Vol. 132 No. 17

NATION

American Notes CONGRESS
Farewell, Fort Sheridan

American Notes EXPLORERS
Peary & Santa At the Pole

American Notes FLORIDA
Uzis at the Five & Dime

American Notes SAN ANTONIO
The Mayor's Other Woman

Campaign Issues
The Homeless: Brick by Brick

Bush Scores A Warm Win
The debate in Los Angeles illuminates the power of personality as well as Dukakis' real Frostbelt problem

Of Myth and Memory
Dreaming of 1960 in the New World

The Big Senate Battlegrounds
Despite Bush's lead, it's looking good for the Democrats

The Likability Sweepstakes

The Safe Seats

Why Mrs. Reagan Still Looks Like a Million
Despite her promises, the First Lady continues to borrow designer dresses. None of them have been reported as required

WORLD

Back in The Baltics

Communism O Nationalism!
Yugoslavia shows how ancient tensions can suddenly boil over

Grapevine

Grapevine

Grapevine

Grapevine

Israel Power to the Fringe
Extremist parties court a divided electorate

Journey Along the Border
A TIME correspondent explores the 2,076-mile boundary where the U.S. and Mexico rub shoulders but rarely shake hands

Sri Lanka Blood on the Ballot Box
A savage ethnic rivalry propels the nation toward anarchy

World Notes ITALY
Shooting Down The "Snipers"

World Notes RELIGION
Paisley and The Pope

World Notes SOUTH AFRICA
Voting Can Be Deadly

World Notes SOVIET UNION
De-Stalinizing The Farm

SCIENCE

Bad Scene at Rocky Flats (Environment)
Once again, the feds are forced to shut down a nuclear facility

SOCIETY

Around And Around Again (Living)
Death to disco: strike up a Moonlight Serenade and dance

Flemington, New Jersey A Town That Bargains (American Scene)
Built In New Jersey's pastures, credit cards grow even greener

PRESS

Conference Call
Reporters seek more access

RELIGION

Debunking The Shroud of Turin
Tests prove it is not Christ's burial cloth, but questions remain

SPORT

Classic Falls and Fall Classics
California makes a monopoly of the Series

How About Those Announcers?
A new service puts fans behind the mike for an inning of action

TECHNOLOGY

Quick,
What Are the Prime Factors of 9,412,343,607,359,262,946,971,172, 136,294,514,357,528,981,378,983,082,541,347,532,211,942,640,121,301, 590,698,634,089,611,468,911,681?

Soul of The Next Machine
With flair and ballyhoo, Steven Jobs unveils his latest computer

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Critics' Choice

Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page Vol. 132 No. 17 OCTOBER 24, 1988

BUSINESS

Business Notes AIRPORTS !
From Late To Later

Business Notes PRODUCTS
A Plucky Little Buzzer

Business Notes TRADE
Proof for The Pessimists

Business Notes UTILITIES
Antidote for A Smokestack

Business Notes WALL STREET
First Boston's Last Waltz

The Cash Cleaners
A major bank is indicted for running a global drug-money network

War of The Open Spigots
Can OPEC rein in its mavericks and halt the oil-price slump?

EDUCATION

The Over-25 Set Moves In
Adults are fast becoming the majority on college campuses

LAW

Blind Justice
Case of the unnamed client

Is The Court Turning Right?
By reopening a civil rights case, the Justices send a signal

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Classicist Who Burned with Inner Fire (Art)
Fort Worth offers the U.S.'s first Poussin retrospective

Royal Pain (Books)

Shaggy Don Story THINGS CHANGE (Cinema)
Directed by David Mamet; written by David Mamet and Shel Silverstein

Subcontinental Divide (Cinema)
In two new films, Indian youth struggles for independence

Surreal Odyssey (Books)

The Terms Of Fatal Endearment (Books)

SPECIAL SECTION

A Dickens of the Cairo Cafes (Nobel Prize)
Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz wins the literature award

Donald Trumps the Shuttle (Travel)
The billionaire developer tucks an airline up his sleeve

PEOPLE

Stand Aside, Sisyphus (Profile)
Make way for SUSAN SONTAG, a novelist addicted to essay writing, a highbrow who can take pleasure in pop culture (but not TV) and a critic of left, right and center all at once.

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Lighten Up, This Campaign Isn't So Bad