Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 22 MAY 29, 1989

Vol. 133 No. 22 MAY 29, 1989

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COVER: An explosion of people power convulses China as a crackdown looms

As more than a million citizens take to the streets demanding democratic / reforms, officials move to put down the embarrassing challenge to their authority. -- Survivors of the Cultural Revolution reflect on the current unrest. -- Soviet officials wryly cast the best light on Gorbachev's upstaged mission.

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NATION: Prison overcrowding forces authorities to turn criminals loose; Bush's crime message promises little relief

The President proposes constructing more federal lockups, but the real problem is state and local building. -- Congress admits its new ethics rules are...

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