Vol. 130 No. 3

NATION

A Mild Dose of Candor
Kitty Dukakis reveals a former drug dependency

American Notes IMMIGRATION
Nicaragua, Si; Salvador, No

American Notes NEW MEXICO
Independence Day Breakout

American Notes ORGANIZATIONS
Not for Men Only

American Notes POLITICS
Slow Shuffle For Bork

American Notes SCANDALS
Curtains for The Bond Affair

But Mike's Raking In Money

Assessing the Performance

Charging Up Capitol Hill
How Oliver North captured the imagination of America

Next, the Most Important Witness?
Poindexter cannot match North's theatrics, but his story will be crucial

Olliemania Breaks Out All Over
From pop tunes to prayerful vigils, America looks North

Sparring Partners

The "Fall Guy" Fights Back
North fingers his superiors -- but not the President

The Presidency
Yes, Reagan Was Watching

Who Knew What

Holes in A Spy Scandal
The Moscow embassy case has been a fiasco

The Kremlin's New Cards
With Reagan under siege, Moscow may target SDI again

WORLD

Case of the Severed Hands (Argentina)

Can't Stop Loving Him (Australia)

Defense What Price Sky-High Glory?
Israel's embattled Lavi warplane points up a global dilemma

Disasters Judgment at Chernobyl
Six defendants go on trial for causing a nuclear catastrophe

Silence Greets The Branches (Haiti)

IndiaHell on Wheels
Radical Sikhs kill 72 travelers

Noriega: "You Have to Live Here to Understand"

Panama The General Who Won't Go
The U.S. ponders how to handle a troublesome ally

Population
Baby No. 5 Billion

South Korea The Struggle Gains Its Martyr
A student protester dies, igniting new clashes with police

Syria
Opening the Road to Damascus Assad, ever the survivor, seems to soften his hard-line stance

The Gulf
Muscle Flexing, Bombs Away

The Philippines Please Speak into the Microphone
Marcos' bizarre plans for insurrection are uncovered

SCIENCE

Coming Back from the Brink (Environment)
Alligators and leopards are no longer seen as endangered

Waste Dump Wanted (Environment)

SOCIETY

In The Zone: The End of an American Enclave (American Scene)

Trapped Behind The Wheel (Living)
Clever commuters learn to live in the slow lane

PRESS

Newswatch
The Curse of Sound Bites

STYLE & DESIGN

The Conrans: A Genuine Dynasty (Design)
Shrewd marketing of tasteful products has built an empire

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time (Contents)
Magazine Contents Page JULY 20, 1987 Vol. 130 No. 3

Time (Masthead)
Magazine Masthead JULY 20, 1987 Vol. 130 No. 3

BUSINESS

Behind The Help-Wanted Signs (Economy & Business)
Teen unemployment totals 15.9%, yet many summer jobs go begging

Business Notes ARCHITECTURE (Economy & Business)
Leaning Tower Of Pizza

Business Notes AUTOS (Economy & Business)
Back-to-Back Black Eyes

Business Notes BIOTECHNOLOGY (Economy & Business)
Wrangle over Wonder Drugs

Business Notes DEALS (Economy & Business)
Keeping It All In the Family

Business Notes LAYOFFS (Economy & Business)
Barber, Can Ya Spare a Dime?

High Anxiety and Rage (Economy & Business)
Air passengers fume about lapses in safety and service

Madison Avenue's Big Latin Beat (Economy & Business)
More companies are turning to Spanish-language advertising

Ratings Brawl (Economy & Business)
Is Nielsen losing its grip?

Zzzz Best May Be ZZZZ (Economy & Business)
Worst Scandal and bankruptcy dethrone the carpet-cleaning king

LAW

Assault with A Deadly Virus
What should courts do when AIDS is allegedly used as a weapon?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Appendixitis Cultural Literacy (Books)
by E.D. Hirsch Jr. Houghton Mifflin; 251 pages; $16.95

Sinking Ship THE RAT by Gunter Grass (Books)
Translated by Ralph Manheim Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 371 pages; $17.95

So Long on Lonely Street (Music)
New records and hype commemorate a decade without Elvis

Time, Space and the Joy of Evil JEAN DE FLORETTE (Cinema)
Directed by Claude Berri Screenplay by Claude Berri and Gerard Brach

Who Killed Carolyn Polhemus? PRESUMED INNOCENT (Books)
by Scott Turow Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 431 pages; $18.95

MILESTONES

Milestones

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PEOPLE

In The Trenches of Wall Street

People

People

People

People

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Change In Seoul

Evocative Museum

Goetz Not Guilty

Stubborn Sparrow

Teaching The Beginnings

Volcano's Rebirth

Wobegon Goodbye