Vol. 132 No. 12
COVER
NATION
Influence peddling can haunt
American Notes CORRESPONDENCE
Stamps and Sympathy
American Notes DRUGS
Rx: A Spot Of Tea
American Notes NEW YORK
"An Expensive Civics Lesson"
American Notes YELLOWSTONE
A Hot Time at Old Faithful
Antidrug Or Antipeople?
Congress strikes a tough pose, with an eye on the election
Campaign Issues
The Environment: Cleaning Up the Mess -
The Phantom Race
Call it Politics Lite, with lots of froth and little annoying substance
The Presidency
Goodbye to All That
WORLD
Floods ravage a "basket case," leaving a quarter of the population homeless and raising fears of epidemics and starvation
Burma At the Edge of Anarchy
The government agrees to elections, but mass protests continue
Human Rights
The Cries of the Kurds Iraq uses chemical arms against a rebellion
Northern Ireland Another Cavalcade of Coffins
Britain's army and the I.R.A. play a deadly game of tit for tat
World Notes CANADA
Deal of the Century
World Notes FRANCE
Phantom of The Airspace
World Notes ISRAEL
Conduct Unbecoming
World Notes YUGOSLAVIA
The Serbs In Revolt
SCIENCE
A near tragedy shakes Moscow and stirs up questions
HEALTH & MEDICINE
More and more cocaine-using mothers are bearing afflicted infants
Eye on The Ball? (Medicine)
SOCIETY
RELIGION
The Vatican is promoting birth control -- naturally
SPORT
A Cat's Cup
Anarchy By the Numbers (Olympic Special Section)
Seoul is a model of planning, both madcap and meticulous
Colliding Myths After a Dozen Years (Olympic Special Section)
Apart Stereotypes aside -- why the Soviets should do better than the U.S.
For Speed and Style, Flo with the Go (Olympic Special Section)
For Steffi Graf, an Open Slam Dunk
The West German teenager captures the rarest of laurels
Gym Shorts (Olympic Special Section)
Danger in a Bold New Move
Gym Shorts (Olympic Special Section)
Once and Future Champ
Gym Shorts (Olympic Special Section)
Oops and Out For the U.S.
NBC's Bid For TV Glory (Olympic Special Section)
Despite a 14-hour time gap, expect a stunner
Regal Masters Of Olympic Versatility (Olympic Special Section)
Joyner-Kersee is at a place Thompson has known and strains to hold, where all you need is everything you've got
Sprite Fight (Olympic Special Section)
Which of the extraordinary tumbling pixies will become the Seoul sweetheart?
Swim Shorts (Olympic Special Section)
Great Leap Downward
Swim Shorts (Olympic Special Section)
He's Boffo In Budapest
Swim Shorts (Olympic Special Section)
Pool Hustlers From the G.D.R.
The Long And Short of It (Olympic Special Section)
A sprinter who looks like an 18-wheeler and a kitten-size tiger lead the U.S. team
Track Shorts (Olympic Special Section)
End for the Slaney Jinx?
Track Shorts (Olympic Special Section)
One Down, Two May Go
Track Shorts (Olympic Special Section)
Zeroing In On Eight Feet
Viewer's Guide (Olympic Special Section)
Watch Out For the G.D.R. (Olympic Special Section)
Comrade Honecker's well-laid plans
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page September 19, 1988 (Contents)
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Time Magazine Masthead September 19, 1988 (Masthead)
Vol. 132, No. 12
BUSINESS
Trying to Silence Sassy
Business Notes OIL (Economy & Business)
No Peace For OPEC
Business Notes RESORTS (Economy & Business)
And What Is Your Fantasy?
Business Notes TRADE (Economy & Business)
A Tempest Over Textiles
Gold Among the Ruins (Economy & Business)
Investors hunt for bargains among failed savings associations
Throwing The Book At Drexel (Economy & Business)
The Government's sweeping fraud charges could cripple an investment empire and its junk-bond wizard
Who Ever Said Talk Was Cheap? (Economy & Business)
From stock news to sex chat, hot lines turn patter into profits
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Adventures of A Career Kid TRACK 29 (Cinema)
Directed by Nicolas Roeg; Screenplay by Dennis Potter
Bookends (Books)
Cossacks And Tigers And Bears, Oh, My! (Show Business)
After a ten-year absence, the Moscow Circus returns with a spectacular 14-city U.S. tour
Playing The Rating Game (Video)
Now heeere's -- Mike . . . and George . . . and Lloyd . . . and Dan
Sexual Detente THE TRUTH ABOUT LORIN JONES (Books)
by Alison Lurie Little, Brown; 328 pages; $18.95