NATION
Cities: Those Chelsea Blues (American Notes)
Those Chelsea Blues
Combat: Horror in The Desert (American Notes)
Horror in The Desert
Congress: A Boost for Abortion Rights (American Notes)
A Boost for Abortion Rights
Philanthropy: A Gift from the GoodFellas (American Notes)
A Gift from the GoodFellas
But Do They Understand Bulgarian? (Grapevine)
Did Bob Gates Serve His Masters Too Well?
Hey! Let's Send a Couple Billion to Wolfgang (Grapevine)
I've Been Lonely Too Long (Grapevine)
Intelligence: Crisis in Spooksville
As the Senate grilling of Robert Gates begins, the CIA starts to rethink its own mandate in a rapidly changing world
Presidential Candidates Always Attack, Never Defend
Iowa's Tom Harkin, the third Democrat to announce, promises a $ hard-hitting campaign based on unabashed liberalism and fiery populist oratory
Supreme Court: Judging the Judge
For all their posturing, Senate Judiciary Committee members have no fixed standards in reviewing presidential nominees
The Kind of Guy a Mother Would Love (Grapevine)
The Political Interest Fears and Choices on the Road to '92
Fears and Choices on the Road to '92
Vox Pop: Sep. 23, 1991 (Grapevine)
We Say Tomayto, They Say Tomahto (Grapevine)
WORLD
America Abroad
Journey Without Maps
Cuba So Long, Amigos
Moscow's planned troop pullout and embrace of free trade intensify Havana's political and economic isolation
Middle East: No Give and Take
Washington and Jerusalem find themselves at loggerheads over aid, even as a denouement to the hostage drama appears to be at hand
Soviet Union Will a Weak Democracy Spawn a Dictatorship?
Wild inflation and pending economic collapse stir worries of a rebound to authoritarian government
Britain: Season of Hotting (World Notes)
Season of Hotting
Greece: Editors Twice Barred (World Notes)
Editors Twice Barred
South Africa: Death in the Townships (World Notes)
Death in the Townships
The Philippines: Farewell to Subic Bay (World Notes)
Farewell to Subic Bay
SCIENCE
It Happens in the Best Circles
A pair of British artists claim they are the hoaxers behind those mystifying and intriguing crop patterns
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Is There a Method to Manipulation? (Health)
Once scorned as quackery, chiropractic is winning adherents and respect
SOCIETY
Aleutian Islands (Cultures)
Resurrecting a Wondrous Craft
Borneo (Cultures)
The Penans Stand By Their Land
Central African Republic (Cultures)
Proving the Worth of A Healing Art
Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge (Cultures / Cover Story)
Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge
Papua New Guinea (Cultures)
A Chronicler of Elders' Wisdom
PRESS
Al's Further Adventures
Gannett's former chairman turns his ambition to global philanthropy, largely at Gannett expense
TECHNOLOGY
Erotic Electronic Encounters
Computer games have shattered the sex barrier, but retailers are nervous about selling explicit disks
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Cinema: A Late Bloomer from the Mulch (View Points)
A Late Bloomer from the Mulch
Music: An Ambassador Arrives (View Points)
An Ambassador Arrives
Music: The Way She Was (View Points)
The Way She Was
Television: Reaching for the Rafters (View Points / Television)
Reaching for the Rafters
Theater: Framed, but Is It Art? (View Points / Theater)
Framed, but Is It Art?
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 138 No. 12 SEPTEMBER 23, 1991
Time Magazine Masthead September 23, 1991 (Masthead)
Vol. 138 No. 12
BUSINESS
Advertising: What's It All About, Calvin?
Jeans genius Klein pumps lots of cash and controversy -- but not many jeans -- into a magazine supplement
Banking No Amiable Dunce
Clark Clifford lets Congress know he will not bow meekly in its B.C.C.I. probe
Inventions: Plat Du Jour
Plat Du Jour
New York: End of A Dream
End of A Dream
Scandals: We'll All Hang Together
We'll All Hang Together
Soviet Investment: Let's Make Lots of Deals
Let's Make Lots of Deals
Strikes: Catfight In Canada
Catfight In Canada
Style California Dreamin'
Ideas for the world's autos now come from design studios clustered around (where else?) trendsetting L.A.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Man. A Legend. A What!? (Radio)
Raging against commie libs and femi-Nazis, Rush Limbaugh is bombastic, infuriating and nearly irresistible
Art: Against The Cult of the Moment (Art)
A superb show presents Georges Seurat as an inspired lyricist who achieved grand images of mysterious permanence