Vol. 134 No. 6
NATION
William von Raab rips into Washington's phony war on drugs
A Resentful Voice
American Notes SEATTLE
Wheelers and Dealers
Busy Streets (American Ideas)
Contrary to Previous Reports, Cities Are Not Dead What keeps them alive, says William H. Whyte, is the crowd
California Saying No To CFCs
Dealing With Demography
Encountering A Neighbor
First The Verdict, Then the Trial
U.S. agents shadow -- but do not arrest -- spy suspect Felix Bloch
New Qualms About the DC-10
In the wake of the Sioux City disaster, another jet crashes
Smiles Vs. Stares
Texas No Wimps Here, Podnuh
The Burden of Power
The Case for Safer Seats
The Flag The Burning Question
The Presidency
Say a Prayer for Gorbachev
Unfinished Business
A sweeping survey of race relations finds that black progress has stalled because of a stagnant economy and white resistance to equality
White Cop, Black Ghetto
WORLD
Angry voters warn the ruling party to clean up its act or lose power
Middle East Masters of Double-Talk
Depending on their audiences, Shamir and Arafat flip-flop
Poland Thanks a Lot, But No Thanks
Solidarity rejects an offer to join a coalition government
Soviet Union Riding a Dangerous Wave
Gorbachev keeps his balance, but the sea is getting rougher
Takako Doi: An Unmarried Woman
World Notes CAMBODIA
A Long and Winding Road
World Notes CANADA
Nature's Handiwork
World Notes MIDDLE EAST
Bait for A Swap?
World Notes SWEDEN
The Verdict Is a Question
SCIENCE
Voyager sees some intriguing sights as it nears the eighth planet
Sexy Genes
Rewriting the laws of heredity
SOCIETY
For women, toil looms from sun to sun
RELIGION
Four new Soviet bloc bishops
SPORT
Americans flock to the trout streams for a mystical high
TECHNOLOGY
The DAT dispute is settled
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 134 No. 6 AUGUST 7, 1989
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Vol. 134 No. 6 AUGUST 7, 1989
BUSINESS
Time Warner debuts as the world's largest media concern
An Era of Limits
As Congress debates next year's Pentagon budget, a dwindling defense industry struggles to cope with the coming cutbacks
Business Notes ADVERTISING
Is the Camel A Sexist Pig?
Business Notes AUTOMAKERS
Unions Need Not Apply
Business Notes BANKING
Pierced by a Blue Arrow
Business Notes CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Slush, Maybe; Juice, Hardly
Business Notes TRADE
A Little Hand For Big Steel
Fear And Cover-Ups in the IRS
A congressional probe finds a near epidemic of misconduct
Friendly Medicine
So What Took Them So Long?
Bankers give Mexico a modest break on its crushing debt
The High Cost Of Catastrophe
Exxon's tab for the Alaskan spill is more than $1.2 billion
LAW
Lawyers race to file suits following the United DC-10 crash
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Star Power (Video)
Diane Sawyer, with a new prime-time show and a $1.6 million contract, is hot. But are celebrity anchors like her upstaging the news?
Dog Days (Cinema)
Elementals (Books)
Romance, Of Course, Blooms (Books)
The Camping Up of Mozart Or, Yo, Don Giovanni is one bad dude (Music)
SPECIAL SECTION
Beyond the highways, the frontier is alive and vivid
PEOPLE
JORGE G. CASTANEDA, Mexico's renowned author and academic, talks of the dangers and anxieties in a close yet often misunderstood relationship