NATION
I'M Going to Detroit
The Plane Was Disintegrating
A jet with its roof blown off makes a miracle landing
Bridges: Disasters in The Making? (American Notes)
Disasters in The Making?
Charity: The Milk of Kindness (American Notes)
The Milk of Kindness
Immigration: A Stampede To Stay (American Notes)
A Stampede To Stay
Navy: Death on a Mimic Sub (American Notes)
Death on a Mimic Sub
Washington: Oliver North's Paper Chase (American Notes)
Oliver North's Paper Chase
Beyond The Numbers
Bush's New Balancing Act
Can he move out of Reagan's oversize shadow?
Kids Who Sell Crack
The drug trade has become the nation's newest -- and most frightening -- job program
Is Nunn Really the One?
He is able and may be willing, but he carries some baggage
Memories of A Historic Ride
Muslims At The Mayfair
Robert Kennedy: The Last Hero
Why Robert Kennedy's message of compassion still resonates in 1988
WORLD
France Down to a Fighting Finish
Mitterrand and Chirac duel on in the shadow of Le Pen's success
Japan From the Land of The Rising Sum
Tokyo steps up its foreign aid
Middle East Who's Running the Insurrection?
Israel blames the P.L.O., but in fact the Palestinian rebellion is largely a local affair
Peru Behind Bars with the Senderistas
A nightmare tale of murder charges and secretive rebels
Poland Strike Two
The workers are restless again
South Korea The Opposition Gets Its Day
A surprise election result opens an era of split rule
Canada: Taking a Dive For a Friend (World Notes)
Taking a Dive For a Friend
Panama: Dealing with The General (World Notes)
Dealing with The General
Soviet Union: More Heat At Chernobyl (World Notes)
More Heat At Chernobyl
The Gulf: So Much for Neighborliness (World Notes)
So Much for Neighborliness
West Germany: Hitler's Hit Parade (World Notes)
Hitler's Hit Parade
SCIENCE
Environment: Something Fishy About Acid Rain . (Environment)
Fresh charges that industrial emissions are killing off ocean life
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Food: Dining North by Northwest (Food)
Amid extraordinary bounty, Seattle chefs come of age
SOCIETY
Living: Garage Sale of the Century (Living)
The glitzy auction was Andy Warhol's kind of show
In Texas: Easygoing on the Border (American Scene)
PRESS
Press: Dialogue in A Demilitarized Zone
ABC's Nightline plays diplomat and journalist in Israel
Press: Punishment
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page May 9, 1988 (Contents)
Vol. 131 No. 19
Time Magazine Masthead May 9, 1988 (Masthead)
Vol. 131 No. 19
BUSINESS
GEMS: The Rising Price of Ice (Economy & Business)
The Rising Price of Ice
MONEY MANAGEMENT: A $5 Million Class Project (Economy & Business)
A $5 Million Class Project
MORTGAGES: Charging Right In the Door (Economy & Business)
Charging Right In the Door
PHILANTHROPY: Packard's Big Giveaway (Economy & Business)
Packard's Big Giveaway
TAKEOVERS: Britain's Chocolate War (Economy & Business)
Britain's Chocolate War
How To Tackle Japan Inc. (Economy & Business)
Losing Ground (Economy & Business)
The White House and Congress fumble efforts to fashion a trade policy
Silent Witness On the Hill (Economy & Business)
The junk-bond czar clams up
Strange Bedfellows in Vienna (Economy & Business)
OPEC finds new friends who also want to raise prices
You're Foreclosing? I'm Suing! (Economy & Business)
Borrowers are fighting bankers who use heavy-handed tactics
EDUCATION
Education: A New Battle over School Reform
Criticism greets a tough report on progress in U.S. classrooms
LAW
Law: Play It Again, Says the Court
The Justices decide to reconsider a major civil rights ruling
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Dance: A Festival of Opportunities (Dance)
Eclectic is the word for the City Ballet's big celebration
Books: A Testament To Civility NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS (Books)
by Richard Wilbur Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 393 pages; $27.95
Theater: Bold Gambit by a Grand Master CHESS (Theater)
Music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus; Lyrics by Tim Rice Book by Richard Nelson
Books: Incaution on A Grand Scale ELIA KAZAN: A LIFE (Books)
by Elia Kazan; Knopf; 848 pages; $24.95
Cinema: Nix On Mix Pix SUNSET (Cinema)
Directed and Written by Blake Edwards
Art: Seeing Gauguin Whole at Last (Art)
A masterly exhibition corrects myths and moonshine about the pioneering painter
Cinema: The Angel Who Fell to Earth WINGS OF DESIRE (Cinema)
Directed by Wim Wenders Screenplay by Wim Wenders and Peter Handke