Vol. 135 No. 23

NATION

Accident-Prone -- And
Lethal Doubts rise on the safety of three types of nuclear warheads

American Notes CALIFORNIA
Little Red Riding Hootch

American Notes CONTESTS
Nobody Beats The Wiz

American Notes NATURE
First Crunch, Then Munch

American Notes SAN FRANCISCO
Safe Sex and The Flag

American Notes THE NAVY
Second Look At the Iowa

Daddy's Little Girl
Did eight-year-old Eileen Franklin see her father kill her friend? Or is 29-year-old Eileen Franklin-Lipsker looking for revenge?

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Opening Doors for the Disabled
But the handicapped-rights law may harm those it aims to help

Sacrificial Lamb of the Week (Grapevine)

Talented Toiletmouth

The Back-to-the-Drawing-Board Directive (Grapevine)

The Crime-Does-Too-Pay Award (Grapevine)

The Excu-U-U-Se Me Citation (Grapevine)

The Morning Line (Grapevine)
How the Keating Five are faring

Whose Art Is It, Anyway?
Desperate for an enemy, the radical right accuses Washington of subsidizing obscene, elitist art. The facts paint a different picture

WORLD

"I Am an Optimist" (The Summit / GORBACHEV INTERVIEW)
Expressing impatience toward his critics and advice for foreign heads of state, Gorbachev sees himself as the leader of a new revolution and a visionary for the end of the century

America Abroad (The Summit)
The Fear of Weimar Russia

Anger, Bluff -- and Cooperation (The Summit)
Behind the Sandinistas' stunning election loss in Nicaragua is the secret story of U.S.-Soviet partnership in Central America. George Bush may lack Gorbachev's grand vision, but he and his advisers pr

China One Year Later
The leadership stifles dissent as it tries to put the best face on an unpopular regime

Conflicts Taking the Road to War?
A cleric's assassination raises the temperature as India and Pakistan stumble toward another unwinnable battle

How Many Really Died?

Middle East When Madmen Call the Shots
As Shamir stalls and a massacre reignites the intifadeh, progress toward peace is more urgent than ever

Separatism Is Canada Coming Apart?
Maybe not, but its politicians are playing a dangerous game of chicken over the future of the federation

The Eye of the Storm (The Summit)

The Men Who Made It All Work (The Summit)
Pavlov and Aronson each expected the other to be a hard-line old thinker. After a year of tough bargaining, they found they were friends

Three Lives, Then and Now

World Notes MEXICO
Government by Terrorism?

World Notes ROMANIA
Iliescu Wins Big

World Notes UGANDA
Night of the Wild Pigs

World Notes YEMEN
Sheba's Land Together Again

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Chubby? Blame Those Genes (Health)
Heredity plays the pivotal role in weight control

SOCIETY

Do People Get Hooked on Sex? (Behavior)
Psychologists debate how to treat a different kind of "addiction"

When The Lullaby Ends (Ethics)
Should adoptive parents be able to return unwanted children?

PRESS

A Search for Glitz
The house of Newhouse pursues a winning formula with toughness -- and a revolving door

RELIGION

Oberammergau's Blood Curse
A famous Passion play opens to a chorus of Jewish criticism

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 135, No. 23 JUNE 4, 1990

BUSINESS

Burden For Dad, Grief for Son

Business Notes COMMUNICATIONS
Ring, Ring: Tokyo Calling

Business Notes DIVESTMENT
Kicking Butts Off Campus

Business Notes RETAILING
From Mergers To Menswear

Business Notes SOFTWARE
New Windows, Same View

Business Notes TELEVISION
Ranch Around The Clock

Feeling A Crunch
A crackdown on loose lending has made credit tougher to get

Money Angles
Charging Up Your Savings

Mountains Of Vile Vials
The U.S. tries to crush the lucrative trade in drug paraphernalia

We Don't Need A Lecture
Why India is balking at U.S. trade pressure

EDUCATION

Mathematics Made Easy
A Japanese teaching method adds up in the U.S.

Miracle Workers
Small victories at a New York school

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Just For Fun (Books)

King Codger (Books)

The Disappearing TV Audience (Video)
Now the networks have a new mystery to solve

Trials of A Transient Household (Books)

Unlaced And Weird on Top (Cinema)
At Cannes, David Lynch slices a poisoned American pie

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