Vol. 135 No. 8

NATION

A Seaside Chat About Drugs
The Andean summit's main agenda will be salving wounded egos

American Notes CALIFORNIA
Bad Luck, But Good Behavior

American Notes HOUSTON
Pistol-Packin' Mama

American Notes ILLINOIS
Pompons? No! No!

American Notes STATE DEPARTMENT
A Pink Slip For Felix

American Notes YUPPIES
Sacrebleu! Bubble Trouble

Bleak Days for Covenant House
The founder of a program for troubled teens is forced out

Dirty Little Secret
A plan for cutting Social Security taxes exposes the true size of the deficit

Fighting The Code of Silence
A "break for law enforcement" becomes a citizen's nightmare

Heroin Comes Back

Return of The Watergate Doctrine
Reagan claims Executive privilege to shield his diary

WORLD

"A Great Day for Germany"
But Moscow's long memory remains the biggest obstacle in the way of unification

Undoing Lenin's Legacy
In his boldest stroke yet, Gorbachev diminishes the power of the party and consolidates his own

Headed for The Dustheap
Once upon a time, communism claimed to be the future. How Lenin's party rose to power and then disintegrated is this century's most gripping tale

Japan In the Diet, It's All in the Family
The prevalence of second-generation politicians raises fears that politics is being restricted to an elite kinship network

Jesse Comes Calling

Let The Parties Begin
The comrades decide, in three days that shake communism, that competition is in order. But have they signed a new lease on life -- or their death warrant?

Membership Has Its Privileges

South Africa No Easy Walk to Freedom
As De Klerk opens the prison door, Nelson Mandela is faced with the challenge of his lifetime: how to bring racial harmony to the land of apartheid

Why Are These Men Smiling?

World Notes CHINA
An Enemy of The People

World Notes INDIA
Fighting for Kashmir

World Notes MIDDLE EAST
The Tenth Victim

World Notes SOVIET UNION
Probing the Key to Genius

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Requiem for Grilled Cheese (Food)
The ubiquitous microwave is nuking America's taste buds

Rumania's Other Tragedy (Medicine)
Under a primitive medical system, babies are dying of AIDS

Worse Than The Disease (Medicine)
In youngsters, phenobarbital may do more harm than good

SOCIETY

America's New Fad: Fidelity (Behavior)
A surprising poll says the sexual revolution is overrated

Children's Museums Get a New Look (Living)
Across the U.S., hands-on, climb-on exhibits are teaching kids that "touching is funner"

PRESS

Do We Ask Too Much of Polls?
Surveys are a favorite media tool, but do the results measure up?

RELIGION

Bishops, Politicians and the Abortion Crisis

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page Vol. 135, No. 8 FEBRUARY 19, 1990

Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead Vol. 135, No. 8 FEBRUARY 19, 1990

BUSINESS

All That Glitters
Japan searches for the forger of $71 million in bogus coins

Bashing Greed for Fun and Profit
The Roaring Eighties take their lumps in a flurry of new books

Business Notes COMPUTERS
Apple Loses Its Blush

Business Notes DRUG MONEY
Too Soft on The Laundry

Business Notes HOCKEY
Ready to Pack Up Their Pucks

Business Notes PETS
The Fido Finder

Business Notes TOURISM
Vacation Hot Spot: the U.S.

Many Happy Returns
As taxpayers rush to file by wire, February seems like April

Two Sides of a Giant
GM can learn a few lessons from its dynamic European offshoot

World Of Business On Your Marks . . .

LAW

No Official Language
A federal judge knocks down Arizona's English-only law

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A People Cursed with Magic (Cinema)

Everybody's All American (Show Business)
John Goodman is Hollywood's hottest character actor

Miserable Life (Books)

The Jane Austen of Speeches (Books)

The Pursuits of Pleasure Thomas Rowlandson's satirical view of Georgian society (Art)

PEOPLE

Why Perestroika Cannot Succeed (Interview)
A Communist reformer before it was fashionable, Yugoslavia's MILOVAN DJILAS believes Gorbachev's changes are irreversible but that his attempts to fix communism will fail

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