American Notes ATLANTA
"Baby Doe" Stays in Jail

American Notes NEW YORK CITY
Just Say No -- To Beggars

American Notes NUCLEAR TESTING
Digging Up Dirt On the U.S.

American Notes THE MISSISSIPPI
The River Gives Up Its Secrets

American Notes THE NAVY
Distress At Sea

The Republicans The Torch Is Passed
How the shadow of Reagan's smile, and his legacy laced with illusions, may haunt Bush

The Republicans "He's Pretty Much a Blank Slate"
In a talk with TIME, Michael Dukakis responds to Bush

The Republicans "I've Been Underestimated"
The Vice President tells TIME he will "outwork, outhustle, outrun and outknowledge" Michael Dukakis

The Republicans Beyond Gumbo and Beans

The Republicans Bush's Brain Trust

The Republicans
Is Bigger Better? The G.O.P. trumps Dukakis with a monster platform

The Republicans
The Man Behind the Message If anyone can build a better candidate, it is Roger Ailes

The Republicans
The Town That Practices Parading In New Orleans the good times roll even as the packaging gets slicker and the foreignness fades

The Republicans
The Ultimate Loyalist From Andover to Texas to the CIA, George Bush has been a hard man to dislike, no matter what others were doing around him


Angola Shifts in the Wind
After 13 years, the world's most complicated conflict may be ending

Burma Under Bloody Siege
As a country explodes, a despised leader falls

Chemical Warfare
Return of the Silent Killer Iraq's triumph over Iran breaks the taboo against using those hellish poisons

The U.S. Inventory

United Nations Peace Rich, Cash Poor
U.N. successes are marred by a financial battle with Washington

World Notes DIPLOMACY
Find a New Travel Agent

World Notes ITALY
Sizing Up The Octopus

World Notes NUMBERS
When Eight Was Enough

World Notes TERRORISM
Intrigue in The Courtroom


A Closer Look at the Big Bang
A distant galaxy may shed light on the origins of the universe


A Decoy for the Deadly AIDS (Medicine)
Virus Human tests begin for a new genetically engineered drug


In New Jersey: A Boy Towers Tall (American Scene)

Tragic Tug-of-War (Ethics)
A lesbian's fight to see her disabled lover becomes a cause celebre


Will Anglicanism Muddle Through?
A major body of Christians copes with growing diversity


Aweary of The Sun
As Wrigley Field lights up, a bright tradition dims


Floating Trains: What a Way to Go!
Japan and West Germany are in a race with rival high-speed maglevs


Critics' Choice

Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page AUGUST 22, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 8

A $3 Billion Gamble (Economy & Business)
Rupert Murdoch's TV Guide coup will bring him more power -- and debt

Business Notes CONTRACTS (Economy & Business)
Caught in a Holding Pattern

Business Notes CROPS (Economy & Business)
From Bad To Worse

Business Notes SCANDALS (Economy & Business)
Inside Business Week

Business Notes TRADE (Economy & Business)
The Old Sod In a 12-Lb. Box

Do Champagne and Luggage Mix? (Economy & Business)
The union of Moet and Vuitton goes through a shake-up

Trying To Halt Inflation's Charge (Economy & Business)
Greenspan's Fed hikes interest rates to keep growth under control


Reining In Abortions for Minors
Two courts issue conflicting decisions on parental notification


Buried Child THE RAGMAN'S SON (Books)
by Kirk Douglas Simon & Schuster; 510 pages; $21.95

Hollywood Goes on the Wagon (Show Business)
A new film tests the old saw that drunks are funny

Leatherboy And Angel in One (Photography)
Robert Mapplethorpe's show blends the serene with the unsettling

Mafia Princess, Dream Queen MARRIED TO THE MOB (Cinema)
Directed by Jonathan Demme Screenplay by Barry Strugatz and Mark R. Burns

The Bard in Neon and Doublets (Theater)
Canada's Stratford Festival thrives on lively risk taking

The Shrink Has No Clothes AGAINST THERAPY (Books)
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Atheneum; 281 pages; $18.95


Milestones


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