Time Magazine Contents Page

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NATION: At the summit, Reagan affirms the detente he has long deplored

On arms control and nuclear deterrence, ideology yields to four decades of reality in U. S.- Soviet relations. — The lonely life of a twelve- year- old refusenik. — Noriega thumbs his nose at the U. S. again while American officials wrangle over who is to blame for a backfiring bungle. — The cross- border big stink about the polluted Pigeon River.

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WORLD: Overworked, underappreciated, Soviet women seek help in perestroika

Raisa Gorbachev projects a fresh image of her country’ s female ideal, but the reality is far less glamorous. Although equal under the law, women in the U. S. S. R. are in many respects second- class citizens. Now Mikhail Gorbachev’ s reforms are giving rise to hopes for change. — The Soviet First Lady turns heads abroad and keeps tongues wagging at home.

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CINEMA: A beguiling comic fantasy may become one of the summer’ s biggest hits

In Big, a twelve- year- old boy wakes up one morning and finds he is the size and shape of Tom Hanks. His secret is that he remains a child inside, which enables him to score a success in the toy business, then with a fetching co- worker, who falls in love with a man who is a boy trying to act like a man. — Eternal cutup Hanks, 31, emerges in the film as one of Hollywood’ s top comic actors.

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Economy & Business

The weak dollar brings a flood of tourists to America. — A Canada- U. S. trade pact meets resistance in Ottawa. — Rustling flourishes.

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Space

A modest proposal by Gorbachev to mount a U. S.- Soviet mission to Mars gets an ambivalent reception from U. S. scientists.

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Technology

Electronic fishing tackle takes much of the guesswork out of an ancient pastime. — A new boost for liquid- hydrogen jet fuel.

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Medicine

After a decade- long feminist- led campaign, the Government finally approves an ancient birth- control device: the cervical cap.

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Show Business

In the gaudy playground of the Cannes Film Festival, Clint Eastwood wins respect but a Danish epic wins the Palme d’ Or.

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Behavior

American eccentrics have replaced their British brethren as the uncontested leaders of oddballitry — and are less sarcastic to boot.

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Living

As summer comes, skateboarders are grabbing air all across the country in a fad that is fast, funky and sometimes risky.

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Essay

The dishonesty at the heart of the drug- legalization debate is the refusal by both sides to acknowledge the pleasure of getting high.

5 Letters

9 American Scene

70 Education

73 Milestones

74 Sport

75 People

76 Health & Fitness

77 Press

84 Music

86 Food

87 Books

Cover: Painting by Robert Vickrey