Vol. 132 No. 10

NATION

"We Could Have Stopped This"
Yellowstone Park's worst blazes spark a controversy

A Quick Lesson in Major-League Politics
Petty questions about Quayle give way to a weightier one: his fitness for the White House

American Notes CIVIL RIGHTS
Remembering The Dream

American Notes CONGRESS
Find the Cash Or Die Sooner

American Notes CRIME
Fearing the Fire Next Time

American Notes DRUGS
Anger over Death Threats

American Notes WASHINGTON
It Costs More To Buy Votes

Don't Trust Anyone Under 45

No One Home
$1 million later, a wealthy kidnap victim is still missing

Taking The Pledge
The mudslinging begins as the candidates argue about patriotism

The Clerk Who Knew Too Much
An Army sergeant is accused of leading a NATO spy ring

Was Lyndon Johnson Unstable?
A former aide calls L.B.J. a victim of "paranoid disintegration"

WORLD

"Don't Shoot! I Have a Baby in My Stomach!"

Burma A Regime on the Ropes
The government stalls for time, but the threat of anarchy grows

Burundi Horror Amid The Green Hills
A bloody bout of tribal warfare

Eastern Europe
Young and Restless Unafraid and impatient, a new generation demands reform -- now

Northern Ireland From Here to Eternity
As the I.R.A. targets more soldiers, London ponders its options

South Africa Hell No, They Don't Want to Go
A draft-resistance movement earns Pretoria's wrath

Where Glasnost Is Still a Dirty Word
In Rumania, Ceausescu's delusions of grandeur bleed the country and make life a backward march

World Notes CHILE
Better Late Than Never

World Notes HONORIFICS
All That Glitters . . .

World Notes ISRAEL
Giving Them The Boot

World Notes PORTUGAL
Tears Amid The Ashes

World Notes SOVIET UNION
Poetic Justice

SCIENCE

Garbage, Garbage, Everywhere (Environment)
Landfills are overflowing, but alternatives are few

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Back Surgery Without Stitches (Medicine)
A novel operation for ruptured disks saves patients money and pain

Grief Is No Killer (Medicine)

SOCIETY

A Connoisseur of the Con (Living)

Begging: To Give or Not to Give (Living)
With panhandlers at every corner, people are running out of patience -- and change

Swinging -- And Ducking -- Singles Studies reveal widespread violence among unwed couples (Behavior)

SPORT

Spilling Over into the Streets
At every turn of the page, heroes are out of bounds

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Critics' Choice

Time (Contents)
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BUSINESS

Big Vs. Small (Economy & Business)
Is entrepreneurialism hurting the U.S. by splintering its industrial base?

Business Notes AUTOS (Economy & Business)
Honest Lee's Used Cars

Business Notes CONTESTS (Economy & Business)
Too Lucky To Be True

Business Notes HOUSING (Economy & Business)
Log Cabins Made of Steel

Business Notes PRODUCTS (Economy & Business)
A Rumor That Keeps Buzzing

Business Notes WALL STREET (Economy & Business)
Turning Down The Volume

Heatstroke (Economy & Business)
Food prices may have only begun to rise

Mini-Shops With Maxi-Clout (Economy & Business)

Where Cleanliness Means Profits (Economy & Business)
Fear of pesticides ignites a squabble over the purity of produce

LAW

Fighting Aids
Discrimination New laws and court decisions help those singled out by tests

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Brave Cuts at a Knuckle Ball EIGHT MEN OUT (Cinema)
Directed and Written by John Sayles

Did You Ever See a Dream Stalking? (Show Business)
Freddy is the nightmare moviegoers love to hate

Horse Opera (Cinema)

In Praise of Lives Without Life-Styles BREATHING LESSONS by Anne Tyler; Knopf; 327 pages; $18.95 (Books)

PEOPLE

Dying with Dignity (Profile)
Cicely Saunders Launched the Mother Ship of the Modern Hospice Movement In London 21 years ago but still sees death as "an outrage" and seeks ways to soften its sting

TO OUR READERS

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

ESSAY

No, The Cold War Isn't Really Over