Time Magazine Contents Page September 7, 1987
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COVER: A feisty flock awaits the Pope, whose fourth U. S. tour starts next week
American Catholicism -- huge, wealthy and influential -- is crucial to John Paul' s campaign to restore church discipline. But a TIME poll shows that most Catholics, while respecting their Pontiff, disagree with him on a number of key moral issues. -- Cities that will be host to the visit agonize about logistical problems, protests and tacky commercialism. See RELIGION.
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WORLD: Corazon Aquino survives a bloody attempt to oust her from power
Barely recovered from a paralyzing strike, the Philippines suffers the most serious military challenge yet to its 18- month- old government. -- Managua scores points on the public relations battlefield. -- The visit of East Germany' s Erich Honecker to the West stirs hope in Bonn but concern elsewhere. -- The King of Swaziland, the world' s youngest reigning monarch.
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BUSINESS: The work ethic is alive, as Americans labor harder than ever
Even where the vaunted computer revolution has lightened jobs, U. S. workers put in longer hours, with less absenteeism, than most of their counterparts around the world. But the main reason is often economic necessity. -- Former Treasury Secretary William Simon is building a financial empire out of ailing thrifts. -- Bankers declare North Korea to be in default on its foreign debt.
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Nation
Chances for an arms deal get a boost from offers by the U. S. and West Germany. -- He may be worth $7 million, but g. o. p. Candidate Pierre Samuel du Pont IV says he is a self- made man. -- Three federal agencies are investigating Panamanian Despot Manuel Noriega. -- In Louisiana, an accountant is executed for a brutal murder.
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Press
In testing the boundaries of glasnost, Soviet editors and reporters suddenly find their jobs more exciting -- and more confusing.
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Environment
Zimbabwe has launched a last- ditch war to save the black rhinoceros and shut down an illicit trade in rhino horns.
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Books
Truman Capote' s unfinished Answered Prayers is a sad coda to a once brilliant career. -- A comic novel on the throes of mid- life.
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Cinema
Youthful funk becomes stimulating mischief in the hands of cheeky young British filmmakers. Call their style Disasterpiece Theater.
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Living
The jumbo yacht business is booming as multimillionaires queue up to buy speedy, high- tech boats from American builders.
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Show Business
Hollywood' s new romantic hero, Kevin Costner, is drawing crowds in two summer hits, The Untouchables and No Way Out.
5 Letters
57 People
60 Law
64 Milestones
Cover: Illustration by Kinuko Craft