Vol. 132 No. 5

NATION

A Mixed Verdict for Meese
His legal problems are over, but his ethics remain questionable

American Notes CITIES
You'll Love It Here

American Notes LOS ANGELES
Royal Flush for A Full House

American Notes PARKS
Donald Hodel's Turf Battle

American Notes PORNOGRAPHY
Get Off the Telephone

American Notes THE WEST
Summer Of Fire

The Democrats "Jesse Has No Equals"

The Democrats "Your Record Is Not Reassuring"
In an open letter, a former Secretary of Defense questions Dukakis' grasp of national security

The Democrats Reaching Common Ground
How Dukakis managed to assert that two's a ticket and three's a crowd

The Democrats
The Best and Brightest, the Worst and Dimmest

The Democrats The Duke Of Unity
When the pressure was on to prove he could excite as well as manage his party, Dukakis found strength in a new theme: community

The Democrats True-Life Tales from the Omni
Pamela takes it off, Tipper gets radical, and Mario claims the car

The Democrats
What Jackson Got

The Libyan Travel Bureau
Oliver North was its target -- but then maybe not

WORLD

Burma Is It Time to Say Goodbye?
Ne Win offers to resign, but there are doubts that he means it

Central America A Few Minutes Before Noon
A new contra leadership may trigger fresh battles with Managua

Ethiopia Eritrea: A Crucible of Misery
Famine relief sputters as the Mengistu government struggles to regain control of the north

Oil: Win, Lose or Draw?

The Gulf On the Brink of Peace
Iran's abrupt acceptance of a cease-fire may end its bloody eight-year war with Iraq

Unhappy Birthday

World Notes EGYPT
The Big Breakout

World Notes ITALY
Hard News To Swallow

World Notes MIDDLE EAST
Turning Up The Heat

World Notes SOVIET UNION
Enough Is Enough

World Notes ZIMBABWE
Do You Know Me?

SCIENCE

The Dirty Seas (Environment)
Threatened by rising pollution, the oceans are sending out an SOS

SOCIETY

In New York: A Degree in Desserts (American Scene)

PRESS

Breaking The Code of Confidentiality
Two newspapers are found guilty of revealing a source

STYLE & DESIGN

Fast Life Along the Skywalks (Design)
By going indoors, city dwellers escape the city

TECHNOLOGY

Into The Wild Blue (Digital) Yonder
The new simulators re-create reality -- and fantasy -- with gut-wrenching accuracy

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page AUGUST 1, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 5

Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead AUGUST 1, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 5

BUSINESS

Bonanza In The Bushes (Economy & Business)
Owning a minor-league baseball club has become a grand-slam investment

Business Notes LITIGATION (Economy & Business)
Dueling Trademarks

Business Notes MARKETING (Economy & Business)
Now Call It Yupperware

Business Notes REGULATION (Economy & Business)
Stay Tuned for Dial-a-Movie

Business Notes TAKEOVERS (Economy & Business)
Disney Enters The Picture

Invasion of The Gold Coast (Economy & Business)
A mammoth inflow of Japanese money alarms Australians

The Incredible Shrinking Paycheck (Economy & Business)
Would raising the minimum wage help or hurt the working poor?

LAW

Court Critique

They're Playing Up to the Jury
Lawyers are turning to actors to polish their court performances

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Diesel Gypsies DANGER -- HEAVY GOODS (Books)
by Robert Hutchison Morrow; 288 pages; $19.95

Do Conventions Turn Off the Public? (Video)
Some TV news executives think so, and Atlanta may mark the end of an era

Dynamo on The Floor (Video)

Glimpses Of An Unsexy Tortoise (Art)
A new Braque show offers too little of a great thing

Reimagining Death in Dallas LIBRA (Books)
by Don DeLillo; Viking; 458 pages; $19.95

The Opera As Science Fiction (Music)
Philip Glass turns to psychodrama, part Freud, part Kafka

The Prince of Prepuberty Grows Up BIG TOP PEE-WEE (Cinema)
Directed by Randal Kleiser Screenplay by Paul Reubens and George McGrath

TO OUR READERS

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

ESSAY

Hypocrisy and the "L" Word