Time Magazine Contents Page September 14, 1987
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COVER: America is a country for sale as foreigners rush in to buy, buy, buy
Flush with cash and encouraged by the falling dollar, investors from overseas are snapping up skyscrapers and shopping malls, corporations and forest land, refineries and casinos. Already, Manhattan' s landmark Tiffany building is Japanese, Brooks Brothers is Canadian, and Sohio is in British hands. Is foreign ownership a danger? See ECONOMY & BUSINESS.
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NATION: The candidates leap from the starting gate in search of cutting themes
Five months before the Iowa caucuses, the campaign remains eerily formless and wide open. A TIME poll finds that many Democrats express doubts about the party' s candidates, while George Bush has regained lost ground among Republicans. -- Ultraconservatives pummel the President. -- In Pennsylvania, a controversial search for a rape suspect touches off a civil rights flap.
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WORLD: Pressure for peace builds in the Persian Gulf as the tanker war resumes
United Nations Secretary- General Perez de Cuellar prepares to lead new talks after attacks by Iraq and Iran leave the waterway littered with damaged ships. -- In the Philippines, the aborted coup attempt uncovers a deep vein of dissatisfaction in the military. -- A Soviet court sentences the young West German pilot who landed outside Red Square to four years in the Gulag.
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Religion
Pope John Paul' s unprecedented meeting with Jewish leaders. -- Orthodoxy' s Ecumenical Patriarch on a mission to Moscow.
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Medicine
The FDA approves a new anticholesterol drug called lovastatin. -- Researchers report that a hormone beefs up the immune system.
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Health & Fitness
Cosmetic surgery has become a popular operation for sagging baby boomers (men and women) who can afford the bill.
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Cinema
Director John Sayles turns a 1920 miners' strike into the low- budget epic Matewan. -- Shorts: Dirty Dancing and Mermaids.
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Books
In his memoirs, former Speaker Tip O' Neill speaks his mind about politics and Presidents. -- Outlaws is George V. Higgins at his best.
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* Music
He' s back and he' s Bad ! Five years after the release of Thriller, Michael Jackson unleashes another megahit album.
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Theater
How do road shows of Broadway hits compare with the originals? For performance pizazz, many are as good or even better.
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Ethics
New York City' s plans for involuntary hospitalization of the homeless mentally ill provoke some morally perplexing questions.
6 Letters
10 American Scene
67 Science
72 People
74 Behavior
74 Milestones
76 Education
Cover: Illustration by Michael Doret