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?