Vol. 129 No. 9
NATION
American Notes DEATH PENALTY
A "Horrifying Lottery"
American Notes JUSTICE
From Airports To Courts
American Notes NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Color Scarlet
American Notes TRIALS
Twilight Zone: The Defense &
Big John
Drug tests for federal workers
Firing Is Hard to Do
Issues Of Law and Ethics
Letting The Cup Pass
Cuomo ends his Hamlet-like consideration of a presidential bid
Tacking Further to the Right
In a strategy switch, Kemp talks tougher on foreign policy
The Presidency
The Thousand and One Arrows
Tower Of Judgment
Investigators uncover some wild NSC deeds
Wayward Ship
How North & Co. operated
WORLD
A Party to Remember
Canada
How to Track a Plummeting Star Surrounded by scandal, Mulroney hangs on for his political life
Ireland Hollow Victory
An election without a winner
Israel Trial by Bitter Recollection
The horrors of Treblinka come back to life in Jerusalem
Lebanon Bloody Battle for West Beirut
As rival militias clash, Syria moves to restore order
South Africa
The Red and the Black Questions about a Communist role in the liberation movement
Soviet Union
Wooing The West Gorbachev uses glitz to push glasnost
What Really Happened in Alma-Ata
A visit to the scene of last year's minority riots in Kazakhstan
World Notes BRITAIN
Tiny 1 BR, Sliver Vu
World Notes LIBYA
Try This for TV Violence?
World Notes POLAND
Let the Vodka Flow Freely
World Notes VIET NAM
Who's Minding The Store?
World Notes WEST GERMANY
Ayatullah You, NO Panties
SCIENCE
Genetic Clues
A DNA test for Alzheimer's
Superconductivity Heats Up
Breakthroughs in transmitting electricity without energy loss
Trouble Ahead for the Canal?
(Environment)
Deforestation in Panama may bring on a water shortage
SOCIETY
In New Mexico: Visions Along the Amtrak Line
(American Scene)
Putting Aids to The Test
(Ethics)
Tough questions about the merits of mass screening
They All Have High Hopes
(Behavior)
A unique school develops the gifts of the mentally impaired
RELIGION
Hour Of Decision for Women Priests
The Church of England considers the ordination of females
SPORT
Making
Its Points, the Hard Way Dealt a difficult hand, Las Vegas draws from the discards
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time
(Contents)
Magazine Contents page MARCH 2, 1987 Vol. 129 No. 9
Time
(Masthead)
Magazine masthead page MARCH 2, 1987 Vol. 129 No. 9
BUSINESS
A Wordsmith Pure and Simple
(Economy & Business)
Personal writers carve a niche
Blast-Off For Profits
(Economy & Business)
A new roster of space racers line up to launch the world's satellites
Business Notes AIRPLANES
(Economy & Business)
Royal Fete For a Eurojet
Business Notes AUTOS
(Economy & Business)
Ford's Vroom At the Top
Business Notes LABOR
(Economy & Business)
Next a Valet With Each Job?
Business Notes MONEY
(Economy & Business)
Bucking Up The Dollar
Business Notes SERVICES
(Economy & Business)
My Beautiful Laundry Ride
Fighting Off the Suitcase Brigade
(Economy & Business)
American chipmakers call for a crackdown on Japanese dumping
From Pinstripes to Prison Stripes
(Economy & Business)
As the Feds round up the bad apples, the market flourishes
No More Blood in the Stone
(Economy & Business)
Brazil will halt interest payments on its $108 billion in loans
Snap It, Scrap It
(Economy & Business)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bette Steals Hollywood
(Show Business / Cover Story)
The Divine Miss M is a movie star at last
Don't Put Your Drama Onscreen
(Cinema)
Three recent plays get torpedoed on their way to the movies
New Discs Offer Sound Trips
(Music)
Classical and rock, from Salzburg to New Orleans
Self-Indulgences Idols of Perversity
(Books)
by Bram Dijkstra Oxford; 453 pages; $37.95
The Gift of a Second Life THE ENIGMA OF ARRIVAL
(Books)
by V.S. Naipaul; Knopf; 368 pages; $17.95
West Meets East IRON AND SILK
(Books)
by Mark Salzman Random House; 211 pages; $16.95
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From the Publisher
(A Letter From The Publisher)
ESSAY
Should the U.S. Support the Contras?