Vol. 138 No. 14

NATION

American Notes Crime
Fraternal Aid

American Notes Health Care
Anguished Testimony

American Notes Justice
Booze It And Lose It

American Notes Law Enforcement
Nabbing a Hit Man

Brent Scowcroft: Mr. Behind-the-Scenes

Cover Stories: Toward a Safer World
Breaking the dusty rules of arms control, Bush cuts the U.S. arsenal and invites Gorbachev to do the same. But Moscow should read the fine print.

First Strike Against the Democrats

Hey, Bobby, Love Your Getup! (Grapevine)

It May Not Be Art, But It Pays the Bills (Grapevine)

Putting It Together, Bit By Bit (Grapevine)

This Is Your Captain Snoring (Grapevine)

Vox Pop (Grapevine)

What Makes Samir Run? (Grapevine)

Why The Details Are Sticky
As his country crumbles, Gorbachev is happy about Bush's proposals on tactical nukes. But by keeping its submarine-launched multiple warheads, Washington has an advantage that will worry Moscow.

WORLD

America Abroad
They Come Bearing Hope

Communists: A Spymaster Returns Home
All he wants, says Markus Wolf, in from the cold, is to live in Berlin and write a children's book

Defiance, Resilience, Suffering

Iraq A Deadly Game of Chicken
Flexing his muscles, Saddam Hussein tries to prevent U.N. inspectors from examining nuclear documents

Mystery's End: A "Fifth Man" Is Unmasked At Last

Soviet Union: Four Desperate Days
A riveting diary kept by Anatoli Chernyayev, Gorbachev's top foreign policy aide, describes how plotters imprisoned the President in the Crimea -- and how the tide turned against them

World Notes El Salvador
High Time For Peace

World Notes Palestinians
No Joy in Algiers

World Notes Romania
Miners and Mayhem

World Notes Soviet Union
Rumblings in The Republics

World Notes Zaire
Army on The Loose

SCIENCE

The 4,000-Year-Old Man
Mummified remains of an ancient mountain climber give scientists a rare glimpse into life in the early Bronze Age

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Boozeless Bonanza (Food)
Nonalcoholic beer is better and more popular than ever

Incest Comes Out of the Dark (Health)
As the taboos against talking about it crumble, thousands of Americans, like Roseanne Arnold, are going public with their stories of anguish and healing

My Own Story (Health)

SOCIETY

Tidings Of Comfort and Joy (Behavior)
A witty and fanciful sex manual for the '70s is updated in cautionary fashion for the '90s

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 138 No. 14 OCTOBER 7, 1991

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 138 No. 14 OCTOBER 7, 1991

BUSINESS

Business Notes Computers
Parallel Turn

Business Notes Cosmetics
Lipstick with A Conscience

Business Notes Gambling
Talk About a Joystick . . .

Business Notes the Boardroom
A Very Un-British Coup

Business Notes the Economy
Stuck in The Ditch

Management: Too Much Flak Downs a Flack
Public relations powerhouse Hill & Knowlton boots its overbearing boss in a bid to restore its own sullied image

Marketing Beauty and The Bucks
More glamorous than movie stars, the supermodels of the '90s earn spectacular loot from their spectacular looks

Scandals: Gilt by Association
Bank of America's relationship with the corrupt B.C.C.I. was long, cozy and highly lucrative

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)

Frankly, It's Not Worth a Damn (Books)
In the sequel to Gone With the Wind, Rhett and Scarlett reunite, she heads for Ireland, has a baby and leaves the reader wondering why tomorrow ever came

Putting A Zeitgeist in a Box (Art)
A huge show revisits the three cities where Modernism flowered in the 1920s

What If Scarlett Sequel Fever Caught On? (Books)

SPECIAL SECTION

1492 Vs. 1892 Vs. 1992 (History)
At three imperial moments, three Columbuses reveal something about their different eras

Just Who Was That Man? (History)
No one is sure what Columbus looked like, but enough is known about him that the dispute over his legacy should not obscure his real accomplishments

The Trouble With Columbus (History)
As the 500th anniversary of his New World voyage approaches, a fundamental argument about its significance is growing in stridency

PEOPLE

No More Clapping Hands (Profile)
Once the Pied Piper to millions of kids, folk singer RAFFI no longer warbles about the wonders of childhood. His message is now one of environmental alarm.

TO OUR READERS

From the Managing Editor (From The Managing Editor)

ESSAY

Caution: We Brake for Newton