Vol. 134 No. 18
COVER
NATION
Leave the Butts Behind
American Notes: ALASKA
Threatening A Shutdown
American Notes: CONSTITUTION
Cooler Heads Win Out
American Notes: HISTORY
Sting's The Thing
And Now, Emotional Aftershocks
Survivors must cope with losses and a new sense of vulnerability
First The Shaking, Then the Flames
Even after 83 years, the Great Quake reverberates in San Francisco's memory
Grapevine
Grapevine
Grapevine
Grapevine
Grapevine
Leave
It to Cleaver Bush and Congress take the easy way out in budget cutting
Reopening A
Deadly Debate The CIA wants to have a freer hand during coups
Still Waiting for the Big One
The science of quake prediction is improving, but don't bet on it
Television in The
Dark Video technology shows its limits when the uplinks go down
The Benefits of Being Prepared
Emergency planning paid off but did not prevent two disastrous collapses
WORLD
Trigger-Happy
Closet Reformers
East Germany
Trading Places As Egon Krenz succeeds the deposed Honecker, he seems willing to tinker with the system but not revamp it. Will that be enough?
Sisulu: "We
Want Immediate Change" Freed after 26 years in jail, a black leader talks to TIME about the future
South Africa
Testing the Waters Though the temperature is not yet right, the white government and black leaders are tiptoeing closer to negotiations over the fate of their country
Soviet Union
Dear Editor: You're Fired. Signed, Mikhail Gorbachev Fed up with journalists on the right and the left who snipe at his policies, the Kremlin leader calls for a rewrite
World
Notes CHINA Better Red Than Well Fed
World
Notes CZECHOSLOVAKIA Anniversary Blues
World
Notes DIPLOMACY Such Good Friends
World
Notes INDIA November, Be Kind
World
Notes ISRAEL Forecast: More Warm Weather
SCIENCE
Giant of Beasts A ban on the ivory trade could help save the elephant
The
Golden Treasures of Nimrud An Assyrian fortress city yields archaeological prizes of rare delight
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A new drug may improve the odds for successful transplants
SOCIETY
A determined nun helps the poor by relocating houses
Here Come the Russian Shrinks! (Behavior)
The Soviets confess and are accepted by their colleagues
PRESS
Journalism A personal view of the perils of underchecking stories
RELIGION
Bible A minicomputer crunches Scripture's 773,692 words
Historic
Sermon Soft-sell televangelism hits the Soviet Union
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
Power, Tiny Package
Business
Notes ACCOMMODATIONS Room at the Top in Warsaw
Business
Notes AIRLINES Too Heavy For Takeoff
Business
Notes COMPUTERS Think You Can Hack It?
Business
Notes INCOME DISTRIBUTION Two Worlds, Moving Apart
Business
Notes TOYS Freddy Meets His Match
Just
Squeaking Along Computer companies are launching more products than ever, but are they really new? Many customers don't think so, and sales are stalling
Soothing The
Wild Beast With a little help from the Fed, the market stages a comeback
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Great age is no longer a must on the symphony scene
Black (Books)
Beauty
Bookends (Books)
Call of The (Cinema)
Wilderness
Going (Video)
Up Against the Big Three CNN breaks with the norms in a full-hour evening newscast
Point (Books)
Blank
Upstairs, (Books)
Downstairs
SPECIAL SECTION
Risky Life The Academy picks Spanish novelist Camilo Jose Cela
TO OUR READERS
ESSAY
Earth Cracks Open