Time Magazine Contents PageVol. 132 No. 22 NOVEMBER 28, 1988

Vol. 132 No. 22 NOVEMBER 28, 1988

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COVER: Was John Connally the real target in the Kennedy assassination?

Excerpts from a forthcoming book suggest that Lee Harvey Oswald, angry at the downgrading of his Marine discharge, was out to get the Governor of Texas, not J. F. K. -- Twenty- five years after the assassination, the trendy conspiracy theory is that the Mafia used Oswald to stop the Kennedy brothers' war on crime. -- Hugh Sidey recalls the shattering day that started with cheers and ended in mourning.

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NATION: The markets read George Bush' s lips and send him a message: there' ll be no honeymoon

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