NATION
Diabolically Well-Planned: Pan Am's Flight 103
The hunt begins for the bombers who doomed Pan Am's Christmas Flight 103
A Deceptive Killer
Aviation: Fear of Flying (American Notes)
Fear of Flying
Environment: Submerging The Spirit (American Notes)
Submerging The Spirit
Prisons: Criminal Charges? (American Notes)
Criminal Charges?
Washington: Recalculating Poverty (American Notes)
Recalculating Poverty
Building On Rock, Not Sand: Riots in Liberty City, Florida
"Crime is a subtle form of revolution. Every robbery is somebody's personal riot"
For Goodness' Sake
What Americans do when they see a crying need
Open Heart, Open Hand: AIDS
"I really believe that people with AIDS are dying of malnutrition, not AIDS"
Planting Trees of Life
"I don't like the title Dreamer . . . That tends to mean nondeliverer"
Taps For Old Bases
Despite protests, the Pentagon plan may not cost many jobs
WORLD
America Abroad: Virtuoso Transformations
Virtuoso Transformations
Australia A Cry of Desperation Why do Aborigines die in police custody?
Why do Aborigines die at alarming rates in police custody?
China Beat The Black Devils! Racial troubles in the streets of Nanjing (China)
Racial troubles flare in the streets of Nanjing
Grapevine: Jan. 9, 1989
Grapevine: Jan. 9, 1989
Grapevine: Jan. 9, 1989
Grapevine: Jan. 9, 1989
Latin America Sounding the Alarm: Debt-Threatened Democracies
Drowning in debt, threatened democracies look to Washington for help
South Yemen New Thinking in a Marxist Land
A little perestroika and no more hospitality for terrorists
Brazil: A Jungle Slaying & (World Notes)
A Jungle Slaying &
Captivity: Homeward Bound (World Notes)
Homeward Bound
Soviet Union: Dissident Diplomacy (World Notes)
Dissident Diplomacy
Sudan: Anywhere But Here (World Notes)
Anywhere But Here
SOCIETY
Kennebunkport, Me. A Small Town Goes Prime-Time (American Scene)
Bush's election brings headaches to his summer home
SPORT
Sport: You Do It Until You Get Caught
Rearmed by the law, the NCAA puts new pressures on venality
TECHNOLOGY
Technology: Back to The Velvet-Roped Lines
A pioneer pulls the plug on its electronic home-banking service
Technology: Drop The Phone
Busting a computer whiz
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 133 No. 2 JANUARY 9, 1989
Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 133 No. 2 JANUARY 9, 1989 (Masthead)
Vol. 133 No. 2 JANUARY 9, 1989
BUSINESS
BAD LOANS: Hey, There Goes My Car!
Hey, There Goes My Car!
RECYCLING: Don't Trash That Foam
Don't Trash That Foam
SWIMWEAR: No Itsy-Bitsy Offers, Please
No Itsy-Bitsy Offers, Please
TEACHING: Why Johnny Can't Budget
Why Johnny Can't Budget
TRADE: A Sizzling Beef War
A Sizzling Beef War
No Joyride in 1989
The economy will have to grow more slowly, but runs the risk of a stall
You Scratch My Back . . .
A stock scandal exposes the cozy ties among Japan's power elite
EDUCATION
Education: Lessons From On High
Project STAR takes aim at some popular misconceptions
LAW
Law: A Struggle for Splitsville's Buck:Felder tops Mitchelson
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art: An Abiding Passion for Reality Gustave Courbet (Art)
The character of Courbet is captured in a rich new show
Video: And Now, Nice-Guy Talk Hosts (Video)
Two smiling hopefuls are the latest to challenge Carson
Show Business: Fire This Time (Show Business)
With incendiary drama and a lightning pace, Mississippi Burning illuminates an ugly chapter in American history -- and stokes a bitter debate
Critics' Choice: Jan. 9, 1989 (Critics' Choice)
Show Business: Hackman: A Capper for a Craftsman (Show Business)
Show Business: Just Another Mississippi Whitewash (Show Business)
Theater: Legs Diamond Shoots Blanks (Theater)
In a season of misery, Broadway seeks a new American musical
Books: Nice People in Glass Houses (Books)
PEOPLE
Great Leapin' Lizards! Michael Jordan Can't Actually Fly (Profile)
the Way He Gyrates and Orbits on a Basketball Court, Driven by fierce competitiveness, it sure looks that way