Vol. 131 No. 19
NATION
"The Plane Was Disintegrating"
A jet with its roof blown off makes a miracle landing
American Notes BRIDGES
Disasters in The Making?
American Notes CHARITY
The Milk of Kindness
American Notes IMMIGRATION
A Stampede To Stay
American Notes NAVY
Death on a Mimic Sub
American Notes WASHINGTON
Oliver North's Paper Chase
Beyond The Numbers
Bush's New Balancing Act
Can he move out of Reagan's oversize shadow?
Kids Who Sell Crack
The drug trade has become the nation's newest -- and most frightening -- job program
Is Nunn Really the One?
He is able and may be willing, but he carries some baggage
Memories of A Historic Ride
Muslims At The Mayfair
The Last Hero
Why Robert Kennedy's message of compassion still resonates in 1988
WORLD
Mitterrand and Chirac duel on in the shadow of Le Pen's success
Japan From the Land of The Rising Sum
Tokyo steps up its foreign aid
Middle East Who's Running the Insurrection?
Israel blames the P.L.O., but in fact the Palestinian rebellion is largely a local affair
Peru Behind Bars with the Senderistas
A nightmare tale of murder charges and secretive rebels
Poland Strike Two
The workers are restless again
South Korea The Opposition Gets Its Day
A surprise election result opens an era of split rule
World Notes CANADA
Taking a Dive For a Friend
World Notes PANAMA
Dealing with The General
World Notes SOVIET UNION
More Heat At Chernobyl
World Notes THE GULF
So Much for Neighborliness
World Notes WEST GERMANY
Hitler's Hit Parade
SCIENCE
Fresh charges that industrial emissions are killing off ocean life
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Amid extraordinary bounty, Seattle chefs come of age
SOCIETY
The glitzy auction was Andy Warhol's kind of show
In Texas: Easygoing on the Border (American Scene)
PRESS
ABC's Nightline plays diplomat and journalist in Israel
Punishment
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 131 No. 19
Time Magazine Masthead May 9, 1988 (Masthead)
Vol. 131 No. 19
BUSINESS
The Rising Price of Ice
Business Notes MONEY MANAGEMENT (Economy & Business)
A $5 Million Class Project
Business Notes MORTGAGES (Economy & Business)
Charging Right In the Door
Business Notes PHILANTHROPY (Economy & Business)
Packard's Big Giveaway
Business Notes TAKEOVERS (Economy & Business)
Britain's Chocolate War
How To Tackle Japan Inc. (Economy & Business)
Losing Ground (Economy & Business)
The White House and Congress fumble efforts to fashion a trade policy
Silent Witness On the Hill (Economy & Business)
The junk-bond czar clams up
Strange Bedfellows in Vienna (Economy & Business)
OPEC finds new friends who also want to raise prices
You're Foreclosing? I'm Suing! (Economy & Business)
Borrowers are fighting bankers who use heavy-handed tactics
EDUCATION
Criticism greets a tough report on progress in U.S. classrooms
LAW
The Justices decide to reconsider a major civil rights ruling
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Eclectic is the word for the City Ballet's big celebration
A Testament To Civility NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS (Books)
by Richard Wilbur Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 393 pages; $27.95
Bold Gambit by a Grand Master CHESS (Theater)
Music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus; Lyrics by Tim Rice Book by Richard Nelson
Incaution on A Grand Scale ELIA KAZAN: A LIFE (Books)
by Elia Kazan; Knopf; 848 pages; $24.95
Nix On Mix Pix SUNSET (Cinema)
Directed and Written by Blake Edwards
Seeing Gauguin Whole at Last (Art)
A masterly exhibition corrects myths and moonshine about the pioneering painter
The Angel Who Fell to Earth WINGS OF DESIRE (Cinema)
Directed by Wim Wenders Screenplay by Wim Wenders and Peter Handke