Vol. 132 No. 23

NATION

American Notes AIR FORCE
Bimbos for Bombers

American Notes BOSTON
Where There's Smoke . . .

American Notes CRIME
Have I Got a Deal for You!

American Notes ENVIRONMENT
A High-Cost Cleanup

American Notes POLITICS
Still a Splinter

Foster Children with the AIDS Virus (American Ideas)
Families That Open Their Homes to the Sick A mother to disabled kids, Rachel Rossow helps other moms make brief lives happy

Last Licks
Free of election fears, Reagan fires some parting shots

Mountains Of Advice
But George Bush probably doesn't need most of it

Only English Spoken Here
Language as politics spawns a backlash against immigrants

Shultz's Last Stand
Why he fought to keep Arafat away from the U.N.

Slaughter in The Streets
Crack touches off a homicide epidemic

The Presidency
The $50 Million Face-Lift

Will This Bird Fly?
The radar-invisible Stealth bomber could give the U.S. a lead over the Soviets. Or it could bust the budget

WORLD

Canada Those Irish Eyes Are Smiling Again
After an emotional campaign, Mulroney -- and free trade with the U.S. -- wins a resounding victory

Iraq Sins of The Son

Nationalities People Power, Soviet Style
Moscow rolls out the tanks as Azerbaijan and Armenia flare up

Shamir's Exquisite Dilemma
Whatever partner he chooses, the country faces a no-win situation

South Africa
Measures of Mercy

South Korea
Humbling Apologies

Sudan Starvation in a Fruitful Land
Civil war produces a terrible new weapon: food, not bullets

World Notes ANGOLA
On to the Finish Line

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A New Brew Too True? Dry beers go national (Food)

It's Not "All in Your Head" (Health & Fitness)
New therapies keep impotence from being a hopeless condition

New Methods for Saving Blood (Medicine)
Researchers are trying to reclaim, recycle and replenish it

RELIGION

Gays Vs. The Vatican
San Francisco's Archbishop forbids Masses for Dignity

SPORT

"Let's Get Ridiculous!"
Buffalo's Bills, long frozen in the basement, romp to the top

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page December 5, 1988 (Contents)
Vol. 132 No. 23

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 132 No. 23 DECEMBER 5, 1988

BUSINESS

"If I Fail, I'm on the Hook"
In the first interview since his buyout bid, Ross Johnson defends his sweet deal

A Heap of Woe for the Junkman
Bond wiz Milken prepares for criminal charges

Business Notes LABOR
The Grocery-Cart Coalition

Business Notes LITIGATION
Is That All There Is?

Business Notes MARKETING
Scents from The Stars

Business Notes OPEC
Forging a Fragile Peace

Business Notes TOYS
Nintendo Tops The Wish Lists

Where's the Limit?
The biggest takeover battle in history raises questions about greed, debt and the well-being of American industry

One Player's Gain Is Another's Pain

The Cast of Characters

EDUCATION

"Please, Children, Do Not Leave"
Bush reappoints a consensus builder to a centerpiece job

Report Card

LAW

Abortion on The Ropes
Is the historic Roe v. Wade ruling about to be overturned?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Backstage At Big-Time Ballet (Books)
PRIVATE VIEW: INSIDE BARYSHNIKOV'S AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE by John Fraser; Photographs by Eve Arnold; Bantam; 259 pages; $30

Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)

Enchanting Folly (Books)

Incomplete Angler (Books)

Rattling The Neighborhood (Music)
The Cowboy Junkies cook up some fresh country blues

Sharp Tongue in the Trenches (Video)
Roseanne Barr's caustic humor sparks TV's newest hit

The Club Med of the Humanists (Art)
A Washington show surveys Arcadia, as seen by painters from Giorgione to Matisse

The Fire in the South MISSISSIPPI BURNING (Cinema)
Directed by Alan Parker Screenplay by Chris Gerolmo

SPECIAL SECTION

Europe Is A Winter's Tale (Travel)
Forget June: seasoned travelers go off-season

PEOPLE

A Very Civil Servant (Interview)
Sir Brian Urquhart reflects on war and peace, idealism and realism, and a lifetime at the United Nations as his organization picks up a Nobel Prize

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Why The Left Keeps Losing