Vol. 133 No. 24
COVER
After weeks of hesitation, the regime cracks down, and an unleashed military commits a massacre against its own people
NATION
In Los Angeles, See No Evil
American Notes CRIME
After 18 Years, a Bust
American Notes NUCLEAR ENERGY
Fallout from The Election
American Notes THE NAVY , At Ease, Mr. Truitt
Have We Gone Too Far?
Finger pointing over ethics has convulsed the Capitol and destroyed Jim Wright, but the real scandal with Congress is far more widespread
The Republicans'
Pit Bull
WORLD
Back in Business
Diplomacy "Here We Go, On the Offensive"
Bush finally scores a foreign policy triumph as he seizes the initiative from Gorbachev
Iran Sword of a Relentless Revolution
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini: 1900-1989
Japan Numero Uno
The new top man pledges reform
Soviet Union A Volcano of Words and Wishes
Past sins and present frustrations dominate the Congress
SCIENCE
A new bioengineering method lets sperm do the work
HEALTH & MEDICINE
SOCIETY
A City Without Bootstraps In this place, the hottest ticket is a ticket to somewhere else
Our Violent Kids (Behavior)
A rise in brutal crimes by the young shakes the soul of society
RELIGION
A hot-selling songbook downplays men and King James
TECHNOLOGY
A TV monitoring device will keep a close eye on viewers
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 133 No. 24 JUNE 12, 1989
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 133 No. 24 JUNE 12, 1989
BUSINESS
Here it is: the gripping saga of an industry on a binge, featuring publishers betting millions, authors getting rich and agents calling the shots
Business Notes BENEFITS
Ma Bell's Family Way
Business Notes COMMODITIES
Chips on a New Block
Business Notes CORPORATE RAIDERS
He's Baaaack, With $2 Billion
Business Notes INVESTMENTS
This Land Is Their Land
Business Notes MOVIES
Indy Plunders The Box Office
The Fall and Fall of Argentina
Amid hyperinflation and hunger, a nation drifts into chaos
The Naughty Schoolboy
EDUCATION
Apprenticeship helps teach the skill of problem solving
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The lyrical color-fields of Helen Frankenthaler are surveyed in a new show
A Useful Application of Faith (Books)
Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)
Let's Misbehave (Cinema)
Once Outposts, Now Landmarks / (Theater)
Regional houses are where the new plays are being nurtured
Late-Night Style Talk-show hosts are looking to the headlines for laugh (Video / POLITICS)
Sacred Cows As Hamburger (Books)
The Greening of Hollywood (Show Business)
Tinseltown has a boffo new cause: saving the planet
PEOPLE
VIOLETA CHAMORRO will answer to dona, but Managua's grande dame, publisher of La Prensa, wants no part of the Sandinistas she once supported