Vol. 132 No. 10
NATION
Yellowstone Park's worst blazes spark a controversy
A Quick Lesson in Major-League Politics
Petty questions about Quayle give way to a weightier one: his fitness for the White House
American Notes CIVIL RIGHTS
Remembering The Dream
American Notes CONGRESS
Find the Cash Or Die Sooner
American Notes CRIME
Fearing the Fire Next Time
American Notes DRUGS
Anger over Death Threats
American Notes WASHINGTON
It Costs More To Buy Votes
Don't Trust Anyone Under 45
No One Home
$1 million later, a wealthy kidnap victim is still missing
Taking The Pledge
The mudslinging begins as the candidates argue about patriotism
The Clerk Who Knew Too Much
An Army sergeant is accused of leading a NATO spy ring
Was Lyndon Johnson Unstable?
A former aide calls L.B.J. a victim of "paranoid disintegration"
WORLD
Burma A Regime on the Ropes
The government stalls for time, but the threat of anarchy grows
Burundi Horror Amid The Green Hills
A bloody bout of tribal warfare
Eastern Europe
Young and Restless Unafraid and impatient, a new generation demands reform -- now
Northern Ireland From Here to Eternity
As the I.R.A. targets more soldiers, London ponders its options
South Africa Hell No, They Don't Want to Go
A draft-resistance movement earns Pretoria's wrath
Where Glasnost Is Still a Dirty Word
In Rumania, Ceausescu's delusions of grandeur bleed the country and make life a backward march
World Notes CHILE
Better Late Than Never
World Notes HONORIFICS
All That Glitters . . .
World Notes ISRAEL
Giving Them The Boot
World Notes PORTUGAL
Tears Amid The Ashes
World Notes SOVIET UNION
Poetic Justice
SCIENCE
Landfills are overflowing, but alternatives are few
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A novel operation for ruptured disks saves patients money and pain
Grief Is No Killer (Medicine)
SOCIETY
Begging: To Give or Not to Give (Living)
With panhandlers at every corner, people are running out of patience -- and change
Swinging -- And Ducking -- Singles Studies reveal widespread violence among unwed couples (Behavior)
SPORT
At every turn of the page, heroes are out of bounds
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time (Contents)
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BUSINESS
Is entrepreneurialism hurting the U.S. by splintering its industrial base?
Business Notes AUTOS (Economy & Business)
Honest Lee's Used Cars
Business Notes CONTESTS (Economy & Business)
Too Lucky To Be True
Business Notes HOUSING (Economy & Business)
Log Cabins Made of Steel
Business Notes PRODUCTS (Economy & Business)
A Rumor That Keeps Buzzing
Business Notes WALL STREET (Economy & Business)
Turning Down The Volume
Heatstroke (Economy & Business)
Food prices may have only begun to rise
Mini-Shops With Maxi-Clout (Economy & Business)
Where Cleanliness Means Profits (Economy & Business)
Fear of pesticides ignites a squabble over the purity of produce
LAW
Discrimination New laws and court decisions help those singled out by tests
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Directed and Written by John Sayles
Did You Ever See a Dream Stalking? (Show Business)
Freddy is the nightmare moviegoers love to hate
Horse Opera (Cinema)
In Praise of Lives Without Life-Styles BREATHING LESSONS by Anne Tyler; Knopf; 327 pages; $18.95 (Books)
PEOPLE
Cicely Saunders Launched the Mother Ship of the Modern Hospice Movement In London 21 years ago but still sees death as "an outrage" and seeks ways to soften its sting