Table of ContentsWorld Notes BRITAIN This Tory Won't Tarry Should Gays Have Marriage Rights? On two coasts, the growing debate produces two different answersAmerican Notes THE NAVY Payoff for a Shipmate World Notes CANADA Can a Mountie Be Turbaned? Facts of Life California sides with DarwinAmerican Notes IRAN-CONTRA Secord Makes A Deal Shootouts in the Schools Educators adopt tough tactics to cope with classroom violencePriestless Rites Catholic bishops okay services led by nuns and lay people The Whole Town's Talking Hollywood has a wisecracking, baby-faced sleeper hitWorld Notes NAMIBIA Patience and Clenched Fists The Incredible Shrinking Machine Breakthroughs in miniaturization could lead to robots the size of a fleaJORDAN Bye-Bye Moderates A ballot surprise for Hussein Running Low On Gas Slow car sales and new Japanese ''transplants'' bring harder times for Detroit's automakersUnderdogsAmerica Abroad Washington's Captive PolicyMoney Angles Too Much Firepower to Fit the Crime?CHINA Advice from a Former President As Deng Xiaoping makes room for Jiang Zemin, Richard Nixon reflects on his visit to China and argues why it is time for Washington to improve relations with Beijing Grounded, Frustrated and Angry A three-month strike by Australian pilots paralyzes a continentSlice of DeathLord of All He Surveyed Vladimir Horowitz: 1904-1989Business Notes POSTAGE STAMPS Getting Your Last Licks Poet of the DesertAlzheimer's Rise The disease may be twice as common as doctors thoughtBusiness Notes DAIRY PRODUCTS The Herd's Going Dry Wall of Shame 1961-1989Is One Germany Better Than Two? Western leaders liked to call for reunification when they thought such prayers were in no danger of being answered. Now they must worry about keeping Europe stableGrapevine Grapevine Just DuckyThe Presidency Present at the ConstructionGrapevine The Honorable SchoolboyGrapevine COVER STORIES Freedom! The Wall crumbles overnight, Berliners embrace in joy, and a stunned world ponders the consequencesAnything on TV Tonight?American Notes ALABAMA Lest We Forget Late BloomerCalling Off All BetsAmerican Notes MISSISSIPPI Poo-Poo Choo-Choo American Notes HEROES An Overdue Honor Too Darn HotFrom the Tropic of L.A. Novelist and poet KATE BRAVERMAN says Eastern editors think Western writers are chimpanzees, but she sees the world quite differentlyHair, Hair!A Game of Winks and Nods Why both sides are downplaying a U.S. payment to IranArmenians and Azerbaijanis Festive Film Fare for Thanksgiving With a Mermaid as hostess, Magnolias on the table -- and a turkey called ValmontRound-the-Clock Yucks Two all-comedy cable networks prepare to square off for viewersHurricane Hugo Fallout March of History The Losses Keep Mounting Michael and Kitty Dukakis suffer a nightmare yearWhat You Eat Festive Film Fare for Thanksgiving With a Mermaid as hostess, Magnolias on the table -- and a turkey called ValmontBlink or Go Broke The budget battle nears the bottom line: bankruptcy Latino Diversity Grapevine The Art of Book Selling Daddy's DarlingGrapevine Canned Soup Jackie Mason gets the hook Gold, Graves and Scholars And the Ship Sailed OnGrapevine Business Notes PERESTROIKA Coffee, Tea or Camaraderie? World Notes LEBANON Hell to Chief SAN FRANCISCO, OCTOBER 17, 1989 Business Notes COST OF LIVING Land of the Rising Prices World Notes INDIA Battle of the Bricks TIME magazine contents page Vol. 134, No. 21 NOVEMBER 20, 1989 Breakthrough In Virginia In a model of crossover politics, Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected black Governor and shows others how to crash the color lineBusiness Notes ADVERTISING One-Liners and Broken Taboos White Lies, Bad Polls Fresh Faces from Beantown Boston's New Kids on the Block lock up the chartsFestive Film Fare for Thanksgiving With a Mermaid as hostess, Magnolias on the table -- and a turkey called ValmontTeaching Japan to Say No In a provocative new book, maverick legislator Shintaro Ishihara tells his countrymen to be more assertivePrince Edward and the Past Massive resistance has faded, but something hidden remainsA Nice Guy Finishes First But Dinkins may not be tough enough to cope with New YorkA Crazy Building in Columbus Peter Eisenman, architecture's bad boy, finally hits his stride
