Time Magazine Contents Page September 23, 1985 Vol. 126 No. 12

COVER: A new revolution puts Deng 42

and 1 billion Chinese to the test

As perhaps befits a nation that is both the world' s most populous and one of its least developed, China is reaching in paradoxical

directions to shape its future. Leader Deng Xiaoping, 81, is eager

to promote more young and better- educated leaders, while

employing the lure of material wealth to build his country into a true world power. See WORLD.

NATION: As AIDS spreads, the 24

concern begins to verge on hysteria

A raucous school boycott in New York City reflects the nationwide fear of the fatal disease. The medical facts are far less frightening than the myths. Reagan pre- empts Congress with compromises on South Africa and protectionism. Inside the three legs of the strategic Triad. Test of a satellite killer. Neo- Nazis go on trial in Seattle. Farm Aid: a benefit concert is planned.

SPORT: In baseball' s time of need, 60

Pete Rose comes through with 4,192

On a crisp single to the opposite field, his trademark for 23 summers, Rose displaces Ty Cobb as baseball' s most prolific hitter. The long- awaited drama has an unexpected poignancy, with the great Cincinnati roughneck in tears amid a sea of cheers. Others still weep for the sport. At the Pittsburgh drug trial, no name is inviolate, not even Willie Mays'.

36

World

South Africa reconsiders citizenship and pass laws. A KGB official defects, and Britain expels 25 Soviets. A Thai coup foiled.

72

Economy & Business

TIME' s economists say events abroad will determine U. S. growth. Soviet ships sail into cruise and cargo markets. Gucci vs. Gucci.

58

Science

A silver tray and bottles of Bordeaux are among the vivid images

of disaster brought

back by the Titanic

expedition.

79

Books

Common Ground explores the sad, violent history of busing in Boston. The broken promises of Armistice Day, 1918, are recalled.

59

Space

An interstellar coup: ice, a modest, almost archaic U. S. spacecraft, becomes the first man- made object to encounter a comet.

88

Video

Anthology shows are challenging TV' s old formulas as the networks launch a new season. The old formulas are back too.

67

Religion

The Episcopal Church picks a liberal bishop from Hawaii as its

leader. A new column appears under the Pope' s by- line.

92

Essay

Many Americans are developing a plague mentality about AIDS. The killer virus enforces divisions between "us" and "them."

8 Letters

20 American Scene

70 Press

70 Milestones

71 Medicine

85 People

91 Cinema

Cover:

Painting by

Birney Lettick