NATION
A Mixed Verdict for Meese
His legal problems are over, but his ethics remain questionable
Cities: You'll Love It Here (American Notes)
You'll Love It Here
Los Angeles: Royal Flush for A Full House (American Notes)
Royal Flush for A Full House
Parks: Donald Hodel's Turf Battle (American Notes)
Donald Hodel's Turf Battle
Pornography: Get Off the Telephone (American Notes)
Get Off the Telephone
The West: Summer Of Fire (American Notes)
Summer Of Fire
The Democrats Jesse Has No Equals
The Democrats Your Record Is Not Reassuring
In an open letter, a former Secretary of Defense questions Dukakis' grasp of national security
The Democrats Reaching Common Ground
How Dukakis managed to assert that two's a ticket and three's a crowd
The Democrats: The Best and Brightest, the Worst and Dimmest
The Best and Brightest, the Worst and Dimmest
The Democrats The Duke Of Unity
When the pressure was on to prove he could excite as well as manage his party, Dukakis found strength in a new theme: community
The Democrats True-Life Tales from the Omni
Pamela takes it off, Tipper gets radical, and Mario claims the car
The Democrats: What Jackson Got
What Jackson Got
The Libyan Travel Bureau
Oliver North was its target -- but then maybe not
WORLD
Burma Is It Time to Say Goodbye?
Ne Win offers to resign, but there are doubts that he means it
Central America A Few Minutes Before Noon
A new contra leadership may trigger fresh battles with Managua
Ethiopia Eritrea: A Crucible of Misery
Famine relief sputters as the Mengistu government struggles to regain control of the north
Oil: Win, Lose or Draw?
The Gulf On the Brink of Peace
Iran's abrupt acceptance of a cease-fire may end its bloody eight-year war with Iraq
Nelson Mandela: Unhappy Birthday
Egypt: The Big Breakout (World Notes)
The Big Breakout
Italy: Hard News To Swallow (World Notes)
Hard News To Swallow
Middle East: Turning Up The Heat (World Notes)
Turning Up The Heat
Soviet Union: Enough Is Enough (World Notes)
Enough Is Enough
Zimbabwe: Do You Know Me? (World Notes)
Do You Know Me?
SCIENCE
Our Filthy Seas: the Oceans Send Out an S.O.S. (Environment)
Threatened by rising pollution, the oceans are sending out an SOS
SOCIETY
In New York: A Degree in Desserts (American Scene)
PRESS
Press: Breaking The Code of Confidentiality
Two newspapers are found guilty of revealing a source
STYLE & DESIGN
Design: Fast Life Along the Skywalks (Design)
By going indoors, city dwellers escape the city
TECHNOLOGY
Technology: Into The Wild Blue (Digital) Yonder
The new simulators re-create reality -- and fantasy -- with gut-wrenching accuracy
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Magazine contents page AUGUST 1, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 5
Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Magazine masthead AUGUST 1, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 5
BUSINESS
Bonanza In The Bushes (Economy & Business)
Owning a minor-league baseball club has become a grand-slam investment
LITIGATION: Dueling Trademarks (Economy & Business)
Dueling Trademarks
MARKETING: Now Call It Yupperware (Economy & Business)
Now Call It Yupperware
REGULATION: Stay Tuned for Dial-a-Movie (Economy & Business)
Stay Tuned for Dial-a-Movie
TAKEOVERS: Disney Enters The Picture (Economy & Business)
Disney Enters The Picture
Invasion of The Gold Coast (Economy & Business)
A mammoth inflow of Japanese money alarms Australians
The Incredible Shrinking Paycheck (Economy & Business)
Would raising the minimum wage help or hurt the working poor?
LAW
Law: Court Critique
Law: They're Playing Up to the Jury
Lawyers are turning to actors to polish their court performances
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Books: Diesel Gypsies DANGER - HEAVY GOODS (Books)
by Robert Hutchison Morrow; 288 pages; $19.95
Video: Do Conventions Turn Off the Public? (Video)
Some TV news executives think so, and Atlanta may mark the end of an era
Video: Dynamo on The Floor (Video)
Art: Glimpses Of An Unsexy Tortoise (Art)
A new Braque show offers too little of a great thing
Books: Reimagining Death in Dallas LIBRA (Books)
by Don DeLillo; Viking; 458 pages; $19.95
Music: The Opera As Science Fiction (Music)
Philip Glass turns to psychodrama, part Freud, part Kafka
Cinema: The Prince of Prepuberty Grows Up BIG TOP PEE-WEE (Cinema)
Directed by Randal Kleiser Screenplay by Paul Reubens and George McGrath