Time Magazine Contents Page January 25, 1988
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COVER: Why 200,000 Iowans have such a big say in picking the next President
The race for the White House starts in a state that is overwhelmingly small- town, white and Protestant. But this is no backwater: Iowans are smart, sophisticated, and they take their politics seriously. -- More than voters elsewhere, Iowa caucusgoers are ready to leave Reagan behind, a Time poll finds. -- How the U. S. concocted its screwy system for choosing candidates. See NATION.
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WORLD: The struggle over Israel' s occupied territories blazes out of control
Rock- throwing mobs continue their frenzied attacks as bewildered security forces wonder what to do next. In the most inflammatory incident yet, police attack demonstrators on the sacred grounds of Jerusalem' s Temple Mount. -- Five Central American leaders meet in Costa Rica and give peace another chance. -- A dynasty ends with the death of Taiwan' s President Chiang Ching- kuo.
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BUSINESS: A lower trade- deficit figure sends stocks and the dollar flying
Exports are up and imports are down, but the gap between the two is still large enough to keep the U. S. deep in debt. -- Once the hot new investment strategy, portfolio insurance loses popularity and takes part of the blame for Black Monday. -- A glib scam artist nets $10 million and a mail- fraud < charge. -- Digital audiotape is on the way. -- Sony will sell VHS as well as Beta.
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Nation
Fed up with office towers, sprawling shopping malls and clogged freeways, Californians are sounding a new battle cry: slow growth.
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Law
Stop the presses ! The Supreme Court says school officials can censor student newspapers. -- Doctors vs. lawyers again over malpractice.
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Behavior
Skinheads may look like refugees from the punk- rock scene, but they are emerging as the kiddie corps of the neo- Nazi movement.
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Medicine
A study in New York reveals that an alarming number of newborns are infected with aids. -- Good news for aggressive types.
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Show Business
You will see more movies in plusher theaters and pay more for them -- all because of a 39- year- old Canadian, Garth Drabinsky.
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Art
A fascinating show traces what tradition- bound Japanese artists learned in Paris, the capital of modernity, between 1890 and 1930.
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Books
Forget Pow ! and Blam ! Comic books have grown up and become serious graphic novels. -- I. F. Stone covers the trial of Socrates.
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Music
George Michael scores with it, the Pet Shop Boys mock it, and everyone cashes in: Britpop, an easeful sound that tops the charts.
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6 American Scene
61 Theater
63 Science
64 Video
69 Milestones
72 People
Cover: Photograph by Steve Liss