NATION
California: Trouble in Paradise (American Notes)
Trouble in Paradise
Crime: Keeping Tabs On Hate (American Notes)
Keeping Tabs On Hate
Montana: Earth Day with Guru Ma (American Notes)
Earth Day with Guru Ma
The Bronx: Imitation Of Life (American Notes)
Imitation Of Life
The Navy: Commending The Vincennes (American Notes)
Commending The Vincennes
For The Love of Money
Shaking down contributors vs. shaking up the system
Fox-in-the-Chicken-Coop Suggestion (Grapevine)
Grapevine: May 7, 1990 (Grapevine)
Grapevine: May 7, 1990 (Grapevine)
Grapevine: May 7, 1990 (Grapevine)
Grapevine: May 7, 1990 (Grapevine)
Grapevine: May 7, 1990 (Grapevine)
Grapevine: May 7, 1990 (Grapevine)
Grapevine: May 7, 1990 (Grapevine)
Loser of the Week: May 7, 1990 (Grapevine)
Sticking To His Guns: Senator Sam Nunn
Cheney chops the Pentagon budget but refuses to reshape it
The Agony Over Israel
American Jews face a dilemma: how to criticize the Jewish state without seeming disloyal
The Lazarus Outrage Trophy (Grapevine)
The Political Interest: Congress: Twelve Is Enough
Congress: Twelve Is Enough
What's Love Got to Do with It?
Wellesley's unease over wife and mother Barbara Bush renews the debate about women's divided loyalties
Winner of the Week (Grapevine)
Wrong Number
A college president quits after making obscene calls
WORLD
First The Hostages, Then the Deal
Middle East One Home, 21 to Go
Why it would be a surprise to see any more captives freed soon -- and why there is also more hope for them than ever
Mongolia Asia's Gentle Rebel
As democracy stirs in this frozen outpost of Stalinism, the leadership takes a slow-motion approach to perestroika
Nicaragua Chamorro Takes a Chance
South Africa The Other Black Leader
Buthelezi may be prince of the Zulus, but he is a king-size headache to Mandela and the A.N.C.
Soviet Union No Embargo On Advice
The West urges Lithuania to slow down
Britain: Knavish Tricks (World Notes)
Knavish Tricks
Colombia: Election by Elimination (World Notes)
Election by Elimination
Communists: Accentuating The Positive (World Notes)
Accentuating The Positive
Romania: Is the Past Prologue? (World Notes)
Is the Past Prologue?
Zaire: Moving Up But Not Out (World Notes)
Moving Up But Not Out
SCIENCE
Science: The Long Arm Of Radar
Pentagon warriors enlist the ionosphere against smugglers
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: A Call for Radical Surgery (Medicine)
A major doctors' group joins the drive to overhaul health care
Food: Bread Goes Upper Crust (Food)
Across the U.S., gourmet loaves are on the rise
RELIGION
Religion: Farewell To Thee's and He's
An "inclusive" Bible translation joins a crowded market
TECHNOLOGY
Technology: Reinventing The Wheel
Recent advances make bicycles faster, safer and simpler to ride
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page:May 7, 1990 (Contents)
Vol. 135, No. 19 MAY 7, 1990
Time Magazine Masthead: May 7, 1990 (Masthead)
Vol. 135 No. 19 MAY 7, 1990
BUSINESS
BANKRUPTCIES: Debacle for A Discounter
Debacle for A Discounter
COPYRIGHTS: Your Rent's Due, Jimmy
Your Rent's Due, Jimmy
FIREARMS: Don't Touch That Gun
Don't Touch That Gun
LABOR: The Scab's Baedeker
The Scab's Baedeker
THE RICH: Trump's Dash For Cash
Trump's Dash For Cash
Fallen Master of the Universe: Michael Milkin
The junk-bond king pleads guilty, but he's getting off light
The Soviet Union: Hurry, Doctor!
Gorbachev is moving too cautiously in dispensing the bitter medicine that the Soviet Union needs. Here is the prescription he must swiftly administer
Just Who Are Those Guys?
A reclusive Middle East firm buys Saks for $1.5 billion
Sailing On Warm Trade Winds
In a turnabout, the U.S. takes Japan off the hit list
EDUCATION
Education: Bigots in The Ivory Tower
An alarming rise in hatred roils U.S. campuses
Education: Voting With His Feet
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Show Business: A Parent's View of Pop Sex and Violence (Show Business)
Theater: Blunt History (Theater)
Art: Brilliant, But Not For Real (Art)
A show surveys old and new masters of forgery
Books: Class Act (Books)
Show Business: X Rated (Show Business)
It's a four-letter world out there: in rock and rap, in movies and on TV, in comedy clubs and real life. Many love it, especially kids. Many others hate it or don't get it. Should anything be done?
Critics' Voices: May 7, 1990 (Critics' Voices)
Books: Faded Jeans SKINNY LEGS AND ALL by Tom Robbins (Books)
Bantam; 422 pages; $19.95
Video: Tape-Of-the-month Club (Video)
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