Time Magazine Contents Page: July 2, 1990

Magazine contents page Vol. 136, No. 1 JULY 2, 1990

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NATION: Nelson Mandela arrives in the U.S. and gets a triumphant hero's welcome

| Free at last after 27 years, the antiapartheid leader is seeking money for the cause of racial justice and continued U.S. pressure in South Africa. But Americans want something from him too: a chance to lay eyes on the mythical figure whose plight rekindled the civil rights movement. George Bush is the most courteous of Presidents -- until his evil twin Skippy takes over. Jim Florio of New Jersey has something other Governors lack: the guts to ask for a tax increase and persuade voters to...

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