Time Magazine Contents Page September 23, 1985 Vol. 126 No. 12

COVER: A new revolution puts Deng 42

and 1 billion Chinese to the test

As perhaps befits a nation that is both the world' s most populous and one of its least developed, China is reaching in paradoxical

directions to shape its future. Leader Deng Xiaoping, 81, is eager

to promote more young and better- educated leaders, while

employing the lure of material wealth to build his country into a true world power. See WORLD.

NATION: As AIDS spreads, the 24

concern begins to verge on hysteria

A raucous school boycott in New York City reflects the nationwide fear of the...

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