NATION
A No-Frills Summit
After an embarrassing flip-flop, Gorbachev will come to Washington
Labor: Solidarity - And Shelter (American Notes)
Solidarity -- And Shelter
Louisiana: Goodbye to Good Times (American Notes)
Goodbye to Good Times
Poverty: The Steady Hold of Hunger (American Notes)
The Steady Hold of Hunger
Space: Lift-Off At Last (American Notes)
Lift-Off At Last
Texas: Celebrating For Jessica (American Notes)
Celebrating For Jessica
Evan Mecham, Please Go Home
Arizonans are poised to recall their foot-in-mouth Governor
The Supreme Court: If At First You Don't Succeed . . .
Reagan picks another conservative for the court -- or so he hopes
The New Kid: A cop is shot at a Texas school
A cop is shot at a Texas school
WORLD
Central America Still Gunning for Peace
Remember the Nov. 5 cease-fire deadline? Don't count on it
China Balancing Act
Party reformers and conservatives reach an uneasy compromise
Communism Two Crossroads of Reform
A TIME correspondent takes an intriguing journey through the Soviet Union and China, comparing the substance and pace of the changes that are dramatically transforming the two Communist powers
Human Rights Moscow Cracks the Gates
More Jewish emigrants get the green light -- for now
South Korea Kim vs. Kim
The opposition splits apart
Ethiopia: Let Them Eat Bullets (World Notes)
Let Them Eat Bullets
Immigration: Who Killed Mary Poppins? (World Notes)
Who Killed Mary Poppins?
The Gulf: Bull Market In Silkworms (World Notes)
Bull Market In Silkworms
The Philippines: Target: Americans (World Notes)
Target: Americans
SCIENCE
Science: Putting On Ancient Airs
Science: The Importance of Being Blue
New genetically altered bacteria may lead to safer testing
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Food: Roll Out the Barrel (Food)
Microbreweries tout flavor and freshness
Medicine: Strange Trip Back to the Future (Medicine)
The case of Robert R. spurs new questions about AIDS
SOCIETY
In Massachusetts: Theater Therapy (American Scene)
RELIGION
Religion: Was This Trip Necessary?
A Synod of Bishops rushes to vagueness on the status of women
SPORT
Sport: New Formation: Odd Man Out
Some regulars are displaced, but the teams go on
Sport: Sight For Sore Ears
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page November 9, 1987 (Contents)
Vol. 130 No. 19
Time Magazine Masthead November 9, 1987 (Masthead)
Vol. 130 No. 19
BUSINESS
The Crash: A Deficit on the Trail (The Crash)
Few candidates, so far, show much economic leadership
The Crash: Caution in The Boardroom (The Crash)
Companies try to assess the damage from the stock blowout
The Crash: Cranking Up the Reform Machine (The Crash)
A welter of investigations ponder new limits on the marketplace
The Crash: Who's in Charge? (The Crash)
The nation calls for leadership, and there is no one home
The Crash: Raiders Retreat - for Now (The Crash)
The Crash: Riding Out the Aftershocks (The Crash)
A shaken Wall Street struggles to steady its nerves and stage a rally
The Crash: Risks In Every Direction (The Crash)
Trimming the deficit will be perilous but unavoidable
The Crash: Slump At The Sales Window (The Crash)
The Crash: The Budget's Sacred Cow (The Crash)
The Crash: The Presidency: The Hands-On Manager (The Crash)
The Hands-On Manager
The Crash: Ups And Downs in the Global Village (The Crash)
Outside the U.S., the economic shock waves look different
The Crash: Yapping From The Right (The Crash)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Books: Heroism's End? THE MASK OF COMMAND (Books)
by John Keegan Viking; 368 pages; $18.95
Video: Not Playing It for Laughs (Video)
From AIDS to the homeless, sitcoms take a turn for the gloomy
Art: Spectral Light, Anxious Dancers (Art)
In New York, the disquieting visions of Susan Rothenberg
Music: Stagecraft As Soulcraft (Music)
Nixon, Mao and Chou En-lai meet again -- in Houston
Cinema: The Empire Strikes Out (Cinema)
Two films of revolution in South Africa and South London