Vol. 138 No. 12
NATION
Those Chelsea Blues
American Notes Combat
Horror in The Desert
American Notes Congress
A Boost for Abortion Rights
American Notes Philanthropy
A Gift from the GoodFellas
But Do They Understand Bulgarian? (Grapevine)
Did Bob Gates Serve His Masters Too Well?
Hey! Let's Send a Couple Billion to Wolfgang (Grapevine)
I've Been Lonely Too Long (Grapevine)
Intelligence: Crisis in Spooksville
As the Senate grilling of Robert Gates begins, the CIA starts to rethink its own mandate in a rapidly changing world
Presidential Candidates "Always Attack, Never Defend"
Iowa's Tom Harkin, the third Democrat to announce, promises a $ hard-hitting campaign based on unabashed liberalism and fiery populist oratory
Supreme Court: Judging the Judge
For all their posturing, Senate Judiciary Committee members have no fixed standards in reviewing presidential nominees
The Kind of Guy a Mother Would Love (Grapevine)
The Political Interest
Fears and Choices on the Road to '92
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
We Say Tomayto, They Say Tomahto (Grapevine)
WORLD
Journey Without Maps
Cuba So Long, Amigos
Moscow's planned troop pullout and embrace of free trade intensify Havana's political and economic isolation
Middle East: No Give and Take
Washington and Jerusalem find themselves at loggerheads over aid, even as a denouement to the hostage drama appears to be at hand
Soviet Union Will a Weak Democracy Spawn a Dictatorship?
Wild inflation and pending economic collapse stir worries of a rebound to authoritarian government
World Notes Britain
Season of "Hotting"
World Notes Greece
Editors Twice Barred
World Notes South Africa
Death in the Townships
World Notes the Philippines
Farewell to Subic Bay
SCIENCE
A pair of British artists claim they are the hoaxers behind those mystifying and intriguing crop patterns
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Once scorned as quackery, chiropractic is winning adherents and respect
SOCIETY
Resurrecting a Wondrous Craft
Borneo (Cultures)
The Penans Stand By Their Land
Central African Republic (Cultures)
Proving the Worth of A Healing Art
Cover Story (Cultures)
Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge
Papua New Guinea (Cultures)
A Chronicler of Elders' Wisdom
PRESS
Gannett's former chairman turns his ambition to global philanthropy, largely at Gannett expense
TECHNOLOGY
Computer games have shattered the sex barrier, but retailers are nervous about selling explicit disks
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Late Bloomer from the Mulch
Music (View Points)
An Ambassador Arrives
Music (View Points)
The Way She Was
Television (View Points)
Reaching for the Rafters
Theater (View Points)
Framed, but Is It Art?
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 138 No. 12 SEPTEMBER 23, 1991
Time Magazine Masthead September 23, 1991 (Masthead)
Vol. 138 No. 12
BUSINESS
Jeans genius Klein pumps lots of cash and controversy -- but not many jeans -- into a magazine supplement
Banking No Amiable Dunce
Clark Clifford lets Congress know he will not bow meekly in its B.C.C.I. probe
Business Notes Inventions
Plat Du Jour
Business Notes New York
End of A Dream
Business Notes Scandals
We'll All Hang Together
Business Notes Soviet Investment
Let's Make Lots of Deals
Business Notes Strikes
Catfight In Canada
Style California Dreamin'
Ideas for the world's autos now come from design studios clustered around (where else?) trendsetting L.A.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Raging against "commie libs" and "femi-Nazis," Rush Limbaugh is bombastic, infuriating and nearly irresistible
Against The Cult of the Moment (Art)
A superb show presents Georges Seurat as an inspired lyricist who achieved grand images of mysterious permanence
Bad Trades (Books)
First Person Singular (Books)
Love Among The Temples (Books)
Words Of One Syllabus (Cinema)