Vol. 134 No. 8
NATION
Colin Powell got the job he always wanted
American Notes DETROIT
Anybody Home?
American Notes LAS VEGAS--- Stop the Music!
American Notes PHOENIX
The Drowning Pools
American Notes THE WEST
Gone to Blazes
Brain Trusts
Washington wants to know if colleges are fixing prices
Bush's Bad Cop
Mr. Consensus
Cautious and personable, George Bush is a President who listens, leans heavily on advisers -- and usually comes down in the middle
Do Guns Save Lives?
Not as often as the N.R.A. says
The Bazaar Is Open
But the haggling over the hostages could take forever
The Man with Six In Boxes
The States Pay the Price
WORLD
One year after explosive riots, the regime cracks down on pro-democracy activists
Central America The "Disposal Problem"
Five Presidents tell the contras to disband, but will they go?
Soviet Union Cry Independence
Pushing for sovereignty, the Baltics shape the future of perestroika
World Notes BRITAIN
Cricket by Checkbook
World Notes FRANCE
Dirty Dancing, Ma Cherie?
World Notes JAPAN
Kaifu's Surprises
World Notes NEW ZEALAND
A Fretful Farewell
World Notes SOVIET UNION
Hard Cash for Hard Times
SOCIETY
A scientist says society should provide safe, nonaddictive drugs
The New Jersey Shoreline (American Scene)
Doing Their Primal Thing When it comes to orgies, these crabs have no peers
The New Zoo: A Modern Ark (Living)
From Atlanta to Tacoma, today's menagerie is both a cageless wonderland and a rescue station
PRESS
A journalist's legal victory raises questions about ethics
RELIGION
Stay-put nuns spark protests
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 134 No. 8 AUGUST 21, 1989
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Vol. 134 No. 8 AUGUST 21, 1989
BUSINESS
More Than He Could Chew
Business Notes COMPUTERS
The Son Also Sets
Business Notes CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Is It a Drug Or a Cereal?
Business Notes INSECT REPELLENTS
Bugging Ticks For Profits
Business Notes INVESTIGATIONS
Wringing Out a Money Laundry
Can't Afford to Get Sick
In the phone strike, health care is a bitter new issue
He's Hungry to Buy an Airline
High-roller Marvin Davis mounts a $5.4 billion bid for United
Money Angles
How My Pal Joey Got Even
Needs Work
Too few jet mechanics, too many breakdowns
Out Of Sight, Out of Mind
The S & L bailout looks bold, but it hides the full costs
The Bulls of Summer
Stock exchanges around the world are setting new records, despite fears that another free fall could occur if the U.S. economy goes into a slump
EDUCATION
Despite increased wooing, few go on to college
LAW
Gulch Designed as a Mob buster, RICO has become a powerful catchall
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Pogues shake up Irish folk tunes to make blistering rock
Of Arms and the Man (Books)
Tom Clancy, the military's minstrel, longs to live the life he writes about
Vice And Victims in Viet Nam (Cinema)
SPECIAL SECTION
In London a hotel responds to women's complaints
PEOPLE
To her 90 million readers, ANN LANDERS is the last word on matters as mundane as toilet paper and as painful as divorce