NATION
Chicago: Get Married Or Get Out (American Notes)
Get Married Or Get Out
Detroit: This Crime Is Off the Wall (American Notes)
This Crime Is Off the Wall
The Cabinet: And Now One For the Vets (American Notes)
And Now One For the Vets
The Farm Belt: The Drought's Toxic Harvest (American Notes)
The Drought's Toxic Harvest
Health Care: Beyond Bromides (Campaign Issues)
Health Care: Beyond Bromides
Color Them Black
Two brothers trick Boston's affirmative action program
Ecotopia A Land Where Ideals And Sensuality Reign (American Ideas)
A California writer's ecological classic wins a new generation of admirers
Grapevine: Oct. 31, 1988
Grapevine: Oct. 31, 1988
Grapevine: Oct. 31, 1988
Is It All Over? Not quite.
Dukakis is finally campaigning with populist passion -- and hoping for late-inning lightning
Nancy Reagan's Little Rule
The White House contends that her borrowing broke no law
Reagan Democrats' Divided Loyalties
Return of The Invisible Man
Jackson is back on the stump for Dukakis -- and himself
The Death of Dayna
Behind the curtains, scenes of Dickensian horror
WORLD
Afghanistan: Another Dagger Aimed at the Heart
As mujahedin armies vie for dominance, the "Lion" plans the final campaign
Israel A Bitter Divorce
Why the campaign trail is even nastier and dirtier than usual
Prisoners And Converts
The Philippines Charging the Unindicted Guest
A grand jury accuses Marcos and his wife of racketeering
Censorship: Terror In, Rights Out (World Notes)
Terror In, Rights Out
South Africa: The New Ball Game (World Notes)
The New Ball Game
Soviet Union: A Travel Permit For Sakharov (World Notes)
A Travel Permit For Sakharov
The Philippines: How Much for The Bases? (World Notes)
How Much for The Bases?
Yugoslavia Talk, Talk - Fight, Fight
Milosevic loses a battle, but his long-term prospects improve
SCIENCE
Science: Big Chill for the Greenhouse
Remember El Nino? Now comes its cool sibling, La Nina
Environment: They Lied to Us (Environment)
Unsafe, aging U.S. weapons plants are stirring fear and disillusion
Nature: Helping Out Putu, Siku and Kanik (Nature)
Three trapped whales attract an army of unlikely saviors to a desolate stretch of Alaskan ice
RELIGION
Religion: The Little Prophet of Haiti
Tumult over an activist priest threatens both church and state
SPORT
Sport: A Series of Ultimate Fantasies
When those little Dodgers got thrown in with the mighty A's
TECHNOLOGY
Technology: Say It with Sewage Gas
A new way to make diamonds
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Critics' Choice: Oct. 31, 1988
Time Magazine Contents Page: Oct. 31, 1988 (Contents)
Magazine contents page Vol. 132 No. 18 OCTOBER 31, 1988
Time Magazine Masthead: Oct. 31, 1988 (Masthead)
Magazine masthead Vol. 132 No. 18 OCTOBER 31, 1988
BUSINESS
COPYRIGHTS: Cake, Candles Not Included
Cake, Candles Not Included
FINANCE: A Little Help From Friends
A Little Help From Friends
LITIGATION: Mutiny on the Lollipop
Mutiny on the Lollipop
MEMORIES: Secondhand Second City
Secondhand Second City
REAL ESTATE: The Baron Of Boardwalk
The Baron Of Boardwalk
Cutting Red Tape to Save Lives
The FDA vows to speed up approval of breakthrough drugs
Food Fights on Wall Street
Grocery giants become the latest takeover targets
The Price of Power
Corporate fat cats throw their weight around in the 1988 campaign
EDUCATION
Education: A Task Worthy Of Solomon
Boston University proposes to take over a city school system
LAW
Law: Convicted by Their Genes
A new forensic test is revolutionizing criminal prosecutions
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Video: A Walk on the Seamy Side (Video)
New tabloid shows are thriving on sex and violent crime
Cinema: Bearding The Butcher of Lyons (Cinema)
Theater: Beguiling Visions RECKLESS (Theater)
by Craig Lucas
Books: Birth Pangs (Books)
Bookends: Oct. 31, 1988 (Books)
Art: Evoking The Spirit Ancestors (Art)
The ancient, mythic world of the Aborigines comes alive
Books: Lightning In His Brain (Books)
Theater: On The Shoals DINNER AT EIGHT (Theater)
by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
Music: Reggae's Bulgarian Acrobats UB40 eases onto the chart tops with an old hit (Music)
UB40 eases onto the chart tops with an old hit
Cinema: The Lady Vamps THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (Cinema)
Directed and written by Ken Russell
Theater: What's Ticking on the Table? (Theater)
THE COCKTAIL HOUR by A.R. Gurney
SPECIAL SECTION
Nobel Prizes: Tales Of Patience and Triumph (Nobel Prizes)
This year age received its deserts, and the chilled champagne was readily at hand
PEOPLE
Interview: with Peter Peterson: Get the Rich Off the Dole (Interview)
Peter Peterson, Warning About the Perils of the U.S. Debt, Says That America's youth faces bankruptcy unless entitlements for the elderly are cut back