Vol. 130 No. 8
NATION
Mountainside Tragedy
American Notes BIOTECHNOLOGY
The Renegade Researcher
American Notes CHUTZPAH
Whose Fault Is It Anyway?
American Notes NEW YORK
Rotten Apples Upstate Too
American Notes POLITICS
A Woman's Place
Defining The Real Robert Bork
Battle lines are drawn over the Supreme Court nominee
Down And Out And No Place to Go
The dashed dreams of one Newark family
Lethal Doses
Police probe 34 deaths
Life And Death With the Gangs
Michael was a home boy; Kellie dreamed of modeling . . .
Never Give Up
Reagan is apologetic, but still defiant
Spilled Beans
A defector bares Cuban secrets
The Ghetto: From Bad to Worse
The wounds of the 1967 riots still fester
WORLD
Are the Peacemakers The battle over two accords spreads confusion and anger
Meanwhile, In El Salvador . . .
Duarte hopes the proposal will repair his tattered image
South Africa Trouble from Belowground
Nearly 300,000 miners walk up from the job
South Korea Out on the Street
More strikes for more pay
The Gulf Here a Mine, There a Mine
Khomeini sows more mischief in the sea
Who Needs the Gulf, Anyway?
World Notes BRITAIN
No More "Dead Afternoons"
World Notes CHAD
Libya Suffers Another Hit
World Notes ESPIONAGE
Feet Across The Border
World Notes REFUGEES
The Journey Without End
World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
Take Your Seat, Please
SCIENCE
Stalagmites And Stunning Vistas (Environment)
Great Basin is Nevada's majestic new national park
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Researchers zero in on the genetic causes of colon cancer
SOCIETY
Battling Over Birth Policy (Ethics)
Is it racist to urge the West to have more babies?
In Missouri: Outdoor Work, Very Heavy Lifting (American Scene)
Paradise, Down Mexico Way (Living)
Americans who settle near Lake Chapala find the sweet life
SPORT
Unkindest cuts of all
Heavy Harps and Pan Am Heroes
The western hemisphere rehearses for the next Olympics
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 130 No. 8
Time Magazine Masthead August 24, 1987 (Masthead)
Vol. 130 No. 8
BUSINESS
The bull market celebrates No. 5 with a new rampage
Business Notes CONTRACTS (Economy & Business)
Blow to the Bottom Line
Business Notes MERGERS (Economy & Business)
Hooking Up the High Voltage
Business Notes PUBLISHING (Economy & Business)
Family Feud At Penthouse
Business Notes SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS (Economy & Business)
Callin' 'Em Like He Sees 'Em
Business Notes TAXES (Economy & Business)
New Ways to Cause Grief
Buying Into the Big Time (Economy & Business)
A tycoon reaches the top
From Boom to Doom? (Economy & Business)
Questions About Eastern (Economy & Business)
Employees charge that the airline is careless with maintenance
Turning Off RKO's Licenses (Economy & Business)
A harsh ruling from the FCC
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Sensational Steve Martin shines as the '80s' top comic actor (Show Business / Cover Stories)
Deep City Blues in New Orleans THE BIG EASY (Cinema)
Directed by Jim McBride; screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr.
In Praise of the Goddess (Dance)
Pele Hula flourishes in a Hawaiian cultural revival
Out of The Wall's Shadow (Art)
MOMA surveys the rebirth of modernism in postwar Berlin
Sitting Duck PATRIOT GAMES (Books)
by Tom Clancy Putnam; 540 pages; $19.95
Stand-Up Comedy On a Roll (Show Business)
A thriving club scene primes stars of the future
The Man Who Writes with His Feet THE SONGLINES (Books)
by Bruce Chatwin; Viking; 293 pages; $18.95