Vol. 134 No. 19

NATION

$1
Billion Worth of Influence How a shaky businessman put five Senators in his corner

American
Notes CONSERVATION No Longer at Loggerheads

American
Notes GUNS Targeting the Children

American
Notes TEXAS "Like Being Inside a Bomb"

American
Notes WASHINGTON Down for The Count

Bush's
No-No On Abortion The President's twin vetoes slow the pro-choice momentum

Everybody's
Pal

Is
California Worth the Risk? Absolutely, 30 million residents will say -- and they're no different from Americans who smoke, drive, hang glide, eat apples or fly DC-10s

Is
Los Angeles Next? Southern California finds flaws in its plans for the Big One

Now, The
Financial Aftershocks The cleanup may top $10 billion, and the whole U.S. will pay

Remembering
Hugo

The
Presidency The Yen to Stay Onstage

The
Stovepipe Problem The real "micromanager" on Panama was the President

WORLD

"I'm a Freedom Fighter"

America
Abroad Why Bush Should Sweat

Cover Stories: Yes, He's For Real
Yes, He's For Real By loosening the Soviet grip on Eastern Europe, Gorbachev proves once and for all that he seeks a different world. How should the West respond?

Now
It's More Like Real Money The ruble is cut down to size -- but may have to be cut more

Some Options for the U.S.

The
Three Holdouts Against Change

There Goes the Bloc
With Moscow's satellites finding their own way, a new architecture must be created for the heart of the Continent. But no one is sure of the blueprint

Uganda
Starting Over in Kampala Peace slowly revives a country shattered by war and atrocity

World
Notes BRITAIN Killed with Faint Praise

World
Notes LEBANON Pipe Down In the Back

World
Notes LIBYA After All This Time, Scruples

World
Notes NORTH KOREA . . . And One For Kim?

World
Notes SOUTH AFRICA An A-Bomb For Pretoria?

SCIENCE

Troubadours For (Environment)
Mother Nature A minstrel duo brings fun -- and fire -- to the ecology movement

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The (Food)
Game Is Up! Deer, boar and other woodland creatures are appearing on more menus

SOCIETY

A (Behavior)
Plague Without Boundaries Crack, once a problem of the poor, invades the U.S. middle class

Habit (Living)
Forming A silly new survey of American compulsions

Yellowstone (American Scene)
National Park The Brawl of The Wild A plan for reintroducing wolves touches off a howling argument

PRESS

No. 2 And
Trying Harder The Washington Times bags a politician, but can it win respect?

TECHNOLOGY

Threats to The
Old Magic Will new stealth weapons make radar obsolete?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 134, No. 19 NOVEMBER 6, 1989

Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead NOVEMBER 6, 1989 Vol. 134, No. 19

BUSINESS

A
Chasm of Misery Latin America's rich and poor have become separate, wary societies. Unless leaders bridge the gap, the countries risk violent upheaval

Business
Notes AUTOMAKERS Stalking A Jaguar

Business
Notes BREWERIES Suds Take A Spill

Business
Notes LAWS Softening RICO's Rap

Business
Notes VIDEO GAMES New Boy on The Block

Business
Notes WALL STREET Turned Off On Programs

Dynamic
Duos Don't Come Cheap Sony and Warner Bros. wage a billion-dollar personnel war

Money
Angles Why I Voted for a Used Car

Not
Mad About Manhattan Exxon flees New York prices

The
Harvard Debt Doctor's Controversial Cure

LAW

The
Wrath of "Maximum Bob" Jim Bakker's stiff punishment raises questions over sentencing

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Between "The (Art)
Sistine, And Disney, The licentious genius of Mantua's Giulio Romano

Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)

Fetal (Cinema)
Attraction

Invasion of The (Video)
Wild Things TV is overrun with thrills, chills and delicious horrors

Litmus (Books)
Test

Martyr Or (Books)
Machiavelli?

Street (Books)
Smart

True (Cinema)
Grit

PEOPLE

First (Profile)
She Looks Inward Architect MAYA LIN'S Viet Nam memorial proved to be a powerful emotional reminder. Now she has created another

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

A
Capitalist's Guide to Capital Gains