Vol. 134 No. 2

NATION

American Notes ACADEME
Old Bones, New Fight

American Notes NEW MEXICO
Banning a BATmobile

American Notes TEXAS
"Please Don't Die, Tree"

American Notes WASHINGTON
Doing Time for No Crime

Why Pick on Pete?
Charlie Hustle has become the symbol of America's tolerance of gambling -- and the cost of an obsession

Living Life by the Numbers

Still At Loggerheads
Oregon's lumberjacks vs. tree huggers

The Moscow Bug Hunt
After a two-year investigation, U.S. security experts are convinced that Marine guards did not let Soviet spies put taps in the embassy

The Presidency
Hitting the Right Chords

The States Like the Odds

What Price Old Glory?
To protect the flag, Bush calls for an amendment

WORLD

A Call to Arms

China Rise of a Perfect Apparatchik
Deng asserts his authority with a surprise party appointment

Cuba Reading the Coca Leaves
A drug case ensnares top officials and raises questions about what Castro is up to

Eastern Europe A Freer, but Messier, Order In Poland and Hungary, George Bush will confront Communism in flux

High Seas Danger!
Soviet Subs at Work Why Moscow's underwater fleet is so prone to disaster

Japan An Affair to Remember
In the wake of a scandal, Prime Minister Uno runs scared

Soviet Union The Odd Case of M. Orlov
A defector who dies in Moscow turns out to be a spy

Sudan An Early-Morning Coup
Officers topple the unpopular civilian Prime Minister

World Notes GREECE
Three Months And Counting

World Notes MEXICO
The Plot Thickens

World Notes SOUTH AFRICA
New Chapter, Old Verse

World Notes SOVIET UNION
That Rejected Feeling

World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
Slaughter in The Chapel

SCIENCE

Putting The Heat on Japan (Environment)
Accused of ravaging the world's forests and seas, Tokyo starts to clean up its act

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Drugs From The Underground (Medicine)
AIDS patients are demanding -- and getting -- unproven potions

SOCIETY

Is The Gay Revolution a Flop? (Behavior)
A new book urges homosexuals to tone down and blend in

Pennington, New Jersey (American Scene)
Sweating And Sharing For some women, aerobics provides more than a workout

PRESS

Is It Right to Publish Rumors?
In an age of dirty politics, alas, mudslinging is part of the story

RELIGION

Black Catholics vs. the Church
Disputes in two U.S. cities dramatize a widening rift

STYLE & DESIGN

A Grand Folly in Ottawa (Design)
Canada's newest museum is costly, controversial and curious

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page Vol. 134 No. 2 JULY 10, 1989

Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead Vol. 134 No. 2 JULY 10, 1989

BUSINESS

A Raider's Days Of Reckoning
Nearly everybody wants a crack at Paul Bilzerian

Business Notes COMIC BOOKS
Swamp Thing's Quagmire

Business Notes CORPORATE MOVES
Bright Lights, Big Exodus

Business Notes INVESTMENT
GAP Running Up a Global Tab

Business Notes NOSTALGIA
Quick, Name That Jingle!

Business Notes THE ECONOMY
Headed for a Hard Landing?

Heading for D-Day In Delaware
A judge will soon decide whether Time Inc. is up for sale

T. Boone's Tokyo Campaign
The Texas tycoon is rebuffed but scores points back home

The Eyes Gotta Have
It A hip Los Angeles company, Oliver Peoples, smartens up specs

Tokyo Answers the Call
Facing U.S. sanctions, Japan opens its mobile-phone market

Whose Mess Is It?
In the gooey aftermath of three spills, Congress is putting pressure on Big Oil to prevent accidents and do a better job of cleaning them up

LAW

Bad News for Death Row
The court okays the execution of teenage and retarded criminals

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Battling The Myths and Dogma (Books)

Born Witness (Books)

Laser Instinct (Books)

Whole Lotta Irony Goin' On (Cinema)

PEOPLE

Wanderer Of Endless Curiosity (Profile)
A self-made man of many parts, the Trinidad-born and Oxford-bred writer V.S. NAIPAUL mirrors a world in constant social flux

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Walking on The Wild Side