American Notes ACCIDENTS
Mountainside Tragedy

American Notes BIOTECHNOLOGY
The Renegade Researcher

American Notes CHUTZPAH
Whose Fault Is It Anyway?

American Notes NEW YORK
Rotten Apples Upstate Too

American Notes POLITICS
A Woman's Place

Defining The Real Robert Bork
Battle lines are drawn over the Supreme Court nominee

Down And Out And No Place to Go
The dashed dreams of one Newark family

Lethal Doses
Police probe 34 deaths

Life And Death With the Gangs
Michael was a home boy; Kellie dreamed of modeling . . .

Never Give Up
Reagan is apologetic, but still defiant

Spilled Beans
A defector bares Cuban secrets

The Ghetto: From Bad to Worse
The wounds of the 1967 riots still fester


Central America Cursed
Are the Peacemakers The battle over two accords spreads confusion and anger

Meanwhile, In El Salvador . . .
Duarte hopes the proposal will repair his tattered image

South Africa Trouble from Belowground
Nearly 300,000 miners walk up from the job

South Korea Out on the Street
More strikes for more pay

The Gulf Here a Mine, There a Mine
Khomeini sows more mischief in the sea

Who Needs the Gulf, Anyway?

World Notes BRITAIN
No More "Dead Afternoons"

World Notes CHAD
Libya Suffers Another Hit

World Notes ESPIONAGE
Feet Across The Border

World Notes REFUGEES
The Journey Without End

World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
Take Your Seat, Please


No Time for Termites (Environment)

Stalagmites And Stunning Vistas (Environment)
Great Basin is Nevada's majestic new national park


New Clues to Detecting a Killer (Medicine)
Researchers zero in on the genetic causes of colon cancer


A Peach Of a Drink (Living)

Battling Over Birth Policy (Ethics)
Is it racist to urge the West to have more babies?

In Missouri: Outdoor Work, Very Heavy Lifting (American Scene)

Paradise, Down Mexico Way (Living)
Americans who settle near Lake Chapala find the sweet life


Batty Balls
Unkindest cuts of all

Heavy Harps and Pan Am Heroes
The western hemisphere rehearses for the next Olympics


Time Magazine Contents Page August 24, 1987 (Contents)
Vol. 130 No. 8

Time Magazine Masthead August 24, 1987 (Masthead)
Vol. 130 No. 8

A Bang-Bang Birthday (Economy & Business)
The bull market celebrates No. 5 with a new rampage

Business Notes CONTRACTS (Economy & Business)
Blow to the Bottom Line

Business Notes MERGERS (Economy & Business)
Hooking Up the High Voltage

Business Notes PUBLISHING (Economy & Business)
Family Feud At Penthouse

Business Notes SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS (Economy & Business)
Callin' 'Em Like He Sees 'Em

Business Notes TAXES (Economy & Business)
New Ways to Cause Grief

Buying Into the Big Time (Economy & Business)
A tycoon reaches the top

From Boom to Doom? (Economy & Business)

Questions About Eastern (Economy & Business)
Employees charge that the airline is careless with maintenance

Turning Off RKO's Licenses (Economy & Business)
A harsh ruling from the FCC


Bookends (Books)

Sensational Steve Martin shines as the '80s' top comic actor (Show Business / Cover Stories)

Deep City Blues in New Orleans THE BIG EASY (Cinema)
Directed by Jim McBride; screenplay by Daniel Petrie Jr.

In Praise of the Goddess (Dance)
Pele Hula flourishes in a Hawaiian cultural revival

Out of The Wall's Shadow (Art)
MOMA surveys the rebirth of modernism in postwar Berlin

Sitting Duck PATRIOT GAMES (Books)
by Tom Clancy Putnam; 540 pages; $19.95

Stand-Up Comedy On a Roll (Show Business)
A thriving club scene primes stars of the future

The Man Who Writes with His Feet THE SONGLINES (Books)
by Bruce Chatwin; Viking; 293 pages; $18.95


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