Vol. 133 No. 13

NATION

American Notes CHICAGO
Don't Tread On Me

American Notes LABOR
New Deal for The Teamsters

American Notes SUPREME COURT
A Private Opinion

American Notes THE BORDER
A Final Deadly Barrier

American Notes WASHINGTON
Tough Times For Taxmen

Do You Dare To Eat A Peach? Or an apple, or a grape?
The fruit panic was a lesson about terrorism -- and living with risk

Did He Lie?
The North trial outlines Reagan's role in contra aid

Dining With Invisible Danger
Meals are rarely deadly, but consumers have reason to complain

Down on The Farm

First Steps Toward a Policy
Baker plays coy with Israel and hangs tough on Nicaragua

From Kitchen To Table

Future Shock
A fight brews in Tennessee for custody of fertilized eggs

Gunning For Assault Rifles
An import ban will slow the boom in semiautomatic weapons

Into The Pipeline

On The Road To Market

WORLD

Peru Lurching Toward Anarchy
Can the country cope with terrorism -- and 10,000% inflation?

Rigid But Prosperous

South Africa Return of the Great Crocodile
After a stroke, Botha defies his party and clings to power

Soviet Union New Masters of The Land
Attempting to free agriculture

Special Report: Eastern Europe Chips Off the Old Bloc
Moscow's satellites are in ferment. Where's the West?

Terrorism Late Alarums, Failed Alerts
"Toshiba bombs" had surfaced in advance of Flight 103

World Notes BRAZIL
All in the Family

World Notes ESPIONAGE
Yeah? Well, Take That!

World Notes ITALY
Old Tragedy, New Evidence

World Notes WEST GERMANY
The Center Doesn't Hold

SCIENCE

"It Gets Better Every Time" (Space)
Major scientific missions are riding on the shuttles in 1989

A Drastic Plan to Banish Smog (Environment)
Los Angeles seeks to clear its smudged skies by the year 2009

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Setback for Pro-Life Forces New studies find abortions pose little danger to women (Health)

Yet Another Deadly Link (Health)
Breathing cigarette smoke may cause cervical cancer

SOCIETY

Atlanta, Georgia Image Wilting? (American Scene)
Help Is at Hand A consultant raids closets to help the humdrum look upscale

RELIGION

Africa's Artistic Resurrection
Amid poverty and starvation, Christian faith and native talent are inspiring a wealth of religious works

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 133 No. 13 MARCH 27, 1989

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 133 No. 13 MARCH 27, 1989

BUSINESS

A Deal That Nearly Came Undone
Despite qualms, the U.S. will help Japan build the FSX jet

Business Notes ADVERTISING
Way Cool or Totally Bogus?

Business Notes MANAGEMENT
Now for the Hard Part

Business Notes TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Dial P For Profits

Business Notes THE ECONOMY
Pop Go The Prices

Business Notes THRIFTS
Springing a Savings Leak

Rolling Along the Mommy Track
Is motherhood putting some women on a slower career path?

Small-Town Blues
The trains don't stop anymore, jobs are vanishing and young people are moving away. Now America's rural hamlets are fighting to stay on the map

LAW

Beware Of Paper Tigers
A brutal Indiana killing raises questions about the limits of court protection for battered women

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Scholarly Everest Gets Bigger (Books)
The Oxford English Dictionary updates and goes electronic

A Soap Goes Black and White (Video)
NBC unveils an interracial daytime serial, Generations

Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)

Dreaming At The Wheel (Music)
R.E.M. hits the charts by jumping in place

Tiger Ladies (Books)

PEOPLE

Chronicler Of Frayed Feminism (Profile)
WENDY WASSERSTEIN, in her play The Heidi Chronicles, asks hard questions about her generation, but her mother would prefer a grandchild

Telling Tales

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

A Sacrificial Rite of Spring