NATION
Crime: Fraternal Aid (American Notes)
Fraternal Aid
Health Care: Anguished Testimony (American Notes)
Anguished Testimony
Justice: Booze It And Lose It: Booze It And Lose It (American Notes)
Booze It And Lose It
Law Enforcement: Nabbing a Hit Man: Nabbing a Hit Man (American Notes)
Nabbing a Hit Man
Brent Scowcroft: Mr. Behind-the-Scenes
Arms Control: Toward a Safer World (Cover Stories)
Breaking the dusty rules of arms control, Bush cuts the U.S. arsenal and invites Gorbachev to do the same. But Moscow should read the fine print.
First Strike Against the Democrats
Hey, Bobby, Love Your Getup! (Grapevine)
It May Not Be Art, But It Pays the Bills (Grapevine)
Putting It Together, Bit By Bit (Grapevine)
This Is Your Captain Snoring (Grapevine)
Vox Pop: Oct. 7, 1991 (Grapevine)
What Makes Samir Run? (Grapevine)
Why The Details Are Sticky
As his country crumbles, Gorbachev is happy about Bush's proposals on tactical nukes. But by keeping its submarine-launched multiple warheads, Washington has an advantage that will worry Moscow.
WORLD
America Abroad
They Come Bearing Hope
Communists: A Spymaster Returns Home
All he wants, says Markus Wolf, in from the cold, is to live in Berlin and write a children's book
Defiance, Resilience, Suffering
Iraq A Deadly Game of Chicken
Flexing his muscles, Saddam Hussein tries to prevent U.N. inspectors from examining nuclear documents
Mystery's End: A Fifth Man Is Unmasked At Last
Soviet Union: Four Desperate Days
A riveting diary kept by Anatoli Chernyayev, Gorbachev's top foreign policy aide, describes how plotters imprisoned the President in the Crimea -- and how the tide turned against them
El Salvador: High Time For Peace (World Notes)
High Time For Peace
Palestinians: No Joy in Algiers (World Notes)
No Joy in Algiers
Romania: Miners and Mayhem (World Notes)
Miners and Mayhem
Soviet Union: Rumblings in The Republics (World Notes)
Rumblings in The Republics
Zaire: Army on The Loose (World Notes)
Army on The Loose
SCIENCE
The 4,000-Year-Old Man
Mummified remains of an ancient mountain climber give scientists a rare glimpse into life in the early Bronze Age
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Boozeless Bonanza (Food)
Nonalcoholic beer is better and more popular than ever
Incest Comes Out of the Dark (Health)
As the taboos against talking about it crumble, thousands of Americans, like Roseanne Arnold, are going public with their stories of anguish and healing
My Own Story (Health)
SOCIETY
Tidings Of Comfort and Joy (Behavior)
A witty and fanciful sex manual for the '70s is updated in cautionary fashion for the '90s
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 138 No. 14 OCTOBER 7, 1991
Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 138 No. 14 OCTOBER 7, 1991 (Masthead)
Vol. 138 No. 14 OCTOBER 7, 1991
BUSINESS
Computers: Parallel Turn
Parallel Turn
Cosmetics: Lipstick with A Conscience
Lipstick with A Conscience
Gambling: Talk About a Joystick . . .
Talk About a Joystick . . .
the Boardroom: A Very Un-British Coup
A Very Un-British Coup
the Economy: Stuck in The Ditch
Stuck in The Ditch
Management: Too Much Flak Downs a Flack
Public relations powerhouse Hill & Knowlton boots its overbearing boss in a bid to restore its own sullied image
Marketing Beauty and The Bucks
More glamorous than movie stars, the supermodels of the '90s earn spectacular loot from their spectacular looks
Scandals: Gilt by Association
Bank of America's relationship with the corrupt B.C.C.I. was long, cozy and highly lucrative
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Critics' Voices: Oct. 7, 1991 (Critics' Voices)
Frankly, It's Not Worth a Damn (Books)
In the sequel to Gone With the Wind, Rhett and Scarlett reunite, she heads for Ireland, has a baby and leaves the reader wondering why tomorrow ever came
Art: Putting A Zeitgeist in a Box (Art)
A huge show revisits the three cities where Modernism flowered in the 1920s
What If Scarlett Sequel Fever Caught On? (Books)
SPECIAL SECTION
1492 Vs. 1892 Vs. 1992 (History)
At three imperial moments, three Columbuses reveal something about their different eras
Just Who Was That Man? (History)
No one is sure what Columbus looked like, but enough is known about him that the dispute over his legacy should not obscure his real accomplishments
The Trouble With Columbus (History)
As the 500th anniversary of his New World voyage approaches, a fundamental argument about its significance is growing in stridency
PEOPLE
No More Clapping Hands: RAFFI (Profile)
Once the Pied Piper to millions of kids, folk singer RAFFI no longer warbles about the wonders of childhood. His message is now one of environmental alarm.