NATION
Crime: I'm a Dead Man (American Notes)
"I'm a Dead Man"
Dallas: Acknowledging The Past (American Notes)
Acknowledging The Past
Espionage: The Marine Verdict: Guilty (American Notes)
The Marine Verdict: Guilty
Iowa: A Reprieve For Old Mama (American Notes)
A Reprieve For Old Mama
The Atlantic: Killer in The Waves (American Notes)
Killer in The Waves
Hart Murmurs: Is there life after Bimini?
Is there life after Bimini?
Miracle Girl
Sifting Through the Wreckage
Investigators are still stymied by the crash of Flight 255
The Secret Army
Ambitious goals, exotic names -- but disappointing results
The Songs of the South
As both parties whistle Dixie, Democrats wait for Sam to decide
These Cowboys Are Convicts
In Colorado, inmates learn to tame horses -- and themselves
Walking Papers
The FBI nabs a historian
WORLD
Britain Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday
A lone gunman brings death to a sleepy English town
Rudolf Hess: 1894-1987: The Inmate of Spandau's Last Wish
Rudolf Hess: 1894-1987
Gung Ho in the Gulf
Lebanon Escape from Beirut
Where Iran and Syria duel, an American hostage goes free
Middle East Time for Sweeping Gestures
The hunt for mines goes on, as a Saudi arms deal is proposed
South Korea Sputtering Back to Life
Hyundai settles with its workers, but new strikes are called
Sri Lanka Narrow Escape
Attack in the meeting room
The Netherlands Tolerance Finally Finds Its Limits
After years of permissiveness, the Dutch wonder if they have gone too far
China: Trouble for the Man Upstairs (World Notes)
Trouble for the Man Upstairs
India: When the Rain God Failed (World Notes)
When the Rain God Failed
Israel: Shades of Ollie North (World Notes)
Shades of Ollie North
Mexico: Politics over Chilaquiles (World Notes)
Politics over Chilaquiles
Soviet Union: Those Sugar-Bowl Blues (World Notes)
Those Sugar-Bowl Blues
SCIENCE
Space: Getting Nasa Back on Track (Space)
Astronaut Sally Ride proposes a return to the moon
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: You First (Medicine)
Testing an AIDS vaccine
Food: Executive Toque (Food)
Food: It's A Tropical Heat Wave (Food)
Fantasy restaurants inspired by the sunny Caribbean
Medicine: Re-Examining the 36-Hour Day (Medicine)
New York State leads a movement to change the way U.S. doctors are trained
SOCIETY
Living: A New Age Dawning (Living)
Oommm . . . around the world
PRESS
Press: Newswatch: The Best Journalist of His Time
The Best Journalist of His Time
RELIGION
Religion: Special Delivery from the Pope
An affecting letter eases strains between Jews and the Vatican
TECHNOLOGY
Computers: Dreaming The Impossible at M.I.T. (Computers)
In the Media Lab, the goal is to put the audience in control
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page August 31, 1987 (Contents)
Vol. 130 No. 9
BUSINESS
A Burden Too Heavy to Bear (Economy & Business)
Insurance companies face the staggering cost of AIDS
CRIME: The Mounties Get Their Man (Economy & Business)
The Mounties Get Their Man
HOUSING: Raise High The Roof Beam (Economy & Business)
Raise High The Roof Beam
INSIDER TRADING: Never Play With Guns (Economy & Business)
Never Play With Guns
LABOR: Beer in the Lunch Pail (Economy & Business)
Beer in the Lunch Pail
TAKEOVERS: Another Stab At Gillette (Economy & Business)
Another Stab At Gillette
Franchising Fever (Economy & Business)
For a haircut, workout or hearing aid, proceed to the nearest chain store
Just The Fax, Ma'am (Economy & Business)
Facsimile machines shrink in size, drop in price and win fans
There's Green in Them Thar Hills (Economy & Business)
Emerald hunting yields profits and perils in Colombia
EDUCATION
Education: The New Whiz Kids
Why Asian Americans are doing so well, and what it costs them
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Books: A Case of Divided Loyalties FREEDOM (Books)
by William Safire; Doubleday; 1,125 pages; $24.95
Books: Demon's Grip YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS (Books)
by Joyce Carol Oates Dutton; 436 pages; $19.95
Music: Mozart, Moses and Money (Music)
The Salzburg Festival had scores as well as deals