Vol. 131 No. 17
NATION
Reagan's overreaching riles Panama and Honduras
American Notes FLORIDA
Tennis the Menace?
American Notes MARYLAND
$10,000 per Handgun
American Notes MASSACHUSETTS
Health Care For Everyone
American Notes TEXAS
Pay Up, My Dear Brother
American Notes THE MILITARY
Clearing a Navy Doctor
Bombs In New Jersey and Naples
The Japanese Red Army is suspected in two terrorist actions
Farmer with A Green Thumb
Peace Shield At the Pentagon, a new SDI
Riding The Drug Issue
In New York, saying no to narcotics is a turn on
The Long Goodbye to Byrd
Jockeying begins for the Senate majority leader's job
The Presidency
Speaking out of Turn
WORLD
Amid nagging worries, an accord on Soviet withdrawal is signed
France Shades of Le Grand Charles
As Chirac grabs the race's No. 2 spot, a Gaullist ghost hovers
Middle East Gunned Down in Tunis
The murder of Arafat's deputy ignites fresh Palestinian fury
Shamir: "This Is a New Form of Warfare"
Terrorism Nightmare on Flight 422
Murder and zealotry meet in a jumbo jet
World Notes AFRICA
Day of the Locusts
World Notes BRITAIN
Princely Problems
World Notes POLAND
March of The Living
World Notes SOUTH KOREA
His Brother's Keeper
World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
Chinese Homecoming
SCIENCE
The first U.S. animal patent stirs up a storm in Congress
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Going Overboard on Medical Tests (Medicine)
Often inaccurate, diagnostic aids may be a costly trap %
Treating an "In" Malady (Health & Fitness)
Some 10 million Americans suffer from TMJ
SOCIETY
American women send designers back to the drawing board
In Florida: Filling the Hours with Bingo ! (American Scene)
RELIGION
Listening to The Voices of Women
U.S. bishops grapple with the sin of sexism in the church
TECHNOLOGY
The Next Major Battleground
A new breed of chips challenges 25 years of computer design
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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Time (Masthead)
Magazine masthead APRIL 25, 1988 Vol. 131 No. 17
BUSINESS
Tales of snafus and sloppiness
Business Notes AUTOS (Economy & Business)
Come Fly With Us
Business Notes BANKING (Economy & Business)
To the Rescue: Casey at Bat
Business Notes DEALS (Economy & Business)
Trump Meets His Match
Business Notes SANCTIONS (Economy & Business)
Close to the Last Drop
Business Notes TAKEOVERS (Economy & Business)
Down, But Not Out
Do You Believe In Magic? (Economy & Business)
Starring in its own Cinderella story, Disney transforms itself
Holding Their Banner High (Economy & Business)
Uncle Walt's corporate heirs build on his dreams in the dark
Publishing with A French Accent (Economy & Business)
Hachette spends $1.2 billion to become a major player in the U.S.
Punch in The Eye (Economy & Business)
A rising trade deficit and faster inflation threaten the expansion
EDUCATION
Yes, sir -- especially where the law mandates tests for first grade
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
by J.G. Ballard; Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 254 pages; $17.95
A TV Trial for Waldheim (Video)
The Austrian President's past is probed in a controversial inquiry
Love And Respect, Hollywood-Style (Show Business)
Bernardo Bertolucci's China epic sweeps the Oscars
Swordplay Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Books)
by Carol Felsenthal Putnam; 320 pages; $19.95
Way Out in Africa WHITE MISCHIEF (Cinema)
Directed by Michael Radford Screenplay by Michael Radford and Jonathan Gems
PEOPLE
RICHARD NIXON, at 75, is still one of the funniest men in America. Only America (abysmal farce) turns out to be funnier than he