Time Magazine Contents Page July 25, 1988

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COVER: In Atlanta this week, the curtain rises on a new era for the Democrats

Michael Dukakis tries to unite his party and define its postliberal soul. -- Confounding oddsmakers and stiff- arming Jesse Jackson, the Duke picks Texan Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate. -- Garry Wills on the rise of the moral manager. -- Calvin Trillin rediscovers Atlanta. -- Mimi Sheraton samples the city' s culinary charms. See NATION.

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^ WORLD: Gorbachev takes his reforms on the road in his first state visit to Poland

The Soviet leader, chairing a Warsaw Pact summit, advances Moscow' s program for political and economic renewal as a way of jump- starting similar plans in Eastern Europe. -- A crackdown in Nicaragua spurs calls for military aid to the contras. -- Britain beats the U. S. to the arms deal of the century.

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MUSIC: Randy Travis leads a stampede to the crossroads of country, pop and rock

There' s a country- music party going on at the junction of Nashville and tomorrow. Grammy Winner Randy Travis is headlining, while more restless spirits are tangling country' s traditional roots with all sorts of other music. How long can this party last? If Travis & Co. have their say, forever and ever. Amen.

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Economy & Business

Defense suppliers, hurt by budget cuts and scandal, face hard times. -- Washington vows drought relief. -- Immigrant loan clubs.

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Education

Gorbachev' s glasnost expels party- line teaching from Soviet schools and brings open discussion and a bit of heresy to texts and curriculum.

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Art

Dominated by the U. S. exhibit of paintings by Jasper Johns, the Venice Biennale regains some of its luster as a festival of the new.

8 Letters

13 Critics' Choice

65 Cinema

66 Health & Fitness

67 Video

73 Religion

73 Milestones

76 Living

80 Books

83 People

86 Essay

Cover: Photograph by Steve Liss