Vol. 131 No. 5

NATION

A Declaration on Independents
An appeals court invalidates the special-prosecutor law

American Notes ARMY
Flunked Out In Hazing

American Notes DRUGS
Criminals Just Say Yes

American Notes EXILES
The Deejay Defector

American Notes
KENTUCKY Assault on Indian Graves

American Notes
TEXAS Refighting The Alamo

Campaign Journal "The One Who Can't Win"
Hart's problems proliferate

Campaign Journal
Jack the Unlikely Ripper Kemp plays hardball

On The Grapevine

Playing Populist Chords

Putting Schedule over Safety
Despite Challenger, the shuttle program ignores whistle-blowers

Taking A Scalpel to the Deficit
Could a line-item veto reduce federal spending?

The Return of the Patriarch !
A clan of messianic polygamists sparks a police siege

Yes, There Are Issues
For candidates, budget realism is the new litmus test

WORLD

Afghanistan Rebuff from the Rebels
A mujahedin leader casts doubt on a compromise deal

Central America Contra Countdown
Ortega and Reagan duel as Congress prepares to vote on aid

Diplomacy Growing Troubles for U.S. Bases |
High costs and inhospitable hosts hamper installations abroad

Haiti Junta's Choice?
Manigat paces the race

Islam's Voice in Gaza

Mozambique Agony on the African Coast
Famine and civil war grip a former Portuguese colony

Murders Most Foul

Panama Moving Against The General
Noriega rejects a U.S.-backed plan to make him step down

The Middle East Beatings in Place of Bullets
As Israel tries a new tack, negotiations stay on the back burner

World Notes ARGENTINA
No More Mr. Nice Guy

World Notes FAMINE
Hunger as A Weapon

World Notes HOSTAGES
Waiting Game For Waite

World Notes JAPAN
Censoring the Emperor

World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
A Mixed Win For Cory

SCIENCE

A Switch In Time (Space)

Back To Earth (Space)
Unscathed After 326 days in orbit, a Soviet cosmonaut says he feels no pain

HEALTH & MEDICINE

More Heartache (Medicine)
The trouble with pacemakers

SOCIETY

A Balancing Act of Life and Death (Ethics)
New uses of fetuses and brain-absent babies trouble doctors

When Women Vie with Women (Sexes)
The sisterhood finds rivalry and envy can be the price of success

Why Wait for a Man to Buy One? (Living)
More and younger women are spoiling themselves with furs

PRESS

A Game of Chicken in Detroit
Knight-Ridder threatens to close down a venerable paper

SPORT

A Tangle of Broncos and Redskins
The 22nd Super Bowl figures to go this way, that way and every which way

Of Mandingo and Jimmy "the Greek"

To The Finish "Someone eventually gets us"

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page February 1, 1988 (Contents)
Vol. 131 No. 5

Time Magazine Masthead February 1, 1988 (Masthead)
Vol. 131 No. 5

BUSINESS

Business Notes ACQUISITIONS (Economy & Business)
A Picture Perfect Rescue

Business Notes DISCRIMINATION (Economy & Business)
Like a Bad Neighbor

Business Notes MANAGEMENT (Economy & Business)
Fords for The Future

Business Notes PROFIT SHARING (Economy & Business)
Bonanza In Bayport

Business Notes PROMOTION (Economy & Business)
An Extra Dimension

Critical Condition (Economy & Business)
Defying all expectations, health costs continue to soar

I Came, I Saw, I Gained Control (Economy & Business)
Italy's De Benedetti stages a daring raid on Belgium Inc.

Mission: Just About Impossible (Economy & Business)
The Pentagon's new procurement czar looks for ways to save

Tales of The Flesh Trade (Economy & Business)
The East bloc reaps profits by selling its talent to the West

EDUCATION

An Alternative to Chaos

Classroom Disarmament

Getting Tough
New Jersey Principal Joe Clark kicks up a storm about discipline in city schools

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Last Chance for Lost Lives (Cinema)
Maggie Smith and Judy Davis spark a pair of lonely-gal dramas ,

Mad Monarch As Gang Lord (Cinema)

New Life at London's Old Vic (Theater)
Director Jonathan Miller embarks on a season of classics

The Many Guises of Mysteries (Books)
Crime fiction, from Golden Age to hard-boiled and beyond

TO OUR READERS

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

ESSAY

A Candidate with a Vision