October 30, 1989 | Vol. 134 No. 18

Earthquake (Cover Story)

Airlines: Leave the Butts Behind (American Notes)

Leave the Butts Behind

Alaska: Threatening A Shutdown (American Notes)

Threatening A Shutdown

Constitution: Cooler Heads Win Out (American Notes)

Cooler Heads Win Out

History: Sting's The Thing (American Notes)

Sting's The Thing

And Now, Emotional Aftershocks

Survivors must cope with losses and a new sense of vulnerability

First The Shaking, Then the Flames

Even after 83 years, the Great Quake reverberates in San Francisco's memory

Grapevine: Oct. 30, 1989

Grapevine: Oct. 30, 1989

Grapevine: Oct. 30, 1989

Grapevine: Oct. 30, 1989

Grapevine: Oct. 30, 1989

Leave It to Cleaver

It to Cleaver Bush and Congress take the easy way out in budget cutting

Reopening A Deadly Debate

Deadly Debate The CIA wants to have a freer hand during coups

Still Waiting for the Big One

The science of quake prediction is improving, but don't bet on it

Television in The Dark

Dark Video technology shows its limits when the uplinks go down

The Benefits of Being Prepared

Emergency planning paid off but did not prevent two disastrous collapses

Boris The Trigger-Happy

Trigger-Happy

Closet Reformers

East Germany: Trading Places

Trading Places As Egon Krenz succeeds the deposed Honecker, he seems willing to tinker with the system but not revamp it. Will that be enough?

Sisulu: We Want Immediate Change

Want Immediate Change" Freed after 26 years in jail, a black leader talks to TIME about the future

South Africa Testing the Waters

Testing the Waters Though the temperature is not yet right, the white government and black leaders are tiptoeing closer to negotiations over the fate of their country

Soviet Union:Dear Editor: You're Fired. Signed, Mikhail Gorbachev

Dear Editor: You're Fired. Signed, Mikhail Gorbachev Fed up with journalists on the right and the left who snipe at his policies, the Kremlin leader calls for a rewrite

CHINA Better Red Than Well Fed (World Notes)

Notes CHINA Better Red Than Well Fed

CZECHOSLOVAKIA Anniversary Blues (World Notes)

Notes CZECHOSLOVAKIA Anniversary Blues

DIPLOMACY Such Good Friends (World Notes)

Notes DIPLOMACY Such Good Friends

INDIA November, Be Kind (World Notes)

Notes INDIA November, Be Kind

ISRAEL Forecast: More Warm Weather (World Notes)

Notes ISRAEL Forecast: More Warm Weather

Environment: Reprieve for The Giant of Beasts (Environment)

Giant of Beasts A ban on the ivory trade could help save the elephant

The Golden Treasures of Nimrud

An Assyrian fortress city yields archaeological prizes of rare delight

Medicine: Lifesaver Drug (Medicine)

A new drug may improve the odds for successful transplants

Canton, Mississippi A New Kind of Moving Day (American Scene)

A determined nun helps the poor by relocating houses

Behavior: Here Come the Russian Shrinks! (Behavior)

The Soviets confess and are accepted by their colleagues

Press: Dog-Bites-Dog

Journalism A personal view of the perils of underchecking stories

Religion: High-Tech Bible

Bible A minicomputer crunches Scripture's 773,692 words

Religion: Historic Sermon

Sermon Soft-sell televangelism hits the Soviet Union

Caught in a Contradiction (American Notes / Abortion)

Time Magazine Contents Page:OCTOBER 30, 1989 Vol. 134, No. 18 (Contents)

Magazine contents page OCTOBER 30, 1989 Vol. 134, No. 18

Time Magazine Masthead:OCTOBER 30, 1989 Vol. 134, No. 18 (Masthead)

Magazine masthead OCTOBER 30, 1989 Vol. 134, No. 18