Vol. 138 No. 13
NATION
Calling Bush's Bluff
American Notes East-West
Red Meets Crimson
American Notes Racism
Wanted: White Caddies
American Notes the Military Sac
Gets The Sack
Civil Rights: What Price Preference?
Fears mount that affirmative action may cheapen black achievements while failing to help the underclass
Diplomacy Thou Shalt Not Build
Putting muscle behind the U.S. policy against Israeli settlements, Bush for the first time uses money as a weapon against Jerusalem
Have I Gone to Heaven? (Grapevine)
If Sununu Answers, Hang Up (Grapevine)
Is The Flood of Soviet Jews Drying Up?
Let George Do It (Grapevine)
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Grapevine)
Mr. Stankevich Goes to Washington (Grapevine)
Nukes for Sale, No Money Down (Grapevine)
Scandals: Doing Well by Doing Good
The top U.S. Olympic official resigns amid charges that he accepted at least $275,000 in improper payments
The Cia: See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Gates' confirmation hopes brighten as charges against North are dropped
The Political Interest
Nobody Does Nothing Better Than Shamir
The Urban Jungle
At the End of Their Tether Arrested for chaining up their wayward daughter, a Bronx couple win sympathy for trying to beat the mean streets
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
WORLD
Georgia's president sees conspiracies everywhere, but he is largely to blame for the restiveness
World Notes Diplomacy
Is the Wolf Trapped?
World Notes Malaysia
Lock Up The Victims
World Notes Nicaragua
Thunder on The Right
World Notes Sweden
Goodbye to All That
Yugoslavia The Flash of War
A hotbed of nationalism that sparked World War I, the Balkans ignite a new European crisis as Serbs and Croatians open full-scale civil war
SCIENCE
Like many grand enterprises dressed up as serious science, Biosphere 2 is part publicity stunt
HEALTH & MEDICINE
More than a million couples seek treatment for infertility each year. Now some remarkable insights into the mating dance of sperm and egg are bringing answers to their prayers.
How Old Is Too Old? (Medicine)
SOCIETY
The glamourati are flocking to Montana's Big Sky Country -- and stirring up cultural warfare with longtime residents
Look Who's Listening Too (Behavior)
Mothers have long tried to stimulate their unborn children. Now a "cardiac curriculum" does the same thing.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 138 No. 13 SEPTEMBER 30, 1991
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 138 No. 13 SEPTEMBER 30, 1991
BUSINESS
The Concorde was a financial dud, but planemakers around the world are racing to design the next generation. Has its time finally come?
Business Notes Entertainment
Dances with Defects
Business Notes Executive Suite
Unbecoming An Officer
Business Notes Games
Name That Sound Bite
Business Notes Insurance
A Head-On Collision
Business Notes Scandals
Catch Me If You Can
Fragrances The War of the Noses
In an aromatic onslaught, cosmetics giants launch three new perfumes with a decidedly '90s theme: romance
Telecommunications Failing to Connect
A major telephone outage sparks questions about the integrity of AT&T's network and its role in air-traffic control
EDUCATION
The "cultural literacy" guru focuses on elementary school
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)
His Punch Is Better Than Ever (Books)
NORMAN MAILER, with a giant new novel and a dampened anger, talks about Bush's virtues (yes, virtues), political correctness, the men's movement and reincarnation
Misfit Metalheads (Music)
To enjoy the red-hot rock 'n' roll of Guns N' Roses, you have to get past their violent, sexist and racist lyrics
Mtv Drama (Theatre)
Shadows And Eye Candy (Photography)
Major new books from Annie Leibovitz and Irving Penn frame two contrasting angles on the celebrity -- and the mysterious Other
Side Trips into Daydream (Cinema)
Two films of stage shows by Lily Tomlin and Eric Bogosian provide peeks into funny, beautiful and diseased minds
The Way We (Maybe) Were (Television)
Against conventional network wisdom, three new shows hark back to the warm, fuzzy glow of the past
PEOPLE
If the U.S. is to avoid becoming an economic stepchild to Japan and Europe, argues French writer JACQUES ATTALI, American society must declare war on its own shortsighted thinking