Vol. 134 No. 14

NATION

American Notes CALIFORNIA
Chopping Down Dr. Seuss

American Notes NEW YORK CITY
Flight 5050 to Bowery Bay

American Notes TEXAS
Death on a Clear Day

American Notes YACHTING
Courting the America's Cup

Anarchy In Paradise

Ike's Revenge?
A new book alleges deliberate U.S. mistreatment of POWs

Whose Lives Are These?
A judge sets a pro-life precedent for frozen embryos

Winds Of Chaos
From the Caribbean to the Carolinas, Hurricane Hugo's path of destruction marks it as one of the fiercest storms of the decade

WORLD

El Salvador Conversations with Two Foes
In an exclusive pair of interviews, El Salvador's President and a rebel leader explain why peace may now be possible

Fresh Air, Fresh Ideas
The Soviets are raring to go, but the U.S. isn't

Niger Death over the Desert
Did terrorists destroy a DC-10 carrying 171 people?

Soviet Union His Vision Thing
A master of power politics, Gorbachev still lacks a well-conceived blueprint for the new economic structure he so desperately needs

The Vatican Mea Culpa, Auschwitz
The Polish Pope pours balm over a Catholic-Jewish schism

World Notes BRITAIN
The Day the Music Died

World Notes COLOMBIA
Eight Down, Still Counting

World Notes LEBANON
A Step Toward Peace?

World Notes SAUDI ARABIA
Off with Their Heads

SCIENCE

About-Face (Environment)
Japan curbs its drift nets and stops ivory imports

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine (Medicine)

SOCIETY

Miatific Bliss in Five Gears (Living)
This is definitely not your father's Hupmobile

The Ukraine Planting Some New Ideas (American Scene)
Ralph and Christine Dull bring a bit of Ohio to a Soviet farm

SPORT

The Days Dwindle Down
Pennants and philosophies are at stake in the season's finales

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

A Day in The Life . . . . . . Of China
Free to Fly Inside the Cage, a visitor discovers a country still scarred by Tiananmen but looking beyond the bars

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 134 No. 14 OCTOBER 2, 1989

BUSINESS

Business Notes ADVERTISING
Tip Is Popping Up All Over

Business Notes BANKING
Kissing Those Loans Goodbye

Business Notes FAST FOOD
Mac in The U.S.S.R.?

Business Notes TIRES Gulp!
It's the Michelin Man

Business Notes WINE
Thunderbird Gets Plucked

Fuming Over A Hazardous Export
U.S. tobacco firms catch flak for pushing cigarettes in Asia

How Much for A Reprieve From AIDS?
Accused of overcharging for AZT, manufacturer Burroughs Wellcome defends the cost of the drug but cuts its price 20%

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Child of The New World (Books)

A Stitch in Time (Cinema)

America's Master Songwriter (Music)
Irving Berlin: 1888-1989

Bakelite In Heat (Cinema)

Capering (Books)

Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)

Dream Turned Nightmare (Theater)

Pigstruck (Cinema)

The Adam and Eve of Modernism (Art)
Picasso and Braque's "passionate adventure" in Cubism

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