Vol. 131 No. 23
NATION
Industrial wastes spark a war between two states
American Notes DRUGS
Well, Maybe Just a Little
American Notes HEALTH
Rx for Catastrophe
American Notes JUSTICE
Inconceivable Sentence
American Notes MILITARY
Up, Up and Away
American Notes NOSTALGIA
A Real Senior Prom
From Hubris to Humiliation
The U.S. failure in Panama stems from backbiting, bluster and gross miscalculation
How Money Talks On Capitol Hill
Jesse's Sideshow
Plus Ca Change
Soviet-American relations stay the same, even under Reagan
The Grail of the Golden State
As the primary season ends, Bush and Dukakis rehearse for the general election
The Lonely World of a Refusenik
Vera Zieman lives in limbo -- and looks to the U.S. for help
The Speaker's Wrong Stuff
Jim Wright is hit with ethics charges
WORLD
Educated, attractive and opinionated, Mikhail Gorbachev's closest adviser is a one-woman revolution
Heroines Of Soviet Labor
Equal under the law and ubiquitous in the workplace, women nonetheless face a hard life in a society dominated by men. Yet help may be on the way
Hungary The New Reality
Grosz faces the need for change
Lebanon Clever Are the Peacekeepers
Assad widens his role in Beirut, raising hopes for the hostages
War And Peace
When she discovered that TIME was preparing a story on contemporary Soviet women, Raisa Gorbachev sent this unsolicited message:
World Notes BRITAIN
Not the Six O'Clock News
World Notes HOSTAGES
Out in the Cold Once Again
World Notes SOUTH AFRICA
Color-Blind Justice
World Notes VIET NAM
Ending an Entanglement
SCIENCE
A modest Gorbachev proposal gets an ambivalent U.S. reception
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Americans are turning on to Australia's fruity wines
Comeback of A Contraceptive (Medicine)
The centuries-old cervical cap finally wins FDA approval
Got That Stuffy, Run-Down Feeling? (Health & Fitness)
It may be that you are a victim of sick-building syndrome
SOCIETY
Rise of The American Oddball (Behavior)
U.S. eccentrics are kinder and less sarcastic than the British sort
The Irresistible Lure Of Grabbing Air (Living)
Skateboarding, once a fad, is now a national turn-on
PRESS
U.S. broadcast news extends its reach to dozens of countries
TV Turnabout
SPORT
They seem to lie in randomness and the mystery of human affairs
TECHNOLOGY
The Fish Don't Stand a Chance
New equipment takes some of the guesswork out of angling
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
Taking advantage of the anemic dollar, foreign visitors stream into the U.S.
Building A Bridge for Free Trade (Economy & Business)
Congress and Canada's Parliament wrestle over the blueprints
Business Notes AUTOS (Economy & Business)
Too Fast For Comfort
Business Notes CRIME (Economy & Business)
Stealing from The Dead
Business Notes GIMMICKS (Economy & Business)
Swim the Friendly Skies
Business Notes INNOVATIONS (Economy & Business)
Buoy Wonder Makes Waves
Business Notes TELEVISION (Economy & Business)
For Gold Or for Broke?
Stolen On The Range (Economy & Business)
The Old West may be gone, but cattle rustlers still flourish
The $5 Billion Nuclear Waste (Economy & Business)
Shoreham will be torn down
EDUCATION
Princeton jail terms fuel a debate on college boozing
When Schools Become Jungles
New Jersey moves to take over a failing urban system
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Catching The Sweet, Scary Feelings (Music)
Toni Childs makes a debut with the shock of sudden intimacy
Clint, Brits And Kids at Cannes (Show Business)
The Riviera festival may be an art form in itself
Little Boy Lost and Found BIG (Cinema)
Directed by Penny Marshall; Screenplay by Anne Spielberg and Gary Ross
Red-Hot Children of the Arbat (Books)
by Anatoli Rybakov Translated by Harold Shukman Little, Brown; 685 pages; $19.95
The Eternal Cutup at Work (Cinema)