Time Magazine Contents Page December 19, 1988
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COVER: How Gorbachev views the cold war' s end
At the U. N., his eloquent call for a new world order reverses decades of Soviet dogma and leaves it to Bush to come up with his own initiative. -- Will the promised cuts in conventional forces reduce the Soviet threat to Europe?
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WORLD: How nature dealt his land a brutal blow
An earthquake in Armenia kills as many as 45,000, prompting Gorbachev to speed home early. -- Moscow asks for -- and gets -- aid from the U. S. -- What will the disaster do to perestroika?
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BUSINESS: U. S. firms send workers back to class
Faced with a labor force sadly lacking basic skills, a growing number of companies are forced to teach the three Rs. -- The Montreal trade talks end with a major deadlock.
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RELIGION: Secrets of the ministerial job market
Searches by two major Protestant churches typify the mysterious, arduous process of "calling." -- The feds slam ptl' s fallen star Jim Bakker (but not Tammy) with a giant fraud indictment.
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EDUCATION: Want to get into college? Get a gimmick
High school students are using p. r. ploys that would put Procter & Gamble to shame: sending videotapes and cookies with their applications and hiring imagemakers.
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CINEMA: Two out of five ain' t bad
In Hollywood' s annual search for holiday hits and critics' awards, a pair of romantic comedies are on target, while two ambitious dramas misfire and a cops- and- drugs thriller shoots blanks.
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PROFILE: A born explainer goes for No. 403
Autobiographies and mysteries, collections of limericks, books on physics and the Bible, Shakespeare and sci- fi -- all bear the byline of the protean author Isaac Asimov. |
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BOOKS: A holiday hamper of glowing gift titles
Durer meets Daffy Duck, high fashion flutters beside wildflowers, and movie posters compete with Queen Mary' s dolls' house in a season' s pick that ranges from the opulent to the offbeat.
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TRAVEL: How to glitz up an old New York hotel
After a $10 million face- lift, the remodeled Royalton may be the least boring public building in Manhattan. It' s so cutting- edge you' d better bring Band- Aids -- and plenty of cash.
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SHOW BUSINESS: A TV tour de force goes to the movies
Dennis Potter' s BBC serial about a writer lacerated by memory and fantasy, The Singing Detective, comes to a Manhattan movie house. On big screen or small, it' s a bloody masterpiece.
4 Letters
7 Critics' Choice
10 American Scene
60 People
65 Law
66 Press
66 Milestones
68 Health
92 Living
96 Essay
Cover: Photograph by Dirck Halstead