Time Magazine Contents Page May 25, 1987
COVER: A scandal- scarred spring tests 14
Americans' sense of national character
Disclosures of hypocrisy and moral laxity infect leadership from Washington to Wall Street, tainting even television evangelists and the Semper Fi U. S. Marines. Do the transgressions represent a general shunning of values that Americans have always held dear, or are they merely a temporary blot brought about by the mindless materialism of the '80s? See ETHICS.
WORLD: South Korean students erupt in 46
a volcano of antigovernment protests
Angry mobs disrupt campuses in violent demonstrations against President Chun Doo Hwan' s decision to postpone electoral reform. -- Projections indicate that Aquino' s slate won an overwhelming victory in the Philippine elections. -- A peace initiative threatens to topple Israel' s unity coalition. -- The trial opens for the accused "Butcher of Lyons." -- A coup shatters paradise in Fiji.
LIVING: No more snickering, please. 72
Bird watching, er . . . birding is In !
Once the leafy pastime of a derided fringe group, birding has developed into a go- go sport with wide appeal to active and sedentary aficionados alike. From feeding chickadees in the backyard to hunting Siberian rubythroats in the Aleutian Islands, birding offers aesthetic delight, the joys of puzzle solving and the chance to sublimate avarice through the compilation of a life list.
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Nation
McFarlane depicts Reagan as a hands- on leader when it came to the contras. -- Scientists design a better bomb.
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Economy & Business
The economy has a rough road ahead. -- A family feud rocks Bacardi' s rum empire. -- Fake fat promises plump profits.
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Medicine
In a rare "domino transplant," a Baltimore man with cystic fibrosis receives a new heart and lungs, then donates his own heart.
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Science
No, that noise is not a power saw in full throttle. The 17- year cicadas are here again, creating a racket and messing up backyards.
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Law
Just whose trial is it? In some highly publicized cases, defense attorneys have -- legally -- attacked victims and prosecutors in court.
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Computers
An international narcotics manhunt turns up 210 fugitives, thanks to an innovative crime- stopping system called Scorecard.
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Video
Bickering in the balcony once a week on TV, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have turned movie criticism into a hit attraction.
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Books
Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko weighs in with a theatrical new collection. -- John Hersey lures the reader with a book on bluefishing.
9 Letters
69 People
71 Theater
76 Milestones
Cover: Illustration by David Suter