Time Magazine Contents Page: July 9, 1990

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NATION: Should parents have a say in a teenager’s decision to end her pregnancy? Do rape victims have special rights?

Those wrenching questions are at the heart of a new battle over abortion. — George Bush, going back on a campaign promise, says yes to the T word. — A TIME contributor’s harrowing account of being trapped in Santa Barbara’s fire storm.

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GERMANY: As unification begins, the world inquires anew about the nation at the heart of Europe

A 22-page look at the future. Including — The big merger: the West worries about paying for unity. — Class of ’56: voices from the rubble generation. — The good life: Germans work hard at leisure. — Decommunizing: Who will judge East Germany’s former rulers?

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INTERVIEW: The court’s Southern gentleman

Retired Justice Lewis Powell talks about capital punishment and abortion, and describes the inner workings of the nation’s highest tribunal.

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WORLD: Designing a future for Canada

The Meech Lake accord is dead and Quebec’s status uncertain. Now the country must rethink what form of government will take the 123-year-old confederation into the next century. — An interview with Quebec’s Premier Robert Bourassa. — Can the outpouring of international relief assistance to earthquake victims bring the maverick Iran back into the orbit of nations?

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SPACE: Two new, devastating disasters for NASA

A serious flaw in one of its mirrors hobbles the orbiting Hubble telescope until 1993, at least, while the shuttle fleet is grounded by the second hydrogen leak in a month.

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BUSINESS: Will Bush’s summit get any work done?

World leaders will gather in Houston for rodeos and barbecues, but what the meeting needs is a bolder economic agenda. — Bankers put Donald Trump on an allowance.

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LAW: The high court affirms the right to die, but . . .

In a landmark decision, the Justices set some conditions that will keep Nancy Cruzan and thousands of other comatose patients alive against their families’ wishes.

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RELIGION: Is Rome laying ground for heresy hunts?

The toughest Vatican decree on dissent in modern times warns theologians to be scrupulously loyal — or else. — Reform Judaism votes to accept gay rabbis.

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ENVIRONMENT: For once, the news is mostly good

An international ozone treaty grows stronger, Bush bans new offshore oil, and Sam Nunn wants the military in on environmental action. — A plan to save the spotted owl pleases no one.

6 Letters

10 Critics’ Voices

15 Grapevine

16 Nation

54 Milestones

64 Press

Cover: Illustration by Matt Mahurin