Vol. 134 No. 23

NATION

A Tragic Side Effect

American Notes ENTREPRENEURS
Selling a Piece Of the Rock

American Notes FLORIDA
"She Still Calls Me Daddy"

American Notes IRAN-CONTRA
And Then There Was One

American Notes RAILROADS
Last Train to Iowa

American Notes WASHINGTON
Plea from A Wheelchair

Keating Takes the Fifth
But the last word is yet to be spoken about the thrift fiasco

Pro-Choice? Get Lost
Antiabortion views are a must at Health and Human Services

Quack! Quack! Quack!
What walks like a tax, squawks like a tax and looks like a tax?

WORLD

"Our Time Has Come" (East-West)
Czechoslovaks oust a hard-line regime, giving the superpowers another reason to put Communist upheavals atop the Malta summit agenda

A Scandalous Record

Going To Meet the Man (East-West)
If the U.S. and Soviet leaders hit it off, the summit could be more than a cruise

Lebanon A Bomb Aimed at Peace
Just 17 days in office, the new President is killed in Beirut in another setback for attempts to stop the endless bloodshed

Of Turncoats and Scapegoats (East-West)
In East Germany pent-up anger leads to retribution

The Road to Malta (East-West)
A year ago, Bush distrusted Gorbachev. Now he wonders how to help him succeed

The Sheraton Siege
Guerrillas take the war into the wealthy sections of the capital, as new questions are raised about the U.S. role and the deaths of six Jesuits

When The Tanks Rolled In (East-West)

World Notes COLOMBIA
Wanted, but Not Found

World Notes GREECE
Partnership Of Enemies

World Notes INDIA
Dirty Money, Bloody Ballots

World Notes SPAIN
Bullets for Basques

SOCIETY

Onward, Women! (Living)
The superwoman is weary, the young are complacent, but feminism is not dead. And, baby, there's still a long way to go

Free Advice (Ethics)
Psychologists face discipline for diagnosing strangers

Where Angelenos Fear to Tread (Ethics)
A panel proposes the toughest guidelines yet for city employees

RELIGION

Cross Meets Kremlin
Gorbachev's historic visit to Pope John Paul II seals a truce after 72 years of bitter spiritual warfare

TECHNOLOGY

Fighting Noise with Antinoise
Electronic mufflers cancel unwanted sound waves in midair

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 134, No. 23 DECEMBER 4, 1989

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 134, No. 23 DECEMBER 4, 1989

BUSINESS

America Abroad
Go East, Young Man?

Business Notes ADVERTISING
Picture Imperfect?

Business Notes DIVESTITURES
Lightening The Load

Business Notes NEWSPAPERS
The Word on The Street

Business Notes RETAILING
No Breaks for This Clerk

Business Notes STRIKES
Back in the Saddle Again

High Tech's Fickle Helping Hand
The White House wavers on funding for microchips and HDTV

Winter's Bitter Wind
With the economy crumbling and food shortages worsening, Soviet citizens are losing patience with perestroika and forcing Gorbachev into a race for results

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Let's Hear It for Fiction (Video)
NO PLACE LIKE HOME CBS; Dec. 3; 9 p.m. EST

More Travels with Marty (Cinema)

Sad Life of a Love Goddess (Books)

Spooked by a Crumbling Wall (Books)

SPECIAL SECTION

Rebuilding Paradise (Travel)
After Hugo With the high season fast approaching, the battered Caribbean rushes to be ready

PEOPLE

A Pencil In the Hand Of God (Interview)
MOTHER TERESA sees poverty as a kind of richness -- and richness as impoverishment -- as she cares for the dying and unwanted of Calcutta

The Most Hated Man In Science (Profile)
To some "the Abominable No Man," gadfly JEREMY RIFKIN warns of the dangers of uncontrolled experiments with new technologies

TO OUR READERS

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