Vol. 132 No. 4
NATION
American Notes CALIFORNIA
The Littlest Stowaway
American Notes DRUGS
War on Pot And Paraquat
American Notes PITTSBURGH
Call Him Foolish
American Notes SANTA BARBARA
Glasnost for The Homeless
American Notes WASHINGTON
Mr. Clean Goes To Justice
Biting The Bullet
Congress finds a way to shut obsolete military bases
The Democrats The Party's New Soul
Downplaying ideology and their past crusades, Democrats enter the postliberal age
The Democrats "I'M Not Running Against Bentsen"
In an interview with TIME, Bush sizes up his opposition
The Democrats An Indelicate Balance
In picking Bentsen, Dukakis looked right and needlessly blindsided Jackson
The Democrats Atlanta: A City of Changing Slogans
It was never really the City Too Busy to Hate, but it is a town that is still hustling to escape its own roots
The Democrats: Born to Bustle
An intimate look at how the striving son of Greek-born parents became a calculating reformer and self-contained manager
The Democrats Grapevine
The Democrats Patrician Power Player
In the back rooms and on the tennis court, he knows the game
The Democrats Potlikker to Profiteroles
The Democrats The Presidency
Boston-Austin Was an Accident
The Price of Isolation
Iran fails to win a U.N. condemnation of the Airbus shootdown
WORLD
Cardenas: The Unforgotten One
Cruise Of Terror
Eastern Europe Fraternal Differences
In Poland, Gorbachev hears how his allies are -- and are not -- pushing perestroika
Meanwhile, Back Home . . .
Mexico Slow Count
A winner and some angry losers in a historic race
Middle East
Let's Not Make a Deal Why the U.S. is losing out on weapons sales to the Arab world
Nicaragua Lashing Out on All Fronts
Managua cracks down on dissent and ousts the U.S. Ambassador
World Notes ANGOLA
The Governors Island Compact
World Notes AVIATION
Into the Air, Junior Birdman
World Notes KAMPUCHEA
Now You See Him . . .
World Notes SOUTH KOREA
Thanks, But No Thanks
World Notes THE GULF
Scurrying into Retreat
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A Nation of Healthy Worrywarts?
(Health & Fitness)
Two books charge that America has gone haywire over staying fit
SOCIETY
The No-Shows at Israel's Party
(Living)
U.S. tourists, especially, shy away from the troubled Holy Land
RELIGION
Days Of Ire and Brimstone
A new film about Jesus Christ raises a storm of protest
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Critics' Choice
Time Magazine Contents Page July 25, 1988
(Contents)
Vol. 132 No. 4
BUSINESS
Business Notes LEISURE
(Economy & Business)
No More Cottontails
Business Notes MANUFACTURING
(Economy & Business)
Bally Zaps Its Video Games
Business Notes PRODUCTS
(Economy & Business)
If You Can't Beat 'Em . . .
Business Notes RAIDERS
(Economy & Business)
From Hero To Heavy
Do-It-Yourself Financing
(Economy & Business)
To immigrants short on credit, loan clubs offer cash and dreams
Drawing A Flak Attack
(Economy & Business)
Hurt by scandal and budget cuts, defense contractors face hard times
What The Drought Hath Wrought
(Economy & Business)
A dismal crop forecast prompts Washington to speed farm relief
EDUCATION
A Fresh Breath of Heresy
Soviet schools -- and pupils -- start to tell it like it was
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Blink of The Eye CBS shakes up management as it falters in the ratings
(Video)
Is There Life in Shoot-to-Thrill?
(Cinema)
De Niro and Willis try reviving the action-adventure genre
Paper Chase MARKETS
(Books)
by Martin Mayer Norton; 303 pages; $18.95
Public Triumph, Private Pain THE LETTERS OF EDITH WHARTON Edited by R.W.B. Lewis and Nancy Lewis; Scribner's; 654 pages; $29.95
(Books)
Six Signposts on a New Country Mile
(Music)
Son Of Megatech THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN
(Books)
by Tom Clancy Putnam; 543 pages; $19.95
The Venice Biennale Bounces Back
(Art)
Dominated by Jasper Johns, this year's event is again a prime festival of the new
Trippin' Through The Crossroads
(Music)
Led by the chart-topping Randy Travis, a shock of bold talent shakes up Nashville
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From the Publisher
(A Letter From The Publisher)
ESSAY
The Boys of Late Autumn