September 14, 1987 | Vol. 130 No. 11

A Case of Rank vs. Privilege

How a Senator helped a contractor outflank the Navy

Arizona: Spoofing The Governor (American Notes)

Spoofing The Governor

Chemical Weapons: Demystifying Yellow Rain (American Notes)

Demystifying "Yellow Rain"

Disaster: The Big Heat (American Notes)

The Big Heat

Politics: A Trump Card? (American Notes)

A Trump Card?

Protest: Blood on The Tracks (American Notes)

Blood on The Tracks

No Right-On for Reagan

Ultraconservatives fear time is running out on them

The Presidency: Ike's Nightmare Is upon Us

Ike's Nightmare Is upon Us

The Unreal Campaign

With few cutting issues or themes, the crowded 1988 contest seems oddly unformed

Truth And Reason Upside Down

CIA employees are caught in a philatelic furor

Trying To Trace a Rapist

A town nabs a suspect, but not through its fingerprinting

Unhappy Democrats, a Loyal G.O.P.

Jesse Jackson and George Bush lead in a TIME poll

Wrong Track: Delta is blamed for a close call

Delta is blamed for a close call

Historical Notes Jottings from the Third Reich

Goebbels' diaries shed new light on Hitler's inner circle

Language Troubles of a Tongue en Crise

A Quebec summit lays plans to keep the world speaking French

South Africa Striking Figure

The rise of a miner's grandson

South Korea Two Steps Forward, One Back

Free elections are scheduled, and new violence breaks out

Soviet Union Four Years for a Fun Flight

Rust draws a stiff sentence for his Red Square lark

The Gulf Back to the Bullets

Pressure for peace builds while Iraq launches a new tanker war

The Philippines When the Cheering Stopped

A coup attempt behind her, Aquino tries to regain momentum

Art: Pictures at a Homecoming (World Notes)

Pictures at a Homecoming

East-West: Bring Your Own Bomb (World Notes)

Bring Your Own Bomb

Espionage: The Man in the Helmet (World Notes)

The Man in the Helmet

India: Officer, Get Me Rewrite! (World Notes)

Officer, Get Me Rewrite!

Israel: Requiem for a Flying Turkey (World Notes)

Requiem for a Flying Turkey

Science: Boost for The Booster

Science: Montana State's Troublesome Elms

Once again, controversy surrounds genetically altered bacteria

Medicine: Beefing Up The Defenses (Medicine)

Medicine: New Ally Against Heart Disease (Medicine)

A potent anticholesterol drug receives FDA approval

Health & Fitness: Snip, Suction, Stretch and Truss (Health & Fitness)

America's Me generation signs up for cosmetic surgery

Behavior: A Question of Black Pride (Behavior)

Studies show little improvement in black youths' self-image

Ethics: At Issue: Freedom for the Irrational (Ethics)

Should the helpless mentally ill be hospitalized against their will?

In California: Being 25 and Following Your Bliss (American Scene)

Religion: John Paul Clears the Air

Prayers, promises and frank talk at a summit with Jewish leaders

Religion: Mission To Moscow

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