Vol. 134 No. 4

NATION

A Bizarre and Suspicious Flight
After 800 miles, a crash, a swim and a gun wound

American Notes ILLINOIS
Two Times, Too Much

American Notes ROBOTS
Meet Manny, One Tough G.I.

American Notes TRENDS
An Ounce of Prevention

American Notes UTAH
Very Heavy Lifting

From Patrons to Partners
Bush's trip shows a changing role for the superpowers in Europe

High-Wire Act
On a mission to Poland and Hungary, the President walks a line between pushing reform and making too many promises

Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick
For Kemp, the mess at HUD is both a hurdle and an opportunity

Washington's Man from Nowhere
Who is Craig Spence, and why were all those VIPs at his parties?

WORLD

France Vive la Revolution!
A splashy bicentennial erupts in fireworks, parades -- and politics

Israel Why Is This Man So Glum?
Peres and Shamir part ways over a controversial peace plan

Nicaragua Decade of Despair
The Sandinistas promised a better life but delivered hard times

South Africa An Unlikely Tea for Two
By meeting with Botha, Mandela gives his blessing to direct talks between his supporters and the government

World Notes CUBA
No Clemency For a Hero

World Notes FRANCE A
"Mountain Of Sorrow"

World Notes GREECE
For Better Or Worse

World Notes HONG KONG
Singapore, Here We Come

SCIENCE

Joe's Bad Trip (Environment)
A TIME investigation of the Exxon Valdez fiasco finds that not only the tanker's captain is to blame for the worst oil spill in U.S. history

The Next Giant Leap for Mankind (Space)
Two decades after its first moon landing, it is time for the U.S. to head for Mars

SOCIETY

Houston, Texas A Slugger and A Dream (American Scene)
Experts say George Foreman has a fat chance at best of regaining boxing's heavyweight crown. He thinks otherwise

The Rights of Frozen Embryos (Ethics)
Complex, painful dilemmas are raised by in vitro fertilization

PRESS

News That You Can Choose
Time Inc. announces plans to start Entertainment Weekly

Where Were the Media on HUD?
Washington journalists missed the scandal when it was breaking

TECHNOLOGY

Trying To Decipher Babel
Japanese translating machines make languages less foreign

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 134 No. 4 JULY 24, 1989

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 134 No. 4 JULY 24, 1989

BUSINESS

"Get Up and Walk!"
Argentina's new leader imposes a drastic recovery plan

Business Notes AIRPORTS
Freight Goes First Class

Business Notes COAL STRIKE
First the Calm, Now the Storm

Business Notes COMMODITIES
Ferruzzi's Big Pot of Beans

Business Notes MARKETING
The Ultimate Ad Space

One for The Books
In rejecting Paramount's challenge to the Time-Warner deal, a judge affirms the right of directors to determine the fate of their companies

Romancing The Roadster
Mazda's hot Miata is the sensation of U.S. showrooms

That's A Reach, Sir James
The raider springs a daring $21 billion bid for B.A.T

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

"Absolutely An Actor. Born to It" (Show Business)
Laurence Olivier: 1907-1989

We Don't Need Another Heroid (Cinema)
The good guys are cyborgs in a pair of summer sequels

SPECIAL SECTION

Lost And Found (Travel)
At last, Moscow's on the map

PEOPLE

Russia's Prophet In Exile (Interview)
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN publishes the first volume of his epic on the Bolshevik Revolution and gives a rare account of his life in Vermont In his first major American interview since 1

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Why Israel Needs a Gentle Intifadeh Victory