Vol. 132 No. 13
NATION
American Notes BUREAUCRACY
Putting on The Ritz
American Notes CRIME
A Drug King's Midas Touch
American Notes FLORIDA
Why Lotto Can Be a Loser
American Notes PARENTS
Losing a Child -- Twice
American Notes WASHINGTON
The FBI's Sorry Story
Back On Track
How Dukakis took some tips from Bush's message playbook
Campaign Issues
Soviet Policy: Beyond Containment
Friends In High Places
The President has become Bush's most ardent campaigner
It Was No Breeze
The century's biggest storm terrifies Texas after devastating the Caribbean
Jamaica: A Decade Lost in a Day
Taking Time For Children
With Bush's blessing, workers may win parental leave
The Candidates' Love Match
Somebody please stop them before they hug again
The Great Debate Scorecard
Was Reagan Out of It?
Why Wait a Week to Kill?
The gun lobby overwhelms an attempt to restrict handguns
WORLD
Burma The Armed Forces Seize Power
A civilian president is ousted as the revolutionary tide rises
Haiti A New General Takes Command
After a slaughter in a sanctuary, a coup topples the military leader
Southern Africa Hope, Blood And Defiance
A hijacking mars a papal visit
United Nations Peace on the March
With the U.N. regaining stature, the U.S. ends a long financial siege
West Germany Chipping Away At Terrorism
Hammadi is named as a killer
Where Is the Outrage?
World Notes BRITAIN
Le Carre, Call MI5, Fast
World Notes DIPLOMACY
New Year's Surprise
World Notes GREECE
Love Among The Ruins
World Notes JAPAN
Tight Little Islands
World Notes SOVIET UNION
A New Airing For Old Gripes
SCIENCE
The Secrets of A Moche Lord
Peruvian archaeologists unearth a treasure trove
Tracking The Radon Threat
(Environment)
The danger, say officials, is worse than previously believed
HEALTH & MEDICINE
"A Fire Hose Down the Ear Canal"
(Health & Fitness)
These days, even rockers are admitting their hearing is shot
Of Mice as Stand-Ins for Men
(Medicine)
Breakthrough research gives the animals human immune systems
SOCIETY
In Vermont: When Woody Allen Meets L.L. Bean
(American Scene)
What The Kids Are Wearing
(Living)
From blazers to biker shorts, school days mean smarting up
PRESS
A Mild Matron Goes Modern
The Christian Science Monitor launches a TV newscast
Not The News
SPORT
Fantastic Flight of Fancy
(Olympics Special Section)
Everywhere in Seoul, a celebration of the greatest athletic gathering in history
Olympic Shorts
(Olympics Special Section)
Empty Rooms With a View
Olympic Shorts
(Olympics Special Section)
Protest Pro Forma
Olympic Shorts
(Olympics)
The Field's Fiercest Rivals
TECHNOLOGY
"You Must Be Punished"
Invasion of the Data Snatchers
A "virus" epidemic strikes terror in the computer world
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
Business Notes AUTOS
(Economy & Business)
Return of the Lead Sleds
Business Notes LITIGATION
(Economy & Business)
The Copper-7's Costly Legacy
Business Notes MEETINGS
(Economy & Business)
Securing Berlin For Bankers
Business Notes RETAILING
(Economy & Business)
A Tailor-Made Lawsuit
Buy Stocks? No Way!
(Economy & Business)
Spurning Wall Street, small investors put their money elsewhere
Good News on Trade -- But Beware
(Economy & Business)
With U.S. factories overburdened, imports may stay high
Teaming Up Against Big Blue
(Economy & Business)
Makers of IBM clones rally behind their own computing standard
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Long Way from St. Louis
(Books)
Marking T.S. Eliot's centenary, not with a whimper but a bang
A Terminal Case of Brotherly Love DEAD RINGERS
(Cinema)
Directed by David Cronenberg Screenplay by David Cronenberg and Norman Snider
Memory's Screen THE MAGIC LANTERN
(Books)
by Ingmar Bergman Translated by Joan Tate Viking; 308 pages; $19.95
Nowhere To Go but Up
(Music)
The San Francisco Opera, with a new chief, aims to rise anew
Twin Shrines to the Silver Screen
(Show Business)
In New York and London, new motion-picture museums charm and dazzle
PEOPLE
Egghead At the Plate
(Profile)
To A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI, former Yale president and future boss of baseball, the game is not just an Edenic pageant but a marvelous mix between individual and community
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From the Publisher
(A Letter From The Publisher)