Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 136, No. 23 NOVEMBER 26, 1990

Vol. 136, No. 23 NOVEMBER 26, 1990

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BUSINESS: Dress it up as direct mail or denounce it as junk, Americans love the wash of third-class tidings as much as they say they hate it

In the past year, 63.7 billion pieces of third-class mail landed in mailboxes across America. Where does it all come from? How did they get your name? And how can you curb it? -- Fax and phone solicitations: the newest generation of junk. -- Fighting recession blues by giving greed another chance. -- A Harlem bank failure wounds local pride.

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NATION: The rumblings of conflict in the gulf stir a growing debate:...

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