The Economist (US) back issues from August 1989:
Whoso sheddeth blood. (killing of hostage William Higgins in Lebanon) (editorial)
Aug 05, 1989
Poland in mid-leap; arms and legs flying wildly, as you would expect. (editorial)
Aug 05, 1989
Tough at the top; company directors do deserve high pay raises - sometimes. (editorial)
Aug 05, 1989
Herr Hare; don't be fooled by West Germany's surprisingly rapid economic growth. (editorial)
Aug 05, 1989
When dockers knuckle down; Britain's trade-union solidarity has been broken, at least in industries that are kept competitive. (editorial)
Aug 05, 1989
A time to die; immortality is a bad thing; there are nobler aims for medicine. (editorial)
Aug 05, 1989
Learning to live in the market; as state subsidies grow tighter, Europe's art festivals are having to rely on business sponsorship and their own marketing skills. (The Festival Business)
Aug 05, 1989
Obscenity or censorship? (Senator Jesse Helms puts forth amendment to prevent federal financing of 'obscene and indecent art')
Aug 05, 1989
Congress shall make.... (amending the Constitution )
Aug 05, 1989
Passing the buck. (the states)
Aug 05, 1989
Battle at Smyrna. (trade unions)
Aug 05, 1989
Blacks in their place. (Americans' resistance to Black America)
Aug 05, 1989
By the colour of his skin. (civil rights)
Aug 05, 1989
A tall tale. (the Sears Tower)
Aug 05, 1989
Right, left. (abortion issue)
Aug 05, 1989
Just a diet soda, please. (Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission says money is owed to it in taxes on drink and food served by Republic Airlines)
Aug 05, 1989
Missing Americans. (the census)
Aug 05, 1989
A glow of Cambodian hope. (Asia)
Aug 05, 1989
What about Kaifu? (Japan; Toshiki Kaifu)
Aug 05, 1989
Time for tea. (Sri Lanka)
Aug 05, 1989
The art of conceding. (America and South Korea)
Aug 05, 1989
Hello, is that the king? (relations between Nepal and India)
Aug 05, 1989
Ignorance is bliss. (China)
Aug 05, 1989
Unpalatable truths. (Afghanistan)
Aug 05, 1989
Israel's kidnap caper. (kidnapping of Abdul Karim Obeid)
Aug 05, 1989
America plays for time. (hostages in Lebanon)
Aug 05, 1989
The skewering of Rafsanjani. (Iran; Ali Akbar Rafsanjani)
Aug 05, 1989
Lebanon's slide. (hostage situation)
Aug 05, 1989
Bacher's raid. (cricket; Ali Bacher)
Aug 05, 1989
Reading the body language. (Britain and Argentina)
Aug 05, 1989
Fidel's long goodbye. (Fidel Castro's charm is fading)
Aug 05, 1989
Voting practices. (Chile)
Aug 05, 1989
The party loses its grip. (Soviet Communist Party)
Aug 05, 1989
Crisis in computer capitalism. (computer sales in Russia)
Aug 05, 1989
Gang of three. (politics in Poland)
Aug 05, 1989
The curtain rises. (the European Commission and Eastern Europe)
Aug 05, 1989
Peloothered on words. (Hiberno-English in Ireland)
Aug 05, 1989
Docklands bluff. (negotiations between Olympia & York, Department of Transport over extension of London Underground's Jubilee Line)
Aug 05, 1989
Oxford's riposte: our response. (Oxford University's finances)
Aug 05, 1989
Odd Todd. (Ron Todd; London dockworkers strike)
Aug 05, 1989
Howard's dowry. (Michael Howard; water privatization)
Aug 05, 1989
Astride her trolley. (Lady Porter, right-wing leader of Westminster Council)
Aug 05, 1989
Right climate for change. (dairy farming)
Aug 05, 1989
Dow draws its matrix again - and again, and again.... (Dow Chemical and matrix management) (company profile)
Aug 05, 1989
Proteus observed. (search for the best form of business organization)
Aug 05, 1989
The business cycle gets a puncture; the world economy is now in its seventh year of growth, with few signs of a real recession ahead. Is the business cycle dead? (Economics Focus)
Aug 05, 1989
Willie Wonka wages war. (Jacobs Suchard, coffee and chocolate company determined to be market giant)
Aug 05, 1989
Love potion no. 9. (drug company mergers)
Aug 05, 1989
Freeing Ma Bell. (electronic publishing)
Aug 05, 1989
A licence to print, or lose, money? (cable television in Hongkong)
Aug 05, 1989
Wall of death. (Japanese fishermen catching more than their share of fish)
Aug 05, 1989
Tackling the future. (National Football League)
Aug 05, 1989
Jumboski. (Russian airliners advances)
Aug 05, 1989
Whooooooosh. (Moller International's new four-person verticle-take-off-and-landing aircraft)
Aug 05, 1989
Taking a shine to Japan's commodities markets. (Finance)
Aug 05, 1989
The touchables. (Chicago's futures markets)
Aug 05, 1989
Of high-yield bondage; high-yielding government bonds can be good investments. (Market Focus)
Aug 05, 1989
Rumours as usual. (Tokyo stock market)
Aug 05, 1989
Lines a-buzzin'. (Nippon Telephone and Telegraph securities recover)
Aug 05, 1989
Death of a sales-pitch. (British life assurance)
Aug 05, 1989
A few more laps to go. (Barclays de Zoete Wedd) (company profile)
Aug 05, 1989
The enemy with a thousand faces. (cancer)
Aug 05, 1989
A basilica for Africa? (Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro) (Books and Arts)
Aug 05, 1989
1: the last reel turns. (Chinese motion picture industry) (Books and Arts; Three Chinese Laments)
Aug 05, 1989
2: nine songs in Manhattan. (Books and Arts; Three Chinese Laments)
Aug 05, 1989