September 19, 1988 | Vol. 132 No. 12

Olympic Special Section: To Be The Best (Olympic Special Section)

Access For Sale

Influence peddling can haunt

Correspondence: Stamps and Sympathy (American Notes)

Stamps and Sympathy

Drugs: Rx: A Spot Of Tea (American Notes)

Rx: A Spot Of Tea

New York: An Expensive Civics Lesson (American Notes)

"An Expensive Civics Lesson"

Yellowstone: A Hot Time at Old Faithful (American Notes)

A Hot Time at Old Faithful

Antidrug Or Antipeople?

Congress strikes a tough pose, with an eye on the election

The Environment: Cleaning Up the Mess (Campaign Issues)

The Environment: Cleaning Up the Mess -

The Phantom Race

Call it Politics Lite, with lots of froth and little annoying substance

The Presidency: Goodbye to All That

Goodbye to All That

Bangladesh A Country Under Water

Floods ravage a "basket case," leaving a quarter of the population homeless and raising fears of epidemics and starvation

Burma At the Edge of Anarchy

The government agrees to elections, but mass protests continue

Human Rights: The Cries of the Kurds

The Cries of the Kurds Iraq uses chemical arms against a rebellion

Northern Ireland Another Cavalcade of Coffins

Britain's army and the I.R.A. play a deadly game of tit for tat

Canada: Deal of the Century (World Notes)

Deal of the Century

France: Phantom of The Airspace (World Notes)

Phantom of The Airspace

Israel: Conduct Unbecoming (World Notes)

Conduct Unbecoming

Yugoslavia: The Serbs In Revolt (World Notes)

The Serbs In Revolt

Space: Close Call over Kazakhstan (Space)

A near tragedy shakes Moscow and stirs up questions

Medicine: Crack Comes to the Nursery (Medicine)

More and more cocaine-using mothers are bearing afflicted infants

Medicine: Eye on The Ball? (Medicine)

In Virginia: Winging It for the Fun of It (American Scene)

Religion: New Life for Family Planning

The Vatican is promoting birth control -- naturally

Olympics: 12 Who Will Dominate (Olympic Special Section)

Sport: A Cat's Cup

Olympics: Anarchy By the Numbers (Olympic Special Section)

Seoul is a model of planning, both madcap and meticulous

Olympics: Colliding Myths After a Dozen Years (Olympic Special Section)

Apart Stereotypes aside -- why the Soviets should do better than the U.S.

Olympics: For Speed and Style, Flo with the Go (Olympic Special Section)

Sport: For Steffi Graf, an Open Slam Dunk

The West German teenager captures the rarest of laurels

Olympics: Gym Shorts: Danger in a Bold New Move (Olympic Special Section)

Danger in a Bold New Move

Olympics: Gym Shorts: Once and Future Champ (Olympic Special Section)

Once and Future Champ

Olympics: Gym Shorts: Oops and Out For the U.S. (Olympic Special Section)

Oops and Out For the U.S.

Olympics: NBC's Bid For TV Glory (Olympic Special Section)

Despite a 14-hour time gap, expect a stunner

Olympics: Regal Masters Of Olympic Versatility (Olympic Special Section)

Joyner-Kersee is at a place Thompson has known and strains to hold, where all you need is everything you've got

Olympics: Sprite Fight (Olympic Special Section)

Which of the extraordinary tumbling pixies will become the Seoul sweetheart?

Olympics: Swim Shorts: Great Leap Downward (Olympic Special Section)

Great Leap Downward

Olympics: Swim Shorts: He's Boffo In Budapest (Olympic Special Section)

He's Boffo In Budapest

Olympics: Swim Shorts: Pool Hustlers From the G.D.R. (Olympic Special Section)

Pool Hustlers From the G.D.R.

Track: The Long And Short of It (Olympic Special Section)

A sprinter who looks like an 18-wheeler and a kitten-size tiger lead the U.S. team

Track Shorts: End for the Slaney Jinx? (Olympic Special Section)

End for the Slaney Jinx?

Track Shorts: One Down, Two May Go (Olympic Special Section)

One Down, Two May Go

Track Shorts: Zeroing In On Eight Feet (Olympic Special Section)

Zeroing In On Eight Feet

Olympics: Viewer's Guide (Olympic Special Section)

Olympics: Watch Out For the G.D.R. (Olympic Special Section)

Comrade Honecker's well-laid plans

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