Vol. 133 No. 18

NATION

"Save The Babies"
Operation Rescue: a case study in galvanizing the antiabortion movement

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (American Ideas)
Giving Teenagers a New View of Their Future By involving adults, Michael Carrera helps young people believe in themselves

American Notes CALIFORNIA
The Great Wall Of Long Beach

American Notes CHICAGO
No Place for Scarface

American Notes IDAHO
Dearth of a Nation

American Notes WISCONSIN
A Step Toward Civility

And Then There Was One
A major U.S. contender drops out of the supercomputer race

Bombshell in The House
A bipartisan indictment gravely damages Speaker Wright's chances of survival

Bringing Them Back to Justice
Extradition can be a breeze -- or a byzantine business

Whose Life Is It?
The long, emotional battle over abortion approaches a climax as the Supreme Court prepares for a historic challenge to Roe v. Wade

Death on A Dreadnought
A blast kills 47 and reignites debate over the battleship's role

Dread My Lips Not Bush's, but those of the Governors asking for taxes

Evicting The Drug Dealers
Kemp's tough action raises constitutional questions

Is Texas to Blame?

The Presidency
"A Sense of Assurance"

WORLD

Alliance A Decision Not To Decide
NATO gropes for answers to Gorbachev's arms initiatives

America Abroad
The Killing Fields Revisited

China "Come Out! Come Out!"
Mourning for a fallen leader erupts into defiant demands for political change

France Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite?
200 years later, the French are still quarreling about the revolution

Poland Getting to Know You, Part 2
But how much should the U.S. pay for East bloc reform?

World Notes EL SALVADOR
Brutal Law of The Land

World Notes IRAN
Cry Spy! Cry Wolf?

World Notes JORDAN
Revolt in The Desert

World Notes SOVIET UNION
Toothpaste And Tapes

SCIENCE

Whew! That Was Close
Earth's narrowest escape from an asteroid in 52 years

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Coming Soon: Safer Blood (Medicine)
A new test can detect an elusive and dangerous hepatitis virus

SOCIETY

Million-Dollar "Birthday Cakes" (Living)
Homeowning, Hollywood-style: living it up by tearing 'em down

Report Cards Can Hurt You (Behavior)
In many homes, poor grades trigger a torrent of child abuse

TECHNOLOGY

Through the 3-D Looking Glass
With new power and an Oscar, computer graphics comes of age

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 133 No. 18 MAY 1, 1989

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 133 No. 18 MAY 1, 1989

BUSINESS

Business Notes ACADEMICS
Rapping Out A Lesson

Business Notes AEROSPACE
A Fleet of Rent-a-Jets

Business Notes COMPUTER SERVICES
Good Morning! Are You O.K.?

Business Notes PUBLISHING (Business & Finance)
This Chapter Paid for by . . .

Business Notes VENDING MACHINES
Puttin' on The Spritz

Roaring '80s Turn Grinding '90s
Despite the rising Dow, Wall Street's free ride is over

Sale of The Century
The S & L bailout will saddle the Government with a huge hoard of real estate that could rattle the market unless regulators unload carefully

Tusk, Tusk
An ivory dealer's mea culpa

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Moll and Her Night Visitors (Cinema)

A Myth to Be Taken on Faith (Books)

Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)

Dreams To Avoid (Cinema)

Full Circle (Books)

Tarted Up Till the Eye Cries Uncle (Art)
Reviving the vulgarity of Thomas Hart Benton

The Show-and-Sell Machine (Video)
At the Smithsonian, a fresh angle on TV's 50th anniversary

Throwing In the Crying Towel (Music)
Phoebe Snow beats the blues with a fine new album

PEOPLE

A Man Who Hates Rambo (Interview)
Producer DAVID PUTTNAM says the movie industry's obsession with blockbuster films produces trash and has lowered audience expectations

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Reflections on 28 Flavors