May 13, 1991 | Vol. 137 No. 19

A Deep-Discount Air Force (Grapevine)

A Heartbeat from Eternity

Stricken with fatigue and shortness of breath while running, Bush recovers after giving the nation a little scare

A Sure Seller -- Somewhere (Grapevine)

CRIME Scot Free -- For Now (American Notes)

CRIME Scot Free -- For Now

JUSTICE Paupers Need Not Apply (American Notes)

JUSTICE Paupers Need Not Apply

THE NAVY Not the Love Boat? (American Notes)

THE NAVY Not the Love Boat?

WILDLIFE Rabid Raccoons (American Notes)

WILDLIFE Rabid Raccoons

Back in The Saddle Again? (Grapevine)

Cutting-Edge Fashion (Grapevine)

Fly Free Or Die

While Sununu stonewalls, TIME uncovers further evidence of ethics violations stemming from his business-and-pleasure junkets

Masters of War

A new book offers fascinating details -- but no shockers -- about the Pentagon's role in the gulf

Passing The Hat for Gus (Grapevine)

Say Good Night, Everybody (Grapevine)

Vox Pop: May 13, 1991 (Grapevine)

America Abroad

Thunder on the Right

Cyclone Of Death

Shevardnadze Speaks Out

Soviet Union: Moscow's Hungry Monster

The military-industrial complex is blocking Gorbachev's reforms, but the rapidly deteriorating economy may finally tame the behemoth into submission

The Gulf: Walking the Beat in Iraq

Will the United Nations succeed in its ambitious efforts to police Saddam Hussein and destroy what remains of his lethal arsenal?

BRITAIN Not a House of Wimps! (World Notes)

BRITAIN "Not a House of Wimps!"

LESOTHO: Sweeping Out The Sweeper (World Notes)

LESOTHO Sweeping Out The Sweeper

SOUTH Africa: Terror in The Townships (World Notes)

SOUTH AFRICA Terror in The Townships

TAIWAN O.K., O.K., We Lost (World Notes)

TAIWAN O.K., O.K., We Lost

How to Go Back in Time

An unlikely new concept makes the journey theoretically possible by testing the boundaries of physics

Crack Kids: Innocent Victims (Health / Cover Stories)

Damaged by the drugs their mothers took, crack kids will face social and educational hurdles and must count on society's compassion

Only The Lonely (Medicine)

Health risks for the single child

Scrambled: After 2,000 food-poisoning cases, fear of salmonella is no yolk (Food)

After 2,000 food-poisoning cases, fear of salmonella is no yolk

Should We Take Away Their Kids? (Health)

Often the best way to save the child is to save the mother as well

Fundamental Disagreement

Faced with an entrenched conservative hierarchy, moderate Southern Baptists are plotting ways to fight back

Wizard Of Whiff, Sultan of Swipe

In one day Nolan Ryan and Rickey Henderson reach the sublime

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Vol. 137 No. 19 MAY 13, 1991

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Vol. 137 No. 19 MAY 13, 1991