Table of ContentsTIME magazine contents page JULY 4, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 1 Getting Ready to Try Again Concentrating on safety, NASA prepares the shuttle for flightCANADA Spy Wars A defector blows the whistle on a Soviet espionage ring World Notes CENTRAL AMERICA Next Step: Pink Slips A Reluctance to Play Gay Hollywood still feels that homosexual roles spell troubleMoscow Meeting MIDDLE EAST Ready to Deal? A P.L.O. aide stirs a furor by urging direct talks with Israel EASTERN EUROPE Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor . . . Hungary shelters refugees from a fellow Warsaw Pact countryFreaks, Dorfs and Betsy Wetsy A wildly eclectic array of original tapes floods the home marketWilderness Invasion MIDDLE EAST A Deadly New Missile Game Throughout the region, the pressure is on to upgrade arsenalsModel Ts in Color Blessing Nonmarital Sex Business Notes SHIPPING The Cement Is in the Mail Business Notes CARGO Cocaine and Carnations HAITI Going from a Sham to a Farce After Namphy's coup, hopes for democracy look grimFun with Commas MEXICO Almost a Horse Race Why politics may never be the same againBusiness Notes MONEY MANAGEMENT A Gift from Savers Past JAPAN From Superrich To Superpower As its economic strength hardens into political muscle, Tokyo confronts the dilemma of how and when to use its mightThe $12 Trillion Temptation Can Congress keep its mitts off the Social Security trust fund?Business Notes INNOVATION Taking Off, Tuning In American Notes ATLANTA A Cafe for the Homeless Business Notes PROXY FIGHTS The Loser Gets $500 Million American Notes SUPREME COURT A Chorus for Civil Rights American Notes SPEECH The Messenger Was a Medium American Notes MIAMI Case Dismissed American Notes MILITARY Look Who's Coming to Visit Special Report: Women Entrepreneurs She Calls All the Shots With pluck and perseverance, women show they can start companies and succeedThe Foul Stench of Money In Congress the scandal is not what's illegal -- it's what's legalTrauma Care on the Critical List As costs soar, special emergency units are in deadly troublePlaying for the History Books Strange and the Lakers vied for a lot more than championshipsTawana and Her Three Wise MenIs the Earth Warming Up? Yes, say scientists, but that may not explain this year's heat waveBeltway Bandits at Work In the Pentagon An exclusive look at how cozy relationships led to insider trading on defense contractsSummer Reading From sagas to satires, a seasonal hamper of fiction for beach, backyard and porch Do Your Shades Do the Job? The sun's rays may be as hard on the eyes as on the skinRushesLast Resort Dukakis faces reality The Place That Picks Winners What Crook County is looking for in a PresidentRushesUpbeat School Centurions with Sweaty Paws Police say exams for promotion are tougher than a shoot-outRushesPotomac Fever: the Latest Epidemic Democrats begin their genteel but not so subtle courting ritualsCertifiable Oddballs? How Machines Can Defeat People Blame the designers, not the users, says an expertSecond Thoughts About Abortion Many Protestant groups are edging to the rightEnough Snakes Storming the Last Male Bastion The Supreme Court ushers women into the private clubA Wanna-See Guy The Taming of Eddie Murphy COMING TO AMERICA Directed by John Landis Screenplay by David Sheffield and Barry W. BlausteinWorld Notes THE GULF Fraternal Drubbing TIME magazine masthead JULY 4, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 1 World Notes BRITAIN From Rite To Riot COVER STORIES The Big Dry In North Dakota one farmer stares down disaster in the worst drought in 50 yearsIn California: A Squid FestJust Enough to Fight Over In the West, there's much more to the water shortage than lack of rainWorld Notes SOUTH AFRICA New Toy? Don't Botha! World Notes ISRAEL Not Just a Travel Agent
