Vol. 133 No. 2

"Diabolically Well-Planned"
The hunt begins for the bombers who doomed Pan Am's Christmas Flight 103

A Deceptive Killer

American Notes AVIATION
Fear of Flying

American Notes ENVIRONMENT
Submerging The Spirit

American Notes PRISONS
Criminal Charges?

American Notes WASHINGTON
Recalculating Poverty

Building On Rock, Not Sand
"Crime is a subtle form of revolution. Every robbery is somebody's personal riot"

For Goodness' Sake
What Americans do when they see a crying need

Open Heart, Open Hand
"I really believe that people with AIDS are dying of malnutrition, not AIDS"

Planting Trees of Life
"I don't like the title Dreamer . . . That tends to mean nondeliverer"

Taps For Old Bases
Despite protests, the Pentagon plan may not cost many jobs

America Abroad
Virtuoso Transformations

Australia A Cry of Desperation
Why do Aborigines die at alarming rates in police custody?

China "Beat The Black Devils!"
Racial troubles flare in the streets of Nanjing

Grapevine

Grapevine

Grapevine

Grapevine

Latin America Sounding the Alarm
Drowning in debt, threatened democracies look to Washington for help

South Yemen New Thinking in a Marxist Land
A little perestroika and no more hospitality for terrorists

World Notes BRAZIL
A Jungle Slaying &

World Notes CAPTIVITY
Homeward Bound

World Notes SOVIET UNION
Dissident Diplomacy

World Notes SUDAN
Anywhere But Here

Kennebunkport, Me. A Small Town Goes Prime-Time (American Scene)
Bush's election brings headaches to his summer home

"You Do It Until You Get Caught"
Rearmed by the law, the NCAA puts new pressures on venality

Back to The Velvet-Roped Lines
A pioneer pulls the plug on its electronic home-banking service

Drop The Phone
Busting a computer whiz

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 133 No. 2 JANUARY 9, 1989

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 133 No. 2 JANUARY 9, 1989

Business Notes BAD LOANS
Hey, There Goes My Car!

Business Notes RECYCLING
Don't Trash That Foam

Business Notes SWIMWEAR
No Itsy-Bitsy Offers, Please

Business Notes TEACHING
Why Johnny Can't Budget

Business Notes TRADE
A Sizzling Beef War

No Joyride in 1989
The economy will have to grow more slowly, but runs the risk of a stall

You Scratch My Back . . .
A stock scandal exposes the cozy ties among Japan's power elite

Lessons From On High
Project STAR takes aim at some popular misconceptions

An Abiding Passion for Reality (Art)
The character of Courbet is captured in a rich new show

And Now, Nice-Guy Talk Hosts (Video)
Two smiling hopefuls are the latest to challenge Carson

Fire This Time (Show Business)
With incendiary drama and a lightning pace, Mississippi Burning illuminates an ugly chapter in American history -- and stokes a bitter debate

Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)

Hackman: A Capper for a Craftsman (Show Business)

Just Another Mississippi Whitewash (Show Business)

Legs Diamond Shoots Blanks (Theater)
In a season of misery, Broadway seeks a new American musical

Nice People in Glass Houses (Books)

Great Leapin' Lizards! Michael Jordan Can't Actually Fly, But (Profile)
the Way He Gyrates and Orbits on a Basketball Court, Driven by fierce competitiveness, it sure looks that way

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)