NATION
A New Year We'll Never Forget
Nearly 100 perish in a suspicious inferno at a San Juan hotel
Drunk Driving: Leaving the Scene (American Notes)
Leaving the Scene
Los Angeles: Testing the Waters (American Notes)
Testing the Waters
Space: Out of Court Settlement (American Notes)
Out of Court Settlement
Weather: A Rare Cosmic Dance (American Notes)
A Rare Cosmic Dance
Air Traffic Control: Be Careful Out There (Cover Story)
As air traffic soars, so does concern about safety in the skies
Flying with TCAS II
Kind Words for Continental
Let Us Entertain You
The competition is on to bag the 1988 conventions
Plutonium Blues in HanfordBlues in Hanford
Blues in Hanford An aging reactor closes temporarily, but the debate heats up
The Last Battles
Hobbled by Iran, Reagan struggles to reassert his leadership
The Presidency: Gulliver's Travails
Gulliver's Travails
WORLD
Britain: A Leader for the Last Days of Empire, Harold Macmillan: 1894-1986
A Leader for the Last Days of Empire Harold Macmillan: 1894-1986
China: More Wintry Days of Discontent
More Wintry Days of Discontent Defying an official ban, students mount new protests in Peking
Iran Meantime Back in Tehran
Meantime, Back in Tehran / As the U.S. crisis simmers, Khomeini's successors jostle each other for advantage
South Africa New Rules for Black Schools
New Rules for Black Schools Pretoria issues tough regulations aimed at crushing dissent
Soviet Union The Long Hard Road to Moscow
The Long Hard Road to Moscow After life in the West, 50 disgruntled emigres go home again
T Shirts That Shout
Afghanistan: Let's Make Another Deal (World Notes)
Let's Make Another Deal
France: Going off The Tracks (World Notes)
Going off The Tracks
Israel: A Deep Sigh Of Relief (World Notes)
A Deep Sigh Of Relief
Japan: The 1.004% Solution (World Notes)
The 1.004% Solution
West Germany: Play It Again, Mr. Chancellor (World Notes)
Play It Again, Mr. Chancellor
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Help From The Unborn Fetal-cell (Medicine)
Surgery raises hopes -- and issues
Health & Fitness: Rough Rides: ATV injuries climb (Health & Fitness)
ATV injuries climb
Health & Fitness: The Weight Shrinks (Health & Fitness)
Dig In Help for serious or just trendy eating problems
SOCIETY
Behavior: Exploring The Traits of Twins (Behavior)
A new study shows that key characteristics may be inherited
In New York City: An Incantation (American Scene)
New York City: An Incantation
RELIGION
Religion: Taking A Firm Stand Against Faith
Moscow worries about the growing population of Soviet Muslims
SPORT
Sport: The Bowl of Bowls
In the "get even" game, Paterno and Penn State do
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Masthead JANUARY 12, 1987 Vol. 129, No. 2 (Masthead)
Magazine Masthead JANUARY 12, 1987 Vol. 129, No. 2
BUSINESS
Eye For Eye, Tooth for Tooth (Economy & Business)
The U.S. uses brinkmanship to handle a trade dispute
And Now, Son of Tax Reform (Economy & Business)
Changes in federal law portend higher state levies in 1987
Advertising: Ansel Adams, Arms Peddler? (Economy & Business)
Ansel Adams, Arms Peddler?
FINANCE: Beach-Blanket Bank Tellers (Economy & Business)
Beach-Blanket Bank Tellers
LAWSUITS: Fees, Fie! Foes Fume (Economy & Business)
Fees, Fie! Foes Fume
SERVICES: Storefront Post Offices (Economy & Business)
Storefront Post Offices
TRANSPORTATION: I Left My Car in San Francisco (Economy & Business)
I Left My Car in San Francisco
Hospitals Learn the Hard Sell (Economy & Business)
Learn the Hard Sell Feverish competition brings hype to the health-care industry
Pie in The Sky (Economy & Business)
The White House and Congress battle to cut a trillion dollar budget
EDUCATION
Education: Academia's New Gypsies
With tenure logjammed, colleges turn to part-time faculty
LAW
Law: Master Of Cant and Recant
A dark tale of mass murder gets even murkier
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Theater: Disorientation As An Art Form (Theater)
Art Form At 20, the American Repertory still baffles and delights
Art: Getting On the Map (Art)
New money fuels Los Angeles' museum surge
Books: Life Studies BLUEBEARD'S EGG AND OTHER STORIES (Books)
Studies BLUEBEARD'S EGG AND OTHER STORIES by Margaret Atwood Houghton Mifflin; 281 pages; $16.95
Books: Octopus the Second Oldest Profession (Books)
by Phillip Knightley Norton; 436 pages; $19.95
Art: Pyramid (Art)
Power in Paint
Books: Tough Talk and Local Color Bandits (Books)
Talk and Local Color Bandits by Elmore Leonard; Arbor House; 345 pages; $17.95
Show Business: View From Prospero's Island (Show Business)
Merchant and Ivory are as hot as tez tamatar shorba
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From the Publisher: Jan. 12, 1987 (A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters: Jan. 12, 1987
ESSAY
Essay: Casablanca In Color? I'm Shocked, Shocked!
I'm Shocked, Shocked!