A New Year We'll Never Forget
Nearly 100 perish in a suspicious inferno at a San Juan hotel

Drunk Driving: Leaving the Scene (American Notes)
Leaving the Scene

Los Angeles: Testing the Waters (American Notes)
Testing the Waters

Space: Out of Court Settlement (American Notes)
Out of Court Settlement

Weather: A Rare Cosmic Dance (American Notes)
A Rare Cosmic Dance

Air Traffic Control: Be Careful Out There (Cover Story)
As air traffic soars, so does concern about safety in the skies

Flying with TCAS II

Kind Words for Continental

Let Us Entertain You
The competition is on to bag the 1988 conventions

Plutonium Blues in HanfordBlues in Hanford
Blues in Hanford An aging reactor closes temporarily, but the debate heats up

The Last Battles
Hobbled by Iran, Reagan struggles to reassert his leadership

The Presidency: Gulliver's Travails
Gulliver's Travails


Britain: A Leader for the Last Days of Empire, Harold Macmillan: 1894-1986
A Leader for the Last Days of Empire Harold Macmillan: 1894-1986

China: More Wintry Days of Discontent
More Wintry Days of Discontent Defying an official ban, students mount new protests in Peking

Iran Meantime Back in Tehran
Meantime, Back in Tehran / As the U.S. crisis simmers, Khomeini's successors jostle each other for advantage

South Africa New Rules for Black Schools
New Rules for Black Schools Pretoria issues tough regulations aimed at crushing dissent

Soviet Union The Long Hard Road to Moscow
The Long Hard Road to Moscow After life in the West, 50 disgruntled emigres go home again

T Shirts That Shout

Afghanistan: Let's Make Another Deal (World Notes)
Let's Make Another Deal

France: Going off The Tracks (World Notes)
Going off The Tracks

Israel: A Deep Sigh Of Relief (World Notes)
A Deep Sigh Of Relief

Japan: The 1.004% Solution (World Notes)
The 1.004% Solution

West Germany: Play It Again, Mr. Chancellor (World Notes)
Play It Again, Mr. Chancellor


Medicine: Help From The Unborn Fetal-cell (Medicine)
Surgery raises hopes -- and issues

Health & Fitness: Rough Rides: ATV injuries climb (Health & Fitness)
ATV injuries climb

Health & Fitness: The Weight Shrinks (Health & Fitness)
Dig In Help for serious or just trendy eating problems


Behavior: Exploring The Traits of Twins (Behavior)
A new study shows that key characteristics may be inherited

In New York City: An Incantation (American Scene)
New York City: An Incantation


Religion: Taking A Firm Stand Against Faith
Moscow worries about the growing population of Soviet Muslims


Sport: The Bowl of Bowls
In the "get even" game, Paterno and Penn State do


Time Magazine Masthead JANUARY 12, 1987 Vol. 129, No. 2 (Masthead)
Magazine Masthead JANUARY 12, 1987 Vol. 129, No. 2

Eye For Eye, Tooth for Tooth (Economy & Business)
The U.S. uses brinkmanship to handle a trade dispute

And Now, Son of Tax Reform (Economy & Business)
Changes in federal law portend higher state levies in 1987

Advertising: Ansel Adams, Arms Peddler? (Economy & Business)
Ansel Adams, Arms Peddler?

FINANCE: Beach-Blanket Bank Tellers (Economy & Business)
Beach-Blanket Bank Tellers

LAWSUITS: Fees, Fie! Foes Fume (Economy & Business)
Fees, Fie! Foes Fume

SERVICES: Storefront Post Offices (Economy & Business)
Storefront Post Offices

TRANSPORTATION: I Left My Car in San Francisco (Economy & Business)
I Left My Car in San Francisco

Hospitals Learn the Hard Sell (Economy & Business)
Learn the Hard Sell Feverish competition brings hype to the health-care industry

Pie in The Sky (Economy & Business)
The White House and Congress battle to cut a trillion dollar budget


Education: Academia's New Gypsies
With tenure logjammed, colleges turn to part-time faculty


Law: Master Of Cant and Recant
A dark tale of mass murder gets even murkier


Theater: Disorientation As An Art Form (Theater)
Art Form At 20, the American Repertory still baffles and delights

Art: Getting On the Map (Art)
New money fuels Los Angeles' museum surge

Books: Life Studies BLUEBEARD'S EGG AND OTHER STORIES (Books)
Studies BLUEBEARD'S EGG AND OTHER STORIES by Margaret Atwood Houghton Mifflin; 281 pages; $16.95

Books: Octopus the Second Oldest Profession (Books)
by Phillip Knightley Norton; 436 pages; $19.95

Art: Pyramid (Art)
Power in Paint

Books: Tough Talk and Local Color Bandits (Books)
Talk and Local Color Bandits by Elmore Leonard; Arbor House; 345 pages; $17.95

Show Business: View From Prospero's Island (Show Business)
Merchant and Ivory are as hot as tez tamatar shorba


A Letter From the Publisher: Jan. 12, 1987 (A Letter From The Publisher)


Letters: Jan. 12, 1987


Essay: Casablanca In Color? I'm Shocked, Shocked!
I'm Shocked, Shocked!