Vol. 134 No. 7
NATION
American Notes CONGRESS
Savage's Suit Pursuit
American Notes MICHIGAN
Fatal Overreaction
American Notes TEXAS
Runway Rap Session
American Notes WASHINGTON
King of Cardboard
An Unlikely Target
Can Pro-Choicers Prevail?
Feminists squabble over strategy for protecting abortion rights
Not Again A grisly image of a dead hostage outrages the U.S.
With few options, Bush gets a surprising hint of help from Iran
Fighting On Two Fronts
Bennett's drug plan targets dealers -- and casual users
Politics And Double Standards
A Senate committee rejects another Bush appointee
Texas Time Machine
A generation late, civil rights protests arrive in Dallas
The Presidency
The Courage of Restraint
The Undeclared War
American losses in Lebanon
WORLD
A Firm No to the Tiger
Britain Is This Denis a Menace?
Margaret Thatcher's husband stays popular by keeping "a pace behind her, old chap" -- and by keeping his views quiet
Japan Same Old Story
In the back room, party elders pick a fresh but docile leader
Poland To the Brink -- and Back Again
The Sejm barely agrees on a new Prime Minister as price hikes threaten trouble
Refugees A Modern Balkan Exodus
Bulgaria calls them Slavs, but ethnic Turks prefer to flee
Soviet Union Chipping Away at an Icon
Even Lenin, long untouchable, is now coming in for some debunking
World Notes BRITAIN
Money Down The Drain?
World Notes CHILE
Setting The Stage
World Notes CYPRUS
Handing Back The Loot
World Notes SOVIET UNION
A Dose of Nuclear Fallout
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Too many medical investigators are ill prepared to spot crimes
Hard Looks at Hormones (Medicine)
Drugs to ease the toll of menopause are linked to breast cancer
New Hope (Medicine)
AZT slows the onset of AIDS
SOCIETY
Americans try new ways to make a splash and keep cool
PRESS
Reporters' own beliefs about abortion become an issue
RELIGION
A scholarly squabble over an archaeological treasure
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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Vol. 134 No. 7 AUGUST 14, 1989
BUSINESS
Midnight Budgetry
Business Notes CONFECTIONS
Only a Kid Can Love It
Business Notes ENERGY
Cow-Chip Power? No Bull
Business Notes LAWSUITS
Libel on The Line
Business Notes TRADEMARKS
Imitated But Not Flattered
Lbos: Let's Bail Out
If the economy goes south, debt-heavy buyouts could go under
Losing Big on Capital Gains
A shortsighted plan to slash the tax rate may be unstoppable
Snakes in The Pits
The FBI busts 46 commodities traders in Chicago
Welcome to The World of Sleaze
EDUCATION
Three states rise to the challenge and provide valuable lessons
LAW
With U.S. help, legal activism is on the rise in South Africa
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The networks turn to games and gimmicks to hawk their wares
Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)
Earning His Stripes (Art)
Sean Scully makes something special of a simple motif
Family Ties (Cinema)
Hail Cesar (Books)
Rich Man, Poor Man (Books)
Water Bomb (Cinema)
PEOPLE
DAVID HENRY HWANG proves bedfellows make strange politics in M. Butterfly, a surprise stage success on three continents