Time Magazine Contents Page August 31, 1987
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COVER: Bright Asian- American students are the marvel of U. S. classrooms
Just 2% of the population, they will be 14% of the new Harvard freshman class, % 25% of Berkeley' s. But the sky- high marks and superlatives are exacting a price: stress, a dropout problem among the poorer and less gifted, even the specter of anti- Asian quotas at the best universities. Still, this is the most impressive generation of immigrants' children in decades. See EDUCATION.
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NATION: The Army' s secret army, a tale of lofty goals but disappointing results
Bureaucratic bumbling and feuding hinder the effectiveness of exotically named units with high- tech equipment, raising again an old dilemma: How can the U. S. prepare for unconventional war while maintaining democratic control of the military? -- Did pilot oversight cause the Detroit air crash? A mystery deepens. -- In Colorado, convicts learn to be cowboys.
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WORLD: An American hostage goes free in Beirut after 62 days of captivity
The return of abducted Journalist Charles Glass raises questions about whether he slipped away unaided or was permitted by his captors to escape. -- Both Iran and the U. S. hunt for mines in the Persian Gulf. -- A lone gunman brings death to a sleepy English town. -- After years of permissiveness, the Dutch are now beginning to wonder if they have gone too far.
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Economy & Business
Franchising is hotter than ever. -- Insurance firms face the staggering cost of AIDS. -- Green fever can be deadly in Colombia.
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Computers
At M. I. T.' s dazzling Media Lab, researchers aim to create newspapers, movies and TV that can respond to individual tastes.
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Medicine
Are residents too tired for their own -- and their patients' -- good? There are proposals for reforming the way doctors are trained.
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Music
At the glittering Salzburg Festival, a controversial Moses und Aron and a gleaming Don Giovanni are the talk of the town.
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Press
His newer readers may not have known that recently retired Timesman James ("Scotty") Reston was the best journalist of his time.
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Books
Columnist William Safire turns to fiction with a 1,125- page Civil War novel but is swamped by facts. -- A powerful Joyce Carol Oates.
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Living
Was it a pray- in or a party? At sacred sites around the globe, New Agers gathered to celebrate the dawn of a spiritual era.
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Essay
With letter writing a forgotten art, diaries passe and taping in disfavor, future historians may literally be at a loss for words.
6 Letters
53 Religion
56 Space
59 People
64 Food
66 Milestones
Cover: Photograph by Ted Thai