Time Magazine Contents Page June 27, 1988
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COVER: Getting down to the basics of boxing, beyond the power and slam
The usual case for prizefighting as art or science is harder to make in the face of Mike Tyson, the monster that men have worried was at the heart of their undefinable passion and indefensible sport. For twelve rounds or less, Tyson and Michael Spinks will fight over the heavyweight championship next week. It is time again to shiver. See SPORT.
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NATION: A widespread bribery probe shakes the Pentagon and its contractors
Operation Ill Wind targets some 100 military buyers, suppliers and greedy middlemen in one of the largest U. S. cases of white- collar crime. -- House Speaker Jim Wright turns the sleaze issue bipartisan. -- Howard Baker resigns as chief of staff in a White House that seems ready to turn out its lights. -- The worst drought since 1934 withers much of the West, Great Plains and South.
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WORLD: Moscow gets set for a Western- style political convention
A special party conference, complete with delegate fights and live media coverage, stirs genuine political passions and could advance Gorbachev' s reforms. -- Writer Yevgeny Yevtushenko denounces the Russian tradition of servile patience. -- An I. R. A. bomb kills six British soldiers in Northern Ireland. -- Israel orders deportation of a Palestinian- American gadfly.
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Profile
As a white man in a black South African township, the Rev. Nico Smith faces death threats in his battle against apartheid.
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Religion
Rebel Archbishop Lefebvre vows to consecrate four ultra- traditionalist bishops. Result: the first Catholic schism in a century.
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Ethics
When confronted with unpleasant social burdens, local communities are increasingly responding with the cry "Not in my backyard !"
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Economy & Business
The tobacco industry' s first loss of a liability case increases the potential for a surge in lawsuits. -- Is it hazardous to work at a VDT?
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Show Business
In a city whose regular cultural events amount to a year- round festival, can New York' s first International Arts Festival really fly?
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Press
Two new books chronicle the tragic life and times of Anchorwoman Jessica Savitch. -- Columnist Carl Rowan takes a shot in the dark.
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Technology
Federal certification for a new breed of plane with swept- back wings and pusher propellers may signal big changes for aircraft design.
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Cinema
Who Framed Roger Rabbit combines live action and animation with a dexterity that Walt Disney could only dream about.
13 Letters
15 Critics' Choice
46 People
54 Living
54 Milestones
59 Books
Cover: Photograph by Neil Leifer