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Norplant, approved in December of 1990, has quickly become a popular form of birth control among humans as well. Only 100,000 women had the surgically implanted contraceptive inserted last year, but today the Norplant users total over 500,000--not including beavers and skunks. Norplant is highly effective, cheap...

Author: By Allen C. Soong, | Title: The Use and Abuse of Norplant | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

They call it cyberpunk, a late-20th century term pieced together from CYBERNETICS (the science of communication and control theory) and PUNK (an antisocial rebel or hoodlum). Within this odd pairing lurks the essence of cyberpunk culture. It's a way of looking at the world that combines an infatuation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberpunk! | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

For gay men and lesbians, military service means a life of unflagging vigilance and tactical deception. The adversary they fear most does not speak a foreign tongue. Rather, the enemy lies as close as the next bunk. At military bases across the country, homosexuals describe an existence that at best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: Sex, Lies and the Military | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

For the Senator from New York, a giant intellect who has succeeded Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen as chairman of the powerful Finance Committee, these few whispered words are a warning shot at least the equal of the spontaneous outpouring of public outrage that doomed Zoe Baird last week. Finance's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Still Waiting for Bill's Call | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

ART: Betsy Brecht, Robert C. Raines (Senior Associate Directors); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Thomas M. Miller, Billy Powers, Ina Saltz, (Associate Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); David Drapkin, Leah M. Purcell (Designers); John P. Dowd (Traffic) Maps and Charts: Joe Lertola (Associate Graphics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

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