August 5, 1991 | Vol. 138 No. 5

An Expose That's Also a Mystery (Grapevine)

In the Pipeline (Grapevine)

Sorry, You've Reached Your Credit Limit (Grapevine)

The Celebrity Action Squad (Grapevine)

The Glasnost-Bottom Boat (Grapevine)

The Palm Beach Rape Case: Then There Were Three

The prosecution raises the ante by unveiling a trio of new accusers who say William Kennedy Smith assaulted them

Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush: The Summit Goodfellas

How Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush developed one of the most extraordinary yet subtle collaborations in history, using their personal rapport to facilitate the Soviet Union's capitulation

Vox Pop: Aug. 5, 1991 (Grapevine)

We Like You Right Where You Are (Grapevine)

Iraq D-Day? More Like ZZZ-Day

Saddam wins time to come clean on his killer arsenal, but the U.S. rejects his plea to lift sanctions

Kuwait: Back to the Past

Man in The Middle

Middle East: What Are These Two Up To?

With Assad now willing to attend a regional peace conference, Shamir faces heavy pressure, especially from the U.S., to go along

South Africa: Crisis of Confidence

A scandal engulfs De Klerk, and raises the question: Are he and his National Party sincere about sharing power?

Soviet Union: Hard Times for the Hard-Liners

For Alexei Sergeyev and other devout communists, Gorbachev's reforms spell the end of the party

Britain: Old Regiments Just Fade Away (World Notes)

Old Regiments Just Fade Away

Italy: Tax Cheats' Hall of Shame (World Notes)

Tax Cheats' Hall of Shame

Southeast Asia: Tempest in A Soap Dish (World Notes)

Tempest in A Soap Dish

Turkey: Foiling a Deadly Plot (World Notes)

Foiling a Deadly Plot

The Pulse of Another World

How three astronomers timing radio waves may have finally found a planet outside our solar system

Now Hear This -- If You Can (Health)

Americans are amazingly tolerant of the noise that engulfs them at work and play. They shouldn't be. The din causes millions to lose their hearing, slowly but surely.

The Doctors Take On Bush (Medicine)

Once loyal, the medical establishment is fuming over issues ranging from the abortion gag rule to fetal research

The Little Flat of Horrors (Crime)

In a saga recalling The Silence of the Lambs, a Milwaukee man is seized in a den of preserved heads and mutilated body parts

The Media's Wacky Watchdogs

Press bashing, once just a spectator sport, has become a full-time profession for a growing cadre on both the left and right

Superchurches And How They Grew

American Protestants are turning to one-stop spiritual shopping

Energy (American Notes)

Cheap Gas -- For Now

Law Enforcement: Such Sweet Sorrow (American Notes)

Such Sweet Sorrow

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)

Vol. 138 No. 5 AUGUST 5, 1991

Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 138 No. 5 AUGUST 5, 1991 (Masthead)

Vol. 138 No. 5 AUGUST 5, 1991

Visions: Miraculous Perception (American Notes)

Miraculous Perception

Washington No Sex, We're Republicans (American Notes)