Table of ContentsAmerican Notes POPULATION 250 Million And Counting American Notes MISSOURI To Die with Dignity In One Ear, in the OtherAmerican Notes CRIME Echoes of the Sound Track THE SLEEP GAP Can't We Talk This Over? Therapists encourage troubled couples to stay togetherCity on the Brink Squeezed by budgetary woes and urban ailments, Philadelphia teeters on the edge of bankruptcyMadonna Justifying Herself Rushes Scrambling for a Seat After winning a landmark voting-rights case, Hispanic candidates squabble over a new and powerful postTick, Tick, Tick As the U.N. deadline for Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait nears, George Bush seeks to convince Saddam Hussein that his time is running outHealth-Care Crisis Kid Power Conquers Hollywood A spate of juvenile movies draws crowds of all ages -- and shows just who is the boss at the box officeWhat Women Really Want Personal Touch The notes look handwritten, but a computer did the work ISRAEL Farewell to Moderation As Islamic fundamentalists take charge of the Palestinian uprising, the Israelis resort to ever harsher countermeasuresTIME magazine contents page Vol. 137, No. 1 JANUARY 7, 1991 ROMANIA If At First You Don't Succeed . . . One year after the revolt that toppled Ceausescu, many Romanians feel the country needs a second revolutionYUGOSLAVIA Saying Yes to Independence A stunning landslide vote in Slovenia brings the breakup of a European nation one more step closerYanayev: A Man for Other Seasons SOVIET UNION A Slippery Slope Buffeted on all sides, Gorbachev consolidates his powers to save the union --even if it means becoming the dictator Shevardnadze warned aboutAmerican Notes COLORADO Pure as Driven Sewage AT HOME: NO VISION A Case of Doing Nothing Bush's feckless approach to America's ills is no accident, but a conscious strategy for defending the status quoWorld Notes SURINAME A Christmas Eve Coup Riding Out The Storm The recession will stagger many industries, but some may do fine. Here is a forecast of winners and losers.A Tale of Two Bushes One finds a vision on the global stage; the other still displays none at homeIN THE GULF: BOLD VISION ''What If We Do Nothing?'' By moving decisively to blunt Iraq's aggression, Bush begins to shape a brave new world orderFallen Emperors of the Air They once ruled the skies, but now they skirt bankruptcy. What went wrong with the globe-girdling giants TWA and Pan Am?World Notes PHILIPPINES A Big-Bucks Verdict World Notes CHINA Groping for a Consensus World Notes THE VATICAN Was Isabella Good Enough? TIME magazine masthead Vol. 137, No. 1 JANUARY 7, 1991 World Notes ISLAM No Mercy for Rushdie AMERICA ABROAD Best of Times, Worst of TimesBusiness Notes COMPUTERS Safer by The Screen Wanna Be . . . or Wanna Not Be?THEY ALSO MADE HISTORY MANDELA A famous prisoner is freed at last, and hope dawns for the futureSpin-DriedTHEY ALSO MADE HISTORY YELTSIN This onetime comrade is setting the agenda for his whole countryTHEY ALSO MADE HISTORY A quartet of men who surprised -- and even shocked -- the world SADDAM Desert thug he may be, but Iraq's leader possesses an ugly finesseBusiness Notes BOYCOTTS Balloons Of Doom THEY ALSO MADE HISTORY KOHL Seizing the moment, he overcame all obstacles and remade GermanyBusiness Notes AGRICULTURE Frostbite In the Groves Business Notes SPORTING GOODS Hot Shoes For Cold Days Determined To Do What Is Right The President says that in domestic policy, unlike foreign affairs, little can be achieved without first beating down the Democrats
