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Barbie, who grew up in Trier, a small town in Germany, and dreamed of becoming a minister, first arrived in Lyons at the age of 28. He was assigned the task of fighting the Resistance and getting rid of the Jews. The young, dedicated Nazi excelled at his job. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Was He Normal? Human? Poor Humanity | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

After last week's actions, experts from both sides were saying that some individual cases can still be won on appeal, but no other broad-based challenge is likely soon. The court has agreed to decide whether the death penalty can be applied against juveniles, but only about 33 prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Clearing A Path to the Chair | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Those pronouncements sounded like little more than empty rhetoric until, under great pressure from both the black majority and the outside world, Botha in that same year grudgingly drew up a list of what he called reforms. Some were of considerable significance, though they consisted mainly of canceling a few...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: United No More | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

But elsewhere, Updike displays the shapeliness and poetic perception that make him a master of this demanding form. More Stately Mansions is balanced on two provocative images, a cross section of a nautilus shell and a big Victorian house, "with all its rooms and this naked freckled woman waiting in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Punch Lines TRUST ME | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Immediately after reading his decision, Sorkow called the Sterns into his chambers and to their surprise proceeded to the adoption by which Dr. Stern was named the baby's legal mother. Four days after her first birthday, Baby M. got the belated gift of a new name on her birth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: In The Best Interests of a Child | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

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