NATION
Alaska: Baying at The Moon? (American Notes)
Baying at The Moon?
Politics: Who's Afraid Of the Voters? (American Notes)
Who's Afraid Of the Voters?
Schools: Elusive Equality (American Notes)
Elusive Equality
Texas: Odessa's Obsession (American Notes)
Odessa's Obsession
Suffer the Little Children
The world's leaders gather for an extraordinary summit and listen at last to a crying need
Down to The Final Wire
Once again, Washington plays budget ball to the last minute
I'M Not An Oenophile (Grapevine)
Keeping Cincinnati Clean
A museum director is tried on obscenity charges
Like Father, Like Son: A columnist is ambushed
A columnist is ambushed
Living Struggling for Sanity
Mental and emotional distress are taking an alarming toll of the young
Mind If We Tag Along? (Grapevine)
Mouthful of the Week (Grapevine)
My (Ghostwritten) Summer Vacation (Grapevine)
Teen Terror
Natural (Yuck!) Ingredients (Grapevine)
Shameful Bequests to The Next Generation
America's legacy to its young people includes bad schools, poor health care, deadly addictions, crushing debts -- and utter indifference
Smart Marketing Rhinestone Belt (Grapevine)
Stealth Candidate of the Week (Grapevine)
The Energy Conservation Prize (Grapevine)
There Was This Storyteller . . . (Grapevine)
WORLD
Back in the U.S.S.S.?
Germany And Now There Is One
Unification is a fact at last, but Europe's new power faces years of labor to make the merger work for Germans and non-Germans alike
Soviet Union No Shortage of Rumors
Despite official denials, talk of a military coup persists
Algeria: Ben Bella Unbound (World Notes)
Ben Bella Unbound
India: Protest By Fire (World Notes)
Protest By Fire
Japan: There Goes the Neighborhood (World Notes)
There Goes the Neighborhood
Soviet Union: Keeping the Faith (World Notes)
Keeping the Faith
WAR & TERRORISM
The Gulf: Fear And Loathing in Israel (The Gulf)
Fingered for an Iraqi first strike, Jerusalem steps up its defenses and hopes for a war that would crush Saddam
The Gulf: In The Capital of Dread (The Gulf)
From shopkeepers to ministers, Iraqis realize that their lives have changed irrevocably. Perhaps that is why there are grumbles of unhappiness with Saddam.
The Gulf: Knowing When to Duck (The Gulf)
The Gulf: Saddam in The Cross Hairs (The Gulf)
Bush is legally forbidden to order a hit on the Iraqi leader, but loopholes do exist. Should he take advantage of them?
The Gulf: The Battle Beckons (The Gulf)
With sanctions serving only to increase Saddam's belligerence and the West struggling to fathom his thinking, war looks more and more inevitable
The Political Interest: The Case Against Nukes (The Gulf)
The Case Against Nukes
SCIENCE
Space: A Restless Venus (Space)
Unveiled Magellan peers to the volcanic surface of Earth's near twin
Science: Wake Up, East And Midwest
The next Big One may not hit California after all
RELIGION
Religion: Sweetness And Not a Lot of Light
A papal decree on higher education avoids conflict -- for now
SPORT
Sport: Streaking Hard for the Top
Led by rocket Rickey Henderson, Oakland looks to win another World Series
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page: Oct. 8, 1990 (Contents)
Magazine contents page Vol. 136, No. 15 OCTOBER 8, 1990
Time Magazine Masthead: Oct. 8, 1990 (Masthead)
Magazine masthead Vol. 136, No. 15 OCTOBER 8, 1990
BUSINESS
AIRLINES: Flying Along at Treetop Level
Flying Along at Treetop Level
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS: It's Defective? Buy More!
It's Defective? Buy More!
HOUSING: My Realtor, The Saint
My Realtor, The Saint
PRODUCT SAFETY: Unsafe at Any Speed?
Unsafe at Any Speed?
SPORTING GOODS: The Hottest Ride on Snow
The Hottest Ride on Snow
Going Ape for Entertainment
A Japanese electronics giant courts Hollywood's MCA for a blockbuster merger
Hear No Evil, See No Evil
A testy Neil Bush defends his role as a Silverado director
How Stubborn Can You Get?
Unless the U.S. and Europe budge, global trade talks may fail
Never Mind the Brakes
Even as oil hits $40, the U.S. shuns a plan for fuel efficiency
LAW
Law: One Nation, Very Divisible
As the U.S. Supreme Court grows more conservative, state benches are becoming the new bulwarks of liberalism
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Critics' Voices: Oct. 8, 1990 (Critics' Voices)
Books: Doing It on the Road (Books)
Cinema: Taking The Hex out of X (Cinema)
A new rating takes films from the forbidden zone into -- limbo
Video: The Civil War Comes Home (Video)
Of all things, a surprise smash hit on PBS
Books: Unquiet Grave (Books)
TO OUR READERS
From the Publisher: Oct 8 1990 (From The Publisher)
ESSAY
Essay: The Second American Century
Was the first one just an illusion? Even if it was real, is it over? No, says the author. But if the U.S. is to go on leading, it must renew and rebuild itself.