Time Magazine Contents Page

Vol. 138 No. 5 AUGUST 5, 1991

COVER STORY

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WORLD: Was It Worth a War?

Saddam Hussein still defies the world, and Kuwait is rushing back to the past. But there are halting steps toward a Mideast peace conference

20

NATION: A Special Relationship

Bush and Gorbachev are using their personal rapport to smooth a superpower rapprochement

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BUSINESS: B.C.C.I. Heats Up

Governments scurry to control the global banking scandal

HEALTH What? What? I can't hear you 50

MEDICINE Why doctors are angry at Bush 52

SCIENCE How some radio pulses may reveal a planet 53

PRESS The new nattering nabobs: Do media bashers really count?

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