Table of ContentsAmerican Notes THE WEST Gone to Blazes The New Zoo: A Modern Ark From Atlanta to Tacoma, today's menagerie is both a cageless wonderland and a rescue stationKiller Cats Auschwitz Ire Stay-put nuns spark protests Doing What Comes Naturally American Notes PHOENIX The Drowning Pools Vice and Victims in Viet NamAmerican Notes LAS VEGAS--- Stop the Music! TIME magazine masthead Vol. 134 No. 8 AUGUST 21, 1989 Grapevine CENTRAL AMERICA The ''Disposal Problem'' Five Presidents tell the contras to disband, but will they go?Burning Issues SOVIET UNION Cry Independence Pushing for sovereignty, the Baltics shape the future of perestroikaNicaragua's Despair Japan and the Environment American Notes DETROIT Anybody Home? World Notes BRITAIN Cricket by Checkbook TIME magazine contents page Vol. 134 No. 8 AUGUST 21, 1989 World Notes FRANCE Dirty Dancing, Ma Cherie? DOCTORS AND PATIENTS BURMA A Country Under the Boot One year after explosive riots, the regime cracks down on pro-democracy activistsEight Lads Putting on Airs The Pogues shake up Irish folk tunes to make blistering rockMaking Stealth Disappear Do Humans Need to Get High? A scientist says society should provide safe, nonaddictive drugsWorld Notes SOVIET UNION Hard Cash for Hard Times World Notes NEW ZEALAND A Fretful Farewell Sweet SynneWorld Notes JAPAN Kaifu's Surprises A Room of Her Own In London a hotel responds to women's complaintsThe Search For Minorities Despite increased wooing, few go on to collegeThe Bulls of Summer Stock exchanges around the world are setting new records, despite fears that another free fall could occur if the U.S. economy goes into a slumpCOVER STORY Mr. Consensus Cautious and personable, George Bush is a President who listens, leans heavily on advisers -- and usually comes down in the middleOf Arms and the Man Tom Clancy, the military's minstrel, longs to live the life he writes aboutHe's Hungry to Buy an Airline High-roller Marvin Davis mounts a $5.4 billion bid for UnitedThe New Jersey Shoreline Doing Their Primal Thing When it comes to orgies, these crabs have no peersFor the BirdsCan't Afford to Get Sick In the phone strike, health care is a bitter new issueLiving By the Letter % To her 90 million readers, ANN LANDERS is the last word on matters as mundane as toilet paper and as painful as divorceNeeds Work Too few jet mechanics, too many breakdowns A Lovable WinnerBush's Bad Cop The Bazaar Is Open But the haggling over the hostages could take foreverMoney Angles How My Pal Joey Got EvenMum? Is That Really You?Out of Sight, Out of Mind The S & L bailout looks bold, but it hides the full costs The Man with Six In Boxes Atten-hut!Do Guns Save Lives? Not as often as the N.R.A. saysBusiness Notes BANKRUPTCY More Than He Could Chew The States Pay the Price Business Notes INVESTIGATIONS Wringing Out a Money Laundry Business Notes CONSUMER PRODUCTS Is It a Drug Or a Cereal? A ''Complete Soldier'' Makes It This time Colin Powell got the job he always wantedBrain Trusts Washington wants to know if colleges are fixing prices Business Notes COMPUTERS The Son Also Sets Grapevine Grapevine Business Notes INSECT REPELLENTS Bugging Ticks For Profits Showdown at Gucci Gulch Designed as a Mob buster, RICO has become a powerful catchallThe Right to Fake Quotes A journalist's legal victory raises questions about ethicsGrapevine
