Time Magazine Contents Page

COVER STORY

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NATION:

America’s New Pests

Are neo-Puritan zealots and all-purpose victims deforming the American character?

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WORLD:

Europe’s Racism

As the ethnic mix changes, some countries are discovering that they are not as tolerant as they thought

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BUSINESS:

The Information Age

We’re not there yet

Also: How B.C.C.I. played for the Blue Chips

INTERVIEW Shelby Steele makes the case for Clarence Thomas

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HEALTH Why can’t Americans find decent birth control? 52

SCIENCE A new gene machine helps diagnose diseases and unmask murderers 54

MEDICINE Should the U.S. admit foreign visitors with AIDS?

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EDUCATION A lesson from Stanford’s president: Know when to fold them 57

SHOW BUSINESS How upset should we be about Pee-wee? 58

NATURE Zoos adopt a two-bit way to save the rain forests

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BOOKS Did you ever see such a sight in your life? Three Blind Mice

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THEATER Where you can eat and enjoy the show — or join the cast

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MUSIC New troubadours sing fresh sounds that won’t make you deaf

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ESSAY Michael Kinsley analyzes Judge Thomas’ views of “natural law” 68

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS 4 MILESTONES 58

GRAPEVINE 11 PEOPLE 61

MISCELLANY 57

COVER Illustration for TIME by Arnold Roth