NATION
Fat Boy vs. the Dirty Digger
AIDS: Running Out Of Gloves (American Notes)
Running Out Of Gloves
Arizona: More Trouble For Mecham (American Notes)
More Trouble For Mecham
Currency: A Columbus Copper Dollar? (American Notes)
A Columbus Copper Dollar?
Illinois: Licking Drugs With Stamps (American Notes)
Licking Drugs With Stamps
New York City: No Sex, Only Death (American Notes)
"No Sex, Only Death"
An Early Lock on Veep, at Least
Bush Bites Back
After tangling with Dole, he aggressively dodges Iranscam
Cold Comfort for the Homeless
Seeking shelter -- and compassion -- as temperatures drop
Strife And Death in the Family
An ex-FBI agent describes five chilling years inside the Mafia
The Budget's Hidden Horrors
How Congress tucked special goodies into its Christmas pie
The Presidency: Baker's End-Game Plan
Baker's End-Game Plan
Why Is This Man Running?
Haig still yearns to be in control
WORLD
Afghanistan In Search of the Nearest Exit
Moscow speeds up its campaign to bring Ivan home
Austria Trapped in the Eye of the Storm
An ever more isolated Waldheim awaits the historians' verdict
Haiti Voting with Their Feet
Many threaten to boycott an election that promises to be a sham
Latin America Flames of Anger
Washington heats up its war against drugs south of the border
Middle East Deporting Their Troubles
Their Troubles Amid new violence, the U.S. again rebukes Israel at the U.N.
On Patrol in Nablus
Soviet Union Patients' Rights: An end to abuses?
An end to abuses?
Denmark: New Status for Gay Partners (World Notes)
New Status for Gay "Partners"
Saudi Arabia: The Taxman Goeth (World Notes)
The Taxman Goeth
Soviet Union: What's in A Name? (World Notes)
What's in A Name?
The Philippines: Better Late Than Never (World Notes)
Better Late Than Never
Trials: Intimidating Tactics (World Notes)
Intimidating Tactics
SCIENCE
Environment: Nightmare on The Monongahela (Environment)
A winter oil spill creates havoc from Pittsburgh to Wheeling
Science: Red Flag at a Weapons Lab
Did Edward Teller oversell the President on the X-ray laser?
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Return of A Childhood Scourge (Medicine)
Rheumatic fever makes a mysterious and troubling comeback
SOCIETY
In Maine: A Town and Its Paper (American Scene)
Living: Welcome Back to Viet Nam (Living)
Returning natives and vets are booking package tours
RELIGION
Religion: Giving The Talmud to the Jews
An Israeli rabbi makes the sacred pages accessible to everyone
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page January 18, 1988 Vol. 131 No. 3 (Contents)
Vol. 131 No. 3
Time Magazine Masthead January 18, 1988 Vol. 131 No. 3 (Masthead)
Vol. 131 No. 3
BUSINESS
Billionaire on The Griddle (Economy & Business)
CONTESTS: Say, Isn't That Our House? (Economy & Business)
Say, Isn't That Our House?
CRIME PREVENTION: En Garde, Frock Fakers! (Economy & Business)
En Garde, Frock Fakers!
INVESTMENT BANKING: Mikhail, Meet Comrade Mike (Economy & Business)
Mikhail, Meet Comrade Mike
RESEARCH: Texas Corrals A Hot Property (Economy & Business)
Texas Corrals A Hot Property
RETAILING: Poor Taste In Waste (Economy & Business)
Poor Taste In Waste
Rogerama Comes to the Waldorf (Economy & Business)
General Motors stages a $20 million show of confidence
Teaming Up to Rescue the Dollar (Economy & Business)
Central bankers spend a bundle to boost a fragile currency
Wild Bears On the Loose (Economy & Business)
What should be done to calm Wall Street?
EDUCATION
Education: Tough Guy for a Tough Town
The beleaguered New York school system gets a stern headmaster
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Video: Back on The March at CBS News (Video)
New shows and rising ratings make the network feel good again
Show Business: Chills, Thrills and Trapdoors (Show Business)
Show Business: Magician of The Musical (Show Business)
Lloyd Webber scores again with Phantom
Cinema: Daffy's Back (Cinema)
A cartoon legend shines again
Books: Machiavellian Ike the Soldier (Books)
by Merle Miller Putnam; 859 pages; $24.95
Cinema: Nights of The Falling Stars (Cinema)
Some familiar faces try to rediscover their old box-office magic
Books: Sleazy Street AFOOT IN A FIELD OF MEN (Books)
by Pat Ellis Taylor Atlantic Monthly Press 166 pages; $6.95
Books: The Poet As a Young Corpse CHATTERTON (Books)
by Peter Ackroyd; Grove; 234 pages; $17.95 THE FAMILY ROMANCE OF THE IMPOSTOR-POET THOMAS CHATTERTON by Louise J. Kaplan; Atheneum; 301 pages; $24.95