Vol. 130 No. 21

NATION

American Notes ILLINOIS
Homicide on The Highway

American Notes MARYLAND
A New Verdict For Mandel

American Notes MEMORIALS
The Wall's Mistaken Men

American Notes THE MILITARY
John Ledoux's Better Idea

American Notes WASHINGTON
The Summit Is Out of Bounds

Campaign Journal "I Can't Take Another Day"

Campaign Journal
Planning a Secret-Poll Scam

Down And Out -- but Determined
Does a mentally disturbed woman have the right to be homeless?

Far More Judicious
In Round 3, Anthony Kennedy offers pragmatic conservatism

No Entry
The embassy spy case fizzles

Putting The Presidency Back to Work

The Drug War Bogs Down
A year after the uproar over cocaine, the crisis has grown worse

The Judge Next Door

The Presidency
Coping with Washington

Where The Buck Finally Stops
The Iran-contra committees lay the blame on the President

WORLD

Central America The Wright Stuff
A self-made diplomat brokers a cease-fire offer with Ortega

Driver, Spare That Hedgehog

Grenada One U.S. Invasion Later . . .
The T-shirt business is off, but the airport is a dandy

Soviet Union "I Am Very Guilty"
In an amazing disgrace, a Gorbachev protege is fired

The Middle East A Radical Returns to the Ranks
At last Syria joins the Arab world in condemning Iran

The Philippines Praying For Time
As intrigue and chaos grow, can Cory be saved?

Uganda Goodbye, Mama Alice
A priestess discovers that oil and bullets don't mix

World Notes BANGLADESH
Two Women Against Ershad

World Notes BRITAIN
Finally, Remembrance

World Notes ITALY
A Sleuth Among Youth

World Notes MEXICO
Death in the Fast Lane

World Notes PAGEANTS
Not So High on The Thigh

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Go-Ahead for A Wonder Drug (Medicine)

The Battle of the Lipoproteins (Medicine)
One type of cholesterol may lower the risk of heart disease

SOCIETY

Give Me Your Wretched Refuse (Living)
Volunteers and vagrants alike make can picking a big business

In Kansas: Echoing Hoofbeats (American Scene)

STYLE & DESIGN

Spiffing Up The Urban Heritage (Design)
After years of neglect, Americans lavish love and sweat on old downtowns

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page NOVEMBER 23, 1987 Vol. 130 No. 21

Time (Masthead)
Magazine NOVEMBER 23, 1987 Vol. 130 No. 21

BUSINESS

Business Notes BANKING (Economy & Business)
Of Furs and Feminists

Business Notes COLLECTIBLES (Economy & Business)
Going, Going, Van Gone

Business Notes INVESTORS (Economy & Business)
I Just Called To Say "Help!"

Business Notes JOINT VENTURES (Economy & Business)
Glasnost Makes a Deal

Business Notes RETAILING (Economy & Business)
A Parisian In Denver

Is This Any Way to Run an Airline? (Economy & Business)
New layoffs at Texas Air threaten to worsen flagging morale

Lorenzo: In the Cockpit (Economy & Business)

Mopping Up the PCB Mess (Economy & Business)
A pipeline company must come up with a $400 million solution

The Knife Must Fall (Economy & Business)
While the trade outlook improves, the summiteers face a budget deadline

EDUCATION

Raiders in The Groves of Academe
With bucks and boons, universities hijack rival faculty stars

Which System Is the Worst?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Life of Fade-Outs and Fade-Ins TIMEBENDS (Books)
by Arthur Miller; Grove; 614 pages; $24.95

A Symbol Takes the Stage (Music)
Soviet Pianist Vladimir Feltsman makes his U.S. debut

Books (Books)

Damned Gifts MANIC POWER: ROBERT LOWELL AND HIS CIRCLE by Jeffrey Meyers Arbor House; 228 pages; $17.95 (Books)

Free Fall Through History THE LAST EMPEROR (Cinema)
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci Screenplay by Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci

Ingenuousness And Genius BREAKING THE CODE (Theater)
by Hugh Whitemore

Jigsaws Life: a User's Manual (Books)
by Georges Perec Translated by David Bellos Godine; 581 pages; $24.95

Off The Cliff HOUSEKEEPING (Cinema)
Directed and Written by Bill Forsyth

Rabbi's Son Makes Good (Show Business)
Two decades of obscurity, and now Jackie Mason is a superstar

PEOPLE

The Lucky Gambler (Profile)
Sir James Goldsmith Is a Billionaire Buccaneer (Yes, Even After the Crash) Who Loves Luxury Almost As Much As He Relishes Lecturing the World About Its Business

TO OUR READERS

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

ESSAY

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