Table of ContentsBattling over the Big Three How the race could be decided by a few blocs in a few placesCLEARING THOSE CLOGGED ARTERIES NOT ENOUGH PLACES TO LAND Shifting Mist Pit-bull politics and weak voter conviction make the polls bounceCLEARING THOSE CLOGGED ARTERIES WHEN THE VITAL LINKS BREAK Coup Maker The U.S. places its Panama bets on a cashiered colonel NOT ENOUGH PLACES TO LAND The Rebirth of John Sasso An indispensable sidekick rides to the rescueWHEN THE VITAL LINKS BREAK Grapevine LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US, PLEASE LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US, PLEASE American Notes PACIFIC NORTHWEST This Land Was Our Land THREE WAYS TO UNTIE THE KNOTS Education: Getting What You Pay ForBiden Is Also Reborn ''Had I remained in the race, I'd be dead''''Get Up! Get Up!''Business Notes NEW PRODUCTS Less Smoke, Plenty of Fire Business Notes MERGERS If at First You Don't Succeed American Notes CRIME * The Downfall Of Billy Bell American Notes NEW YORK CITY High-Stakes Hoopsters American Notes THE WHITE HOUSE Low-Tech Nixon Business Notes BANKING Fast Forward For Checks POLAND It's Back to Work We Go With talks on, Solidarity may be set for a revivalBusiness Notes THRIFTS Bailing to Beat The Clock TIME Magazine contents page SEPTEMBER 12, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 11 SOUTH KOREA Breaking into the Big Leagues Prosperous and newly democratic, a proud nation gets set for the GamesHail and Beware, Freshmen Some hard choices ahead for the class of '92Bush Appraisal Battling Affirmative Inaction Despite recruiting efforts, minority journalists have made few gainsAmerican Notes DRUGS Supply-Side Blitz The Sexual Revolution Hits China Reform has brought a permissiveness that unsettles manyBurma Erupts WEST GERMANY Hellfire from The Heavens A grisly air-show disaster kills at least 50 people and raises a transatlantic controversyChalk Goes Up Against Cheese ''Mismatched'' U.S. and New Zealand boats vie this week for the America's CupSOUTH AFRICA Gray Matter A reprieve for illegal residentsCrime Inc. Comes to Moscow A sensational trial spotlights the new MafioskiWindows on a Vast Frontier Remote-sensing devices are revolutionizing the study of the seasAll in the Post-'60s Family RUNNING ON EMPTY Directed by Sidney Lumet; Screenplay by Naomi FonerActor's DreamDIPLOMACY Courtship, Japanese-Style Takeshita offers cash and soothing words during a China tourChallenging the Myth Machine THE LIVES OF JOHN LENNON by Albert Goldman; Morrow; 719 pages; $22.95Is Therapy Worthless? World Notes FRANCE We're Talking Crude Oil Here Bloodlines TRACKS by Louise Erdrich Henry Holt; 226 pages; $18.95In Georgia: Through the Gospel GrapevineHeartland Heartiness Minneapolis prizes the Guthrie's striking styleTIME Magazine masthead SEPTEMBER 12, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 11 World Notes CHILE Night of the Generals World Notes SPACE Far from Afghanistan Hellish Poison Going Gaga over Oat Cuisine A homely grain is a hot ''cure'' for high cholesterolThe Dawn of the Feelies Sure, the band's swell, but now can they quit their day jobs?COVER STORY Gridlock! Congestion on America's highways and runways takes a grinding tollCombating Dwarfism Rally Round the Flag, BoysWorld Notes ANIMALS The Cough Of the Seal World Notes SOVIET UNION Which Way to Lenin's Tomb? More Than Just a Movie
