Time Magazine Contents Page
28
NATION: What will happen when whites are no longer in the majority?
During the 21st century, racial and ethnic minorities will collectively outnumber whites for the first time. The "browning of America" will affect every aspect of society. -- Strangers in Paradise: On the West Coast, Asians experience the ambivalence of assimilation.
44
WORLD: An international sting halts an illegal shipment and slows Iraq's drive to become the first Arab nuclear power
But Saddam Hussein is certain to continue his quest for the A-bomb. -- The Soviet military's unhappiness is underscored by the crisis in Lithuania. -- Black-on-black violence diminishes the stature of Nelson Mandela. -- Mario Vargas Llosa "risks everything" and runs for President of Peru.
18
INTERVIEW: A failed lender strikes back at his persecutors
Taking the position that a good offense is the best defense, beleaguered thrift operator Charles Keating says it is the Feds who drove his S&L into bankruptcy.
60
BUSINESS: The top U.S. fund manager abruptly bows out
Peter Lynch leaves a rich legacy of achievement and integrity -- and enormous shoes to fill. -- A nightmarish tale from the realm of consumer credit ratings.
68
ENVIRONMENT: The grim legacy of Chernobyl
Four years after the world's worst nuclear disaster, an exclusive set of pictures by Soviet photographer Igor Kostin shows that the fallout is still being felt. Populated areas near the reactor remain heavily contaminated. Human health problems are on the rise, and farm animals are being born with horrible deformities, possibly caused by radiation.
71
ETHICS: Should the media publish rape victims' names?
An Iowa woman bravely tells her tale of sexual assault in the Des Moines Register. But is it acceptable for newspapers and TV routinely to put victims in the spotlight?
75
TRAVEL: Trump unveils his biggest gamble yet
On the boardwalk in Atlantic City sits "The Donald's" billion-dollar gumdrop. The design is preposterous, the decor outlandish -- but then, did anyone expect the Waldorf?
81
FASHION: Another U.S. master dies of AIDS
While the industry mourns Halston's passing, it remains nervously mum about the disease that is extinguishing many of its most creative stars.
96
VIDEO: Prime time gets weird with Twin Peaks
Filmmaker David Lynch brings his hauntingly original vision to TV in a heralded new series. The medium has rarely seen anything as strange -- or as superb.
8 Letters
22 Critics' Voices
27 Grapevine
76 Religion
79 People
82 Medicine
86 Press
92 Books
95 Cinema
95 Milestones
98 Essay
Cover: Collage by Leah M. Purcell