NATION
Air Force: Bimbos for Bombers (American Notes)
Bimbos for Bombers
Boston: Where There's Smoke . . . (American Notes)
Where There's Smoke . . .
Crime: Have I Got a Deal for You! (American Notes)
Have I Got a Deal for You!
Environment: A High-Cost Cleanup (American Notes)
A High-Cost Cleanup
Politics: Still a Splinter (American Notes)
Still a Splinter
Foster Children with the AIDS Virus: Families That Open Their Homes to the Sick (American Ideas)
Families That Open Their Homes to the Sick A mother to disabled kids, Rachel Rossow helps other moms make brief lives happy
Last Licks
Free of election fears, Reagan fires some parting shots
Mountains Of Advice
But George Bush probably doesn't need most of it
Only English Spoken Here
Language as politics spawns a backlash against immigrants
Shultz's Last Stand
Why he fought to keep Arafat away from the U.N.
Slaughter in The Streets
Crack touches off a homicide epidemic
The Presidency: The $50 Million Face-Lift
The $50 Million Face-Lift
The Stealth Bomber: Will This Bird Fly?
The radar-invisible Stealth bomber could give the U.S. a lead over the Soviets. Or it could bust the budget
WORLD
Canada Those Irish Eyes Are Smiling Again
After an emotional campaign, Mulroney -- and free trade with the U.S. -- wins a resounding victory
Iraq Sins of The Son
Nationalities People Power, Soviet Style
Moscow rolls out the tanks as Azerbaijan and Armenia flare up
Shamir's Exquisite Dilemma
Whatever partner he chooses, the country faces a no-win situation
South Africa
Measures of Mercy
South Korea
Humbling Apologies
Sudan Starvation in a Fruitful Land
Civil war produces a terrible new weapon: food, not bullets
Angola: On to the Finish Line (World Notes)
On to the Finish Line
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Food: A New Brew Too True? Dry beers go national (Food)
Health & Fitness: It's Not All in Your Head (Health & Fitness)
New therapies keep impotence from being a hopeless condition
Medicine: New Methods for Saving Blood (Medicine)
Researchers are trying to reclaim, recycle and replenish it
RELIGION
Religion: Gays Vs. The Vatican
San Francisco's Archbishop forbids Masses for Dignity
SPORT
Sport: Let's Get Ridiculous! Buffalo's Bills
Buffalo's Bills, long frozen in the basement, romp to the top
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Time Magazine Contents Page December 5, 1988 (Contents)
Vol. 132 No. 23
Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 132 No. 23 DECEMBER 5, 1988 (Masthead)
Vol. 132 No. 23 DECEMBER 5, 1988
BUSINESS
If I Fail, I'm on the Hook: Ross Johnson
In the first interview since his buyout bid, Ross Johnson defends his sweet deal
A Heap of Woe for the Junkman
Bond wiz Milken prepares for criminal charges
LABOR: The Grocery-Cart Coalition
The Grocery-Cart Coalition
LITIGATION: Is That All There Is?
Is That All There Is?
MARKETING: Scents from The Stars
Scents from The Stars
OPEC: Forging a Fragile Peace
Forging a Fragile Peace
TOYS: Nintendo Tops The Wish Lists
Nintendo Tops The Wish Lists
Where's the Limit? Ross Johnson and the RJR Nabisco Takeover Battle
The biggest takeover battle in history raises questions about greed, debt and the well-being of American industry
One Player's Gain Is Another's Pain
The Cast of Characters
EDUCATION
Education: Please, Children, Do Not Leave
Bush reappoints a consensus builder to a centerpiece job
Education: Report Card
LAW
Law: Abortion on The Ropes
Is the historic Roe v. Wade ruling about to be overturned?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Books: INSIDE BARYSHNIKOV'S AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE (Books)
PRIVATE VIEW: INSIDE BARYSHNIKOV'S AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE by John Fraser; Photographs by Eve Arnold; Bantam; 259 pages; $30
Critics' Choice: Dec. 5, 1988 (Critics' Choice)
Books: Enchanting Folly (Books)
Books: Incomplete Angler (Books)
Music: Rattling The Neighborhood (Music)
The Cowboy Junkies cook up some fresh country blues
Video: Sharp Tongue in the Trenches: Roseanne Barr (Video)
Roseanne Barr's caustic humor sparks TV's newest hit
Art: The Club Med of the Humanists, from Giorgione to Matisse (Art)
A Washington show surveys Arcadia, as seen by painters from Giorgione to Matisse
Cinema: The Fire in the South MISSISSIPPI BURNING (Cinema)
Directed by Alan Parker Screenplay by Chris Gerolmo
SPECIAL SECTION
Travel: Europe Is A Winter's Tale Forget June: seasoned travelers go off-season (Travel)
Forget June: seasoned travelers go off-season
PEOPLE
Interview: A Very Civil Servant, Sir Brian Urquhart (Interview)
Sir Brian Urquhart reflects on war and peace, idealism and realism, and a lifetime at the United Nations as his organization picks up a Nobel Prize