Time Magazine Contents Page February 15
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A special preview of Winter Olympic wonders
For 16 days starting this weekend, the 15th Winter Games will dazzle lovers of sport and spectacle. Athletes who have spent years polishing their skills come suddenly to take our breath away. -- Western Welcome: Calgary, a city of stampedes and high- tech cowboys, is set to sing a few songs and, naturally, tell some lies. -- America' s Sweetheart: Debi Thomas, premed student and premeditated perfectionist, plans to reclaim the women' s skating gold for the U. S. But she will have to take it away from East Germany' s enchanting Katarina Witt. -- Two Brians: Orser of Canada and Boitano of the U. S. are pretty good friends and the very best of the men skaters. -- Red, White and Dreams: A picture essay offers a look at American competitors from world- record speed skaters to a luger and a biathlete with chances at a first U. S. medal. -- Super- Z: Switzerland' s Pirmin Zurbriggen, the top World Cup skier, is a slashing, aggressive all- event star in an era of specialists. -- Foreign Favorites: The best in the world include a flying Finn, a peerless East German speed skater, a feuding pair of Swiss women ski champions, Sweden' s blazing trailmen and many, many more. -- The Living Room Games: ABC will lose money on the deal but is still going all out to win viewers with the most complete winter coverage ever. An insider' s TV guide picks the top moments to watch.
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Nation
The U. S. indicts Panamanian Strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega on a wide range of drug charges. -- Unrealistically low campaign- spending limits present candidates with some curious moral and logistical quandaries. -- It is no < longer this man' s Army, as the Pentagon moves to expand opportunities for servicewomen.
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World
Occupation duty frustrates Israel' s army. -- South Africa' s "colored" legislators take on Botha. -- Bulgaria puts its reforms on hold.
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Economy & Business
First Boston' s takeover titans defect to start a rival firm. -- A tussle over stock- index futures. -- On hold: a $25 billion phone system.
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Medicine
A doctor' s candid account of a mercy killing inflames the profession and renews debate over the care and treatment of the terminally ill.
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Art
An extraordinary new show in Manhattan demonstrates the versatility of the 18th century rococo master Jean- Honore Fragonard.
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Law
In a Solomonic decision, New Jersey' s high court strikes down surrogacy for pay, but grants custody of Baby M to her father.
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Essay
Valentine' s Day raises hopes and dreams for Captain Midlife. Will love come to the Captain? Has it been there all along?
10 Letters
78 Technology
81 Ethics
86 Sport
87 People
91 Books
94 Living
95 Religion
95 Milestones
Cover: Photograph by Neil Leifer