Table of ContentsPOWER VACUUM On Her WayAMERICAN NOTES RACISM Wanted: White Caddies AMERICAN NOTES EAST-WEST Red Meets Crimson After the War Ouch!AMERICAN NOTES THE MILITARY SAC Gets The Sack The Wizards of Hokum Like many grand enterprises dressed up as serious science, Biosphere 2 is part publicity stuntBathgate Can WaitTIME magazine masthead Vol. 138 No. 13 SEPTEMBER 30, 1991 SCANDALS Doing Well by Doing Good The top U.S. Olympic official resigns amid charges that he accepted at least $275,000 in improper paymentsTHE URBAN JUNGLE At the End of Their Tether Arrested for chaining up their wayward daughter, a Bronx couple win sympathy for trying to beat the mean streetsHis Punch Is Better Than Ever NORMAN MAILER, with a giant new novel and a dampened anger, talks about Bush's virtues (yes, virtues), political correctness, the men's movement and reincarnationTIME magazine contents page Vol. 138 No. 13 SEPTEMBER 30, 1991 Caught UsingIf You Knew XuxaAMERICAN NOTES CONGRESS Calling Bush's Bluff How Old Is Too Old?The Political Interest Nobody Does Nothing Better Than ShamirTHE CIA See No Evil, Hear No Evil Gates' confirmation hopes brighten as charges against North are droppedBUSINESS NOTES GAMES Name That Sound Bite CIVIL RIGHTS What Price Preference? Fears mount that affirmative action may cheapen black achievements while failing to help the underclassCOVER STORIES Making Babies More than a million couples seek treatment for infertility each year. Now some remarkable insights into the mating dance of sperm and egg are bringing answers to their prayers.VOX POPDIPLOMACY Thou Shalt Not Build Putting muscle behind the U.S. policy against Israeli settlements, Bush for the first time uses money as a weapon against JerusalemIs the Flood of Soviet Jews Drying Up?MTV DramaBUSINESS NOTES INSURANCE A Head-On Collision NUKES FOR SALE, NO MONEY DOWNTELECOMMUNICATIONS Failing to Connect A major telephone outage sparks questions about the integrity of AT&T's network and its role in air-traffic controlSide Trips into Daydream Two films of stage shows by Lily Tomlin and Eric Bogosian provide peeks into funny, beautiful and diseased mindsIF SUNUNU ANSWERS, HANG UPLUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDSMen, Women And TearsHAVE I GONE TO HEAVEN?Misfit Metalheads To enjoy the red-hot rock 'n' roll of Guns N' Roses, you have to get past their violent, sexist and racist lyricsFRAGRANCES The War of the Noses In an aromatic onslaught, cosmetics giants launch three new perfumes with a decidedly '90s theme: romanceMR. STANKEVICH GOES TO WASHINGTONHow a Superpower Can Avoid Muscle Loss If the U.S. is to avoid becoming an economic stepchild to Japan and Europe, argues French writer JACQUES ATTALI, American society must declare war on its own shortsighted thinkingBUSINESS NOTES SCANDALS Catch Me If You Can BUSINESS NOTES ENTERTAINMENT Dances with Defects LET GEORGE DO ITBUSINESS NOTES EXECUTIVE SUITE Unbecoming An Officer Shadows and Eye Candy Major new books from Annie Leibovitz and Irving Penn frame two contrasting angles on the celebrity -- and the mysterious OtherTwin Peeks WORLD NOTES NICARAGUA Thunder on The Right Wichita Abortion Protests SOVIET UNION Paranoia Run Amuck Georgia's president sees conspiracies everywhere, but he is largely to blame for the restivenessCattlemen vs. ''Granola Bars'' The glamourati are flocking to Montana's Big Sky Country -- and stirring up cultural warfare with longtime residentsYUGOSLAVIA The Flash of War A hotbed of nationalism that sparked World War I, the Balkans ignite a new European crisis as Serbs and Croatians open full-scale civil warAEROSPACE Supersonic Boom The Concorde was a financial dud, but planemakers around the world are racing to design the next generation. Has its time finally come?What Does a Stomach Do? The ''cultural literacy'' guru focuses on elementary school Working Stiffs Look Who's Listening Too Mothers have long tried to stimulate their unborn children. Now a ''cardiac curriculum'' does the same thing.WORLD NOTES DIPLOMACY Is the Wolf Trapped? The Archbishop of Canterbury WORLD NOTES SWEDEN Goodbye to All That The Way We (Maybe) Were Against conventional network wisdom, three new shows hark back to the warm, fuzzy glow of the pastAre Gay Men Born That Way? WORLD NOTES MALAYSIA Lock Up The Victims
