A Shaky Operation Alliance
The much ballyhooed battle against drugs is off to a slow start

American Notes CALIFORNIA
Task Force Feelgood

American Notes CIVIL RIGHTS
Paying for Racism

American Notes CRIME
Stakeouts for Dive Bombers

American Notes POLITICS
Democrats Look South

American Notes TELEVISION
The Russians Are Coming

Enlisting With Uncle Sam
Is America ready for a national-service program?

From Star Wars to Smart Rocks
A scaled-down version of SDI threatens the ABM treaty

Iranscam's Near Tragedy
Depressed by a sense of failure, McFarlane attempts suicide

Mario's Moves
On your mark, get set, Cuomo!

The Presidency
Even Reagan Was Somber

War on The Installment Plan
Time and money may be running out for the contras

Welcome, America, to the Baby Bust
The watchwords for a new generation will be: smaller and leaner

Where There's Smoke There's fire
These days, as the crusade against public puffing heats up


Hostages Stalemate in a Tormented Land
After a deadline passes, hope fades for a prisoner exchange

Mexico
A Swelling Tide of Troubles As problems multiply, the government looks ahead to elections

On The Brink of Cannibalism

Pro And Con
Conflicting views on sanctions

Protests New Generation in the Streets
Students around the globe are once again marching in anger

South Africa
New Man in the Townships A black U.S. Ambassador is building bridges to blacks

Soviet Union Sounds of Freedom
Moscow releases some dissidents, but cracks down on refuseniks

The Philippines
A Truce Gives Way to Gunplay Fighting resumes, and Aquino gives the military the go-ahead

World Notes AFGHANISTAN
Coming of Age In Khost

World Notes INVESTIGATIONS
Imeldarabilia: A Final Count

World Notes IRAN
There He Goes Again

World Notes ITALY
Fingering a Top Terrorist

World Notes THE VATICAN
Tightening the Papal Belt


Going Crazy over Calcium (Health & Fitness)
It sells a rainbow of products, but does it work?

Probing A Mysterious "Cluster" (Medicine)
Three former San Francisco 49ers develop Lou Gehrig's disease


In Vermont: Making Beer the Old-Fashioned Way (American Scene)

Is It Wrong to Cut Off Feeding? (Ethics)
Experts debate the denial of nourishment for comatose patients


Time Magazine Contents Page February 23, 1987 (Contents)
Vol. 129 No. 8

Time (Masthead)
Magazine Masthead FEBRUARY 23, 1987 Vol. 129 No. 8

A Raid on Wall Street (Economy & Business)
Agents put the cuffs on insider traders

Business Notes AIRLINES (Economy & Business)
Shoot-Out in The Skies

Business Notes CONSUMERISM (Economy & Business)
What the Big Liberals Eat

Business Notes MAIL ORDER (Economy & Business)
Dial BANG For Ammo

Business Notes PERSONNEL (Economy & Business)
Fire Now, Pay Later

Business Notes PUBLISHING (Economy & Business)
Your Dress Is Fab, Comrade

Dat Spat (Economy & Business)
A new recorder draws protests

Going Downhill (Economy & Business)
Rossignol's image takes a spill

Knocked Down in Round 2 (Economy & Business)
A Texas court upholds an $8.5 billion judgment against Texaco

Moving Upscale (Economy & Business)
AMC plots a survival strategy


College Bound, Without a Map
Students and parents say good advice is hard to find


And In Vermont

Lost Together in Paradise
The sad tale of an opera impresario and "Lady Bing"

Philadelphia Takes a Fall
The suspension of 15 judges further clogs the city courts


Bookends (Books)

Legends the Propheteers (Books)
by Max Apple Harper & Row; 306 pages; $16.95

Multiple Fun on Square One (Video)
A new children's series takes a sprightly approach to math

Pennsylvania (Books)
Death Trip ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS by Joseph Wambaugh; Morrow; 416 pages; $18.95 ENGAGED TO MURDER by Loretta Schwartz-Nobel; Viking; 293 pages; $17.95

Three Cheers for the Partisans (Music)
In Europe, the opera revolution has arrived


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


Africa (Cover Story)