American Notes CHICAGO
Draping an Old Eyesore

American Notes CONGRESS
Saving Fort Pork Barrel

American Notes DISASTER
Crushing Deluge

American Notes IMMIGRATION
Refugees Need Not Apply

Calls For Revenge -- and Caution
Despite Iranian threats, reaction to Flight 655's fate is muted

Dukakis Wants to Play by the Rules
What's so unnerving about a candidate who has actually read the Rio Treaty?

Frustrated But Jacqueline liked Kitty

Heading For An Override?
Senators okay a pro-labor bill

High-Tech Horror
How a $600 million system figured in a ghastly accident

Searching For Mr. Right And now for the swimsuit competition

The Presidency
Reagan on a Roller Coaster

Veni, Vidi, Vindicated?
Tarnished but unindicted, the Attorney General calls it quits

When Bad Things Are Caused by Good Nations


"We Will Enter a New Era"

Diplomacy Swords into Sample Cases
On the heavily armed Sino-Soviet border, tension is giving way to trade

Disaster "Screaming Like a Banshee"
An exploding platform takes 166 lives in the North Sea

Mexico Too Close For Comfort
A shaken P.R.I. claims victory

Soviet Union Cleaning Up the Confetti
Gorbachev moves to put party-conference reforms into action

World Notes ISRAEL
Very Deep Background

World Notes SOUTH KOREA
A Brotherly Hand

World Notes TAIWAN
Getting Back On Track

World Notes WEST GERMANY
Terrorism on Trial

World Notes YUGOSLAVIA
The Climate: Hot, Bothered


Onward to Mars (Space)
A dramatic launch heralds a new era of missions to the Red Planet

The Perils of Zero Gravity (Space)


Invasion of The Airwave Snatchers (Living)
Electronic gremlins have Americans tuning in their neighbors


When Is a Bishop Not a Bishop?
Episcopalians enact an odd plan to avert a schism over women


And Steffi Will Play the Winner
While visiting its past, tennis reorders its future


Wowing 'Em With Wizardry
The Democrats plan the world's most automated convention


Time Magazine Contents Page July 18, 1988 (Contents)
Vol. 132 No. 3

Time Magazine Masthead July 18, 1988 (Masthead)
Vol. 132 No. 3

All Hands on Deck! (Economy & Business)
As the jobless rate falls, companies confront growing labor shortages

Business Notes ELECTRONICS (Economy & Business)
The Dual VCR On Pause

Business Notes INDICTMENTS (Economy & Business)
A Little Too Clever?

Business Notes JAPAN (Economy & Business)
How to Make Pals with Pols

Business Notes MARKETS (Economy & Business)
Breaking the Next Fall

Mr. C., The Skills Sergeant (Economy & Business)


The Case of the Little Big Man
An octogenarian lawyer mixes courtroom and show-biz talents


Beyond The Wildest Expectations (Art)
At a remarkable auction, Soviet artists come into their own

Cartoony Caper A FISH CALLED WANDA (Cinema)
Directed by Charles Crichton Screenplay by John Cleese

Harry Sundown THE DEAD POOL (Cinema)
Directed by Buddy Van Horn Screenplay by Steve Sharon

Journals of The Plague Years (Books)
Three books reveal the risks and rewards of writing about AIDS

London's Dry Season (Theater)
Despite starry revivals, West End writing is wilting

Special Delivery UNSENT LETTERS (Books)
by Malcolm Bradbury Viking; 218 pages; $16.95


Preacher, Teacher, Gadfly (Profile)
William Bennett Is Leaving As Secretary Of Education, but his tart tongue and ample ego will keep him highly visible -- and audible -- and could well propel him higher in the G.O.P.


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


The Gods Are Crazy