Vol. 138 No. 1
NATION
Amazing Comebacks (Grapevine)
American Notes California
My Neighbor The Rat
American Notes Crime
Revenge with A Stamp
American Notes Florida
Biblical Plague
American Notes Presidents
Rest in Peace, Zach
Cover Stories: Whose America?
A growing emphasis on the nation's "multicultural" heritage exalts racial and ethnic pride at the expense of social cohesion
Do Big Fences Make Better Neighbors? (Grapevine)
He Just Can't Resist the Spotlight (Grapevine)
Kuwait Gets a Dunning Notice (Grapevine)
Marshall's Legacy: A Lawyer Who Changed America
As a Supreme Court Justice and a civil rights advocate who battled racism daily, Thurgood Marshall took the law personally
The Cult of Ethnicity, Good and Bad
A historian argues that multiculturalism threatens the ideal that binds America
The Presidency
Why Bush Has Trouble Firing Sununu
The Supreme Court: Filling a Legal Giant's Shoes
Thurgood Marshall retires, setting the stage for Bush to strengthen a conservative majority that could dominate the high bench for decades
What Do We Have In Common?
TIME asked distinguished Americans from a variety of backgrounds to ponder that question, and also the following: Should the teaching of history give more emphasis to our unity as a nation or to our d
WORLD
It's actually quite easy, as Iraq is proving: just don't let anybody know where you're making the stuff
Germany Unity's Shadows
One year after the jolt of economic merger, a somber nation realizes that the east will be a burden for a long time to come
Should We Care? Yes, But . . .
Where Have the Commies Gone?
The old party elite is out of work and out of sorts
World Notes Britain /
Turning a Lady Into a Lord
World Notes Cambodia
Stepping in the Right Direction
World Notes Libya
A Dish Best Eaten Cold
World Notes Poland
Bulls and Bears
Yugoslavia Blood in the Streets
Slovenia and Croatia are determined to go their own way, but the federal government shows its willingness to crack heads to keep the nation together
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A scandal erupts over the sale of AIDS-tainted clotting factor to hemophiliacs
Beware of The Pillow (Medicine)
Researchers uncover a new culprit in the mystery of sudden infant death syndrome
Forget About Losing Those Last 10 Pounds (Health)
The pursuit of sylphlike thinness is not only futile for most men and women, it can be downright unhealthy
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Vol. 138 No. 1 JULY 8, 1991
BUSINESS
Survival of The Biggest
Business Notes Cigarettes
Smoke Gets In Their Eyes
Business Notes Publications
Open Closets, Closed Doors
Business Notes Stock Offerings
Now He'll Need A Power Tie
Business Notes Windfalls
The Morel Of the Story
Entertainment: If You Can't Beat 'Em . . .
Music rip-off artists go upscale with CDs, but the stars fight back with bootleg albums of their own
Financial Markets Playing Favorites
Are Japan's stock firms unfair to small investors? A scandal sparks discontent.
Insurance One Disaster After Another
Confronted by injurious losses, Lloyd's of London is on the critical list
Marketing Feeling a Little Jumpy
More fickle than ever, advertisers are quitting their agencies in search of sharper ideas and better deals. Result: fear on Madison Avenue.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Sam Keen, author of the best-selling Fire in the Belly, is the latest preacher to hit the male-consciousness circuit
Can The Bolshoi Adapt to the Times? (Music)
The Soviet opera troupe, now on a U.S. visit, is struggling to survive glasnost
Half A Terrific Terminator (Cinema)
Sure, he can save the planet. But can he save megabudget action movies?
Make Sticky, Morph! (Cinema)
No Deficit Of Laughs (Books)
Stormin' Norman: The Book (Books)
Bantam bets big on General Schwarzkopf's autobiography, but will there be enough readers to make the gamble pay off?
PEOPLE
Dr. FRANCES CONLEY, tired of being called "honey" by male surgeons, resigned from the Stanford medical school. Last week a professor there was charged with sexual harassment.