Time Magazine Contents Page

Vol. 138 No. 6 AUGUST 12, 1991

COVER STORY

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NATION:

America's New Pests

Are neo-Puritan zealots and all-purpose victims deforming the American character?

36

WORLD:

Europe's Racism

As the ethnic mix changes, some countries are discovering that they are not as tolerant as they thought

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BUSINESS:

The Information Age

We're not there yet

Also: How B.C.C.I. played for the Blue Chips

INTERVIEW Shelby Steele makes the case for Clarence Thomas

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HEALTH Why can't Americans find decent birth control? 52

SCIENCE A new gene machine helps diagnose diseases and unmask murderers 54

MEDICINE Should the U.S. admit foreign visitors with AIDS?

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EDUCATION A lesson from...

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