Vol. 134 No. 20
NATION
But the minimum-wage increase may not help low-paid workers
American Notes CONGRESS
A Break for Ollie North
American Notes PROTESTS
More Fuel for The Fire
American Notes STRIKES
Passing the Top Hat
American Notes THE DEFICIT
No Gains, So Pains
American Notes THE NAVY
Cruising for A Bruising
Californians Keep Out!
A wave of transplants from the Golden State touches off a backlash in Seattle
Grapevine
Grapevine
Grapevine
Grapevine
Hard Words To Hard-Liners
Nixon delivers blunt advice to China's leaders
It Rhymes with Malta
The Saltwater Summit
Bush's agreement to meet Gorbachev off Malta marks an overdue shift; now the U.S. wants to prop up a Soviet leader
WORLD
East Germany: No Longer If But When
As thousands more flee, Krenz struggles to save his socialist state, but the tide of change may push it inexorably toward Bonn
If Not the Sandinistas . . .
India Puppies and Consumer Boomers
A brash new middle class is stirring up social revolution
Nicaragua Playing Politics with Peace
Headed toward elections, Ortega blows his cool
The Presidency
"I Felt I Had to Draw the Line"
World Notes BRAZIL
Now, He-e-re's Silvio!
World Notes HISTORY
Judgment On Katyn
World Notes NAMIBIA
Disinformation Or Hoax?
World Notes NUTRITION
Man Wants To Bite Dog
SCIENCE
A stunning discovery provides clues to the course of evolution
The Chernobyl Cover-Up (Environment)
Are Soviet officials still concealing the truth about the disaster?
Tritium Puzzle
An H-bomb ingredient is gone, and no one knows where
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A new study says even mild exercise can postpone death
SOCIETY
Teenagers go for N.F.L. hats, Batman and the California look
New York City (American Scene)
A Place to Be Somebody At Harvey Milk School, gays and lesbians are the norm
PRESS
Red ink stops the presses at the L.A. Herald Examiner
The Deadliest Beat
For Colombian journalists, covering the drug story can be fatal
RELIGION
Demands for toleration shake many North American churches
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
An intriguing scientific theory continues to win adherents
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 134, No. 20 NOVEMBER 13, 1989
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 134, No. 20 NOVEMBER 13, 1989
BUSINESS
Not Out of the Picture Yet
Business Notes COMPETITION
No Dumping At Home
Business Notes COSMETICS
Smog Screen For the Skin
Business Notes PUBLISHING
He Hates Long Goodbyes
Business Notes WALL STREET
Taking the Pledge, Again
Ford's Sporty New Number
Special Report: The Quest For Quality
In U.S. Goods Making It Better Rising to Japan's challenge, many American companies are toiling zealously to improve the design and craftsmanship of their products
Sure, We'll Take Manhattan
A Japanese firm invests in a gem: Rockefeller Center
The Supply-Side Scourge
Cocaine is so abundant that interdiction fails to affect prices
EDUCATION
For some children, delaying kindergarten is the right choice
LAW
A TV network beams crime tips to the precinct house
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
"Let's Get Busy!!" (Video)
Hip and hot, talk host Arsenio Hall is grabbing the post-Carson generation
Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)
Downbeat Duo (Theater)
King Ken Comes to Conquer (Cinema)
A brash British star turns Henry V into an antiwar war movie
Rhinoceroses in The Living Room (Books)
Chris Van Allsburg taps into children's sense of mystery
Suburban Sleep (Books)
SPECIAL SECTION
Robert Caro, 14 years into his biography, traces a web of deceit
Reinventing The Train (Travel)
Overnight luxe rules on a run between Chicago and Washington
PEOPLE
SERGEI AKHROMEYEV, Gorbachev's top military adviser, speaks frankly about his nation's troubles and signals a desire for an even faster pace toward disarmament