Vol. 129 No. 5

NATION

A Latter-Day Forger
The author of faked Mormon papers pleads guilty to murder

A Shield Against Arms Control
Weinberger calls for an early deployment of SDI

American Notes AVIATION
A Rash of Collisions

American Notes CALIFORNIA
And Baby Makes Two

American Notes CONVENTION SITES
"Hostage" to $50 Million

American Notes NEW MEXICO
Taking It Off Together

American Notes OREGON
A Blast from The Past

Attitudes In
Black and White

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Cold Turkey
A ban on smoking -- at home

Double-Dealing Over Iran
CIA squabbling may have led to the arms-for-hostages scandal

Flocking Together on Trade
Congress and Reagan move toward a bill on "competitiveness"

Jess And Les
And the stress on seniority

Racism On The Rise
From Howard Beach to Forsyth County

Slow Descent into Hell

WORLD

China
A Crackdown Campaign Goes On Peking purges liberals and slows economic reforms

Soviet Union Siren Songs from Moscow
Exiled artists receive an offer that may be hard to refuse

Terrorism
A Frenzy of Hostage Taking Eight are kidnaped in Beirut after a hijack suspect's arrest

The Gulf
The Long Siege of Basra Iraqi defenders stall an Iranian assault on a strategic city

The Philippines Death In Manila
A shooting leaves Aquino in trouble

Thinking About Home

World Notes IRELAND
Deciding To Split

World Notes ITALY
Supper Hours Are Ending

World Notes SOUTH KOREA
Admission Of Torture

World Notes THAILAND
A Rite of Forgiveness

World Notes YUGOSLAVIA
Bon Voyage To an Old Rebel

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Ads That Shatter an Old Taboo (Health & Fitness)
Fear over AIDS puts condom commercials on TV

Campaigns (Health & Fitness)
Round the World

SOCIETY

Fateful Decisions on Treating AIDS (Ethics)
New drugs and future vaccines confront doctors with tough choices

TECHNOLOGY

The Wall Comes Tumbling Down (Computers)
Apple and IBM reach for common ground

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time (Contents)
Magazine Contents page FEBRUARY 2, 1987 Vol. 129 No. 5

Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead FEBRUARY 2, 1987 Vol. 129 No. 5

BUSINESS

Business Notes CREDIT CARDS (Economy & Business)
Robin Hood To the Rescue

Business Notes DEALS (Economy & Business)
Hanging In There -- Barely

Business Notes FINANCE (Economy & Business)
A Tale of Two Cities

Business Notes LABOR (Economy & Business)
The Fighters Call It Quits

Business Notes ROCKETS (Economy & Business)
Boost for a Space Racer

Cover Stories (Economy & Business)
A Homecoming Lament

Cover Stories (Economy & Business)
Accountants to Zoologists

Cover Stories: Pul-eeze! Will Somebody Help Me? (Economy & Business)
Frustrated American consumers wonder where the service went

Cover Stories: Where the Customer Is Still King (Economy & Business)
A gallery of U.S. companies that prosper by aiming to please

That Crazy Stock Market (Economy & Business)
As the economy weakens, Wall Street has its wildest swing ever

LAW

Considering The Alternatives
Crowded prisons spark less confining punishments

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Another (Art)
Temple For Modernism The Met's 20th century wing

Books (Books)

Coming (Books)
Up from Down Under THE FATAL SHORE by Robert Hughes; Knopf; 688 pages; $24.95

Dream Machine RADIO DAYS Directed and Written by Woody Allen (Cinema)

Femmeraderie Outrageous Fortune (Cinema)
Directed by Arthur Hiller Screenplay by Leslie Dixon

Peter (Dance)
Martins' Little Nothings Young talent at City Ballet

The Groove Carries On (Music)

To (Books)
Have and Have More THE PANIC OF '89 by Paul Erdman; Doubleday; 304 pages; $17.95

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