Vol. 133 No. 19
NATION
The high court faces the abortion question -- and asks a few
American Notes BLUNDERS
Extra! Extra! Vito Lives
American Notes CONGRESS
1-for-3 for The G.O.P.
American Notes ILLINOIS
Murder or Mercy?
American Notes RACE
The Price of Penance
Bless Me, Father
Bush seeks Reagan's approval, even as he edges away from him
I'M Nobody, Who Are You?
Washington wives have one basic career path -- their husbands'
The Presidency
"The People's House"
Wilding in The Night
A brutal gang rape in New York City triggers fears that the U.S. is breeding a generation of merciless children
WORLD
A missile maelstrom threatens NATO's nuclear balance
China Beijing Spring
With 150,000 students on the march, Deng agrees to open a dialogue. Will talk be enough?
Japan Sand in a Well-Oiled Machine
As kinken-seiji -- money politics -- claims Takeshita and his aide, the Japanese anxiously wonder, What next?
Jordan Getting the Royal Flush
King Hussein moves to stem a crisis
New Zealand Takes On the U.S.
Lange widens the feud with a threat to break up ANZUS
Panama Sparring (Again) with a Dictator
As Washington predicts a rigged election, U.S. policy remains adrift
Soviet Union And Now for My Next Trick . . . By purging 74 "dead souls" from the Central Committee, Gorbachev once again proves a political magician without peer
World Notes MAURITANIA
Fatal Division
World Notes MIDDLE EAST
A Question of Rejection
World Notes PRIZES
And the Winner Is . . .
World Notes SOUTH AFRICA
Food for Thought
SCIENCE
Fusion Illusion?
Two obscure chemists stir up a fascinating controversy in the lab, but new tests challenge their hopes of creating limitless energy
Nature Aids the Alaska Cleanup (Environment)
Despite disappointing progress, hope is in the air
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Restaurants of culinary schools move to the head of the class
SOCIETY
At a casino, newsletter gurus listen for butterflies
PRESS
Should Israeli police masquerade as reporters?
RELIGION
The "woman question" dims hopes of Anglican-Catholic union
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 133 No. 19 MAY 8, 1989
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Vol. 133 No. 19 MAY 8, 1989
BUSINESS
Say It and Wear It
Business Notes DIVESTITURE
A Taxing Decision
Business Notes NOVELTIES
For Sale: High-Class Trash
Business Notes PRODUCT LIABILITY
Who Injured This Child?
Business Notes TELEPHONES
Who Said Talk Was Cheap?
I See, I Want, I Get -- Maybe
How to get ahead in the herd, and other dinosaur wisdom
Just What the Doctor Ordered
The maker of Valium splits the world's priciest stock
On The Seventh Day He Played
From green to shining green, Americans in the fortysomething set are making golf the game for the 1990s
The Pussycat That Roars
A 380-horse, $50,000 Corvette dazzles the motor critics
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Lucille Ball: 1911-1989
Beasty Boys (Books)
Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)
Fat Pickings (Books)
No Tears, but No Comfort (Books)
Now, A Grab for New Chairs (Music)
Karajan and Previn quit, and the big scramble begins
The Partial Comeback of A Fallen Angel (Art)
After long neglect, a look at the 17th century's Guido Reni
SPECIAL SECTION
Hollywood goes Florida at the Disney-MGM park
PEOPLE
ROSEANNE BARR, TV's hottest star, as unfettered off camera as on, talks about the pain and anger that produce her unique brand of humor