American Notes AIR FORCE
Full Leather Jacket

American Notes CRIME
A Holiday Killing Spree

American Notes FUGITIVES
Back from The Dead

American Notes SCIENCE
And the Winner Is . . .

American Notes TRANSPORTATION
Gimme a Break!

Can You Spare a Dime -- for Bail?
Seattle joins in a crackdown on pushy panhandlers

1968 Like a knife blade, the year severed past from future

Putting The Pedal to the Metal
Congress sneaks through an expansion of the 65-m.p.h. limit

Still Grounded
Another setback for the shuttle

The Teflon Twins of 1988
Why no one wants to roughhouse with Jackson and Robertson

Toward A Nerve-Gas Arms Race
The U.S. takes up a chemical "deterrent"


Afghanistan Fighting for the Road to Khost
Rebel and government forces wage their fiercest battle in years

Japan In the Land of Mickey-San
Celebrating the New Year in a different kind of shrine

Middle East Trials and Errors
Israeli justice imposes an uneasy calm

Northern Ireland Days of Fear and Hope
Ulster has little choice but to watch and wait

The Gulf "Arrows To Our Chests"
As Iran blusters, the Arabs discuss defense

World Notes ART
Signed by A. Hitler

World Notes BRITAIN
3,164 Days and Counting

World Notes COLOMBIA
A Drug Kingpin Goes Free

World Notes EAST AFRICA
Back from The Brink

World Notes SOUTH AFRICA
Sic Transkei Gloria


Dark Days, Darker Spirits (Health)
Get the blahs every winter? You may be a SAD victim

When Guinea Pigs Become Patients (Medicine)
Ailing animals now rate treatments developed for their masters


Martini Redux (Living)
Yuppies take up a classic


Newswatch
A Little Longer in the Limelight


Poland's New Building Boom
After a long ban, churches enjoy an unmatched expansion


When In Doubt, Check It Out
Brave new spying devices make the world safer for arms control


Time Magazine Contents Page January 11, 1988
Vol. 131 No. 2

All The Fun Is Getting There (Economy & Business)
The cruise industry rides a new wave of success

Business Notes HOLLYWOOD (Economy & Business)
The Downfall Of Dino

Business Notes IMPORTS (Economy & Business)
Shoot-Out over Recycled Rifles

Business Notes MEXICO (Economy & Business)
A Debtor's Swap Meet

Business Notes RAILROADS (Economy & Business)
New Coupling On the Rails

Out with The Old, In with the Blue (Economy & Business)
Financial markets gyrate as anxieties over the economy rise

Outlawing A Three-Wheeler (Economy & Business)

So What If It's Bankrupt? (Economy & Business)
France's Sanofi wins Robins with a $3 billion bid


Wanted: Fresh, Homegrown Talent
Foreigners are swamping graduate science schools


Gavel on The Go

Is Texas Justice for Sale?
The state's top judge resigns to fight for reform


Bookends (Books)

Connoisseurs Of Lost Causes THE TENANTS OF TIME (Books)
by Thomas Flanagan; Dutton; 824 pages; $21.95

Invisible Army "C" (Books)
by Anthony Cave Brown Macmillan; 830 pages; $25

Let's Do the Time Warp Again (Music)
An economic and spiritual crisis besets U.S. orchestras and opera companies

The Return of Comedy as King (Cinema)
Baby mirth and bawdy Murphy strike box-office gold


"I'M Just a Guy" (Profile)
Don't let JOHN MADDEN kid you. This self-described "big, fat, redheaded" guy is making millions as a professor, giving weekly lectures on America's most bewildering game


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