scene)

From the roquet to the bisque, the pass roll to the triple peel, croquet is a game whose time has come -- until you're "three-ball dead"

Sport: Get Rid of the Manager!

Baseball pilots come and go, but the changes don't always help

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Vol. 136, No. 3 JULY 16, 1990