Vol. 131 No. 19

"I'M Going to Detroit"

"The Plane Was Disintegrating"
A jet with its roof blown off makes a miracle landing

American Notes BRIDGES
Disasters in The Making?

American Notes CHARITY
The Milk of Kindness

American Notes IMMIGRATION
A Stampede To Stay

American Notes NAVY
Death on a Mimic Sub

American Notes WASHINGTON
Oliver North's Paper Chase

Beyond The Numbers

Bush's New Balancing Act
Can he move out of Reagan's oversize shadow?

Kids Who Sell Crack
The drug trade has become the nation's newest -- and most frightening -- job program

Is Nunn Really the One?
He is able and may be willing, but he carries some baggage

Memories of A Historic Ride

Muslims At The Mayfair

The Last Hero
Why Robert Kennedy's message of compassion still resonates in 1988

France Down to a Fighting Finish
Mitterrand and Chirac duel on in the shadow of Le Pen's success

Japan From the Land of The Rising Sum
Tokyo steps up its foreign aid

Middle East Who's Running the Insurrection?
Israel blames the P.L.O., but in fact the Palestinian rebellion is largely a local affair

Peru Behind Bars with the Senderistas
A nightmare tale of murder charges and secretive rebels

Poland Strike Two
The workers are restless again

South Korea The Opposition Gets Its Day
A surprise election result opens an era of split rule

World Notes CANADA
Taking a Dive For a Friend

World Notes PANAMA
Dealing with The General

World Notes SOVIET UNION
More Heat At Chernobyl

World Notes THE GULF
So Much for Neighborliness

World Notes WEST GERMANY
Hitler's Hit Parade

Something Fishy About Acid Rain . . . (Environment)
Fresh charges that industrial emissions are killing off ocean life

Dining North by Northwest (Food)
Amid extraordinary bounty, Seattle chefs come of age

Garage Sale of the Century (Living)
The glitzy auction was Andy Warhol's kind of show

In Texas: Easygoing on the Border (American Scene)

Dialogue in A Demilitarized Zone
ABC's Nightline plays diplomat and journalist in Israel

Punishment

Business Notes GEMS (Economy & Business)
The Rising Price of Ice

Business Notes MONEY MANAGEMENT (Economy & Business)
A $5 Million Class Project

Business Notes MORTGAGES (Economy & Business)
Charging Right In the Door

Business Notes PHILANTHROPY (Economy & Business)
Packard's Big Giveaway

Business Notes TAKEOVERS (Economy & Business)
Britain's Chocolate War

How To Tackle Japan Inc. (Economy & Business)

Losing Ground (Economy & Business)
The White House and Congress fumble efforts to fashion a trade policy

Silent Witness On the Hill (Economy & Business)
The junk-bond czar clams up

Strange Bedfellows in Vienna (Economy & Business)
OPEC finds new friends who also want to raise prices

You're Foreclosing? I'm Suing! (Economy & Business)
Borrowers are fighting bankers who use heavy-handed tactics

A New Battle over School Reform
Criticism greets a tough report on progress in U.S. classrooms

Play It Again, Says the Court
The Justices decide to reconsider a major civil rights ruling

A Festival of Opportunities (Dance)
Eclectic is the word for the City Ballet's big celebration

A Testament To Civility NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS (Books)
by Richard Wilbur Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 393 pages; $27.95

Bold Gambit by a Grand Master CHESS (Theater)
Music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus; Lyrics by Tim Rice Book by Richard Nelson

Incaution on A Grand Scale ELIA KAZAN: A LIFE (Books)
by Elia Kazan; Knopf; 848 pages; $24.95

Nix On Mix Pix SUNSET (Cinema)
Directed and Written by Blake Edwards

Seeing Gauguin Whole at Last (Art)
A masterly exhibition corrects myths and moonshine about the pioneering painter

The Angel Who Fell to Earth WINGS OF DESIRE (Cinema)
Directed by Wim Wenders Screenplay by Wim Wenders and Peter Handke

A Letter From the Publisher (A Letter From The Publisher)