Vol. 133 No. 1

NATION

American Notes RACE
What's in A Name

American Notes THE MAFIA
Seems Like Old Crimes

Back to The Party of Lincoln?
Bush makes a determined effort to reach out to blacks

Gloves for The Needy (American Ideas)
One Heart Warms Many Chilly Fingers On the Bowery, a Samaritan of the streets ministers to the old, the reticent and the shy

Miss America Wins Again
Bess Myerson went to extremes -- but not to bribery

Terror In the Night
The prospect of sabotage hangs like a pall over the crash of Pan Am Flight 103

WORLD

Arens: Mr. Hard-Liner

Middle East Saying No to Arafat
Shamir forges another government and rules out talks with the P.L.O.

Soviet Union Life in a Weary Land
After the quake, political unrest may rise in Armenia

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Most of '88 Recipe of the Year: Eat and Be Well (Food)
Culinary comfort is the theme

STYLE & DESIGN

Best of '88 A Compelling New Modernism (Design)
Avoiding ideology, the year's choices accommodate pizazz and gravitas

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time Magazine Contents Page (Contents)
Vol. 133 No. 1 JANUARY 2, 1989

Time Magazine Masthead (Masthead)
Vol. 133 No. 1 JANUARY 2, 1989

BUSINESS

Disowning A Billion-Dollar Baby

Let's Make a Deal
For a guilty plea and $650 million, Drexel hopes to get a clean slate

Most of '88

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Realm of Inspired Ritual (Theater)

Best of '88 (Theater)

Best of '88 (Music)

Best of '88 (Books)

Best of '88 (Cinema)

Best of '88 (Video)

Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)

Hail The Epic-Size Hero (Cinema)

Most of '88 (Show Business)

Plugging Away in Hollywood (Show Business)
Companies push hard to get their products on the silver screen

Savory Gambits (Books)

Serpents in The Garden State (Books)

The Pulp Message of the Week (Video)

Voices From Another Time (Music)
A Gypsy band and Bulgarian choir spark unlikely pop interest

SPECIAL SECTION

"What Is Wrong With Us?" (Planet Of The Year)
A Senator's impassioned call for action

Biodiversity The Death of Birth (Planet Of The Year)
THE PROBLEM: Man is recklessly wiping out life on earth

What on EARTH Are We Doing? (Planet Of The Year)

Deadly Danger In a Spray Can (Planet Of The Year)
Ozone-destroying CFCs should be banned

Global Warming Feeling the Heat (Planet Of The Year)
THE PROBLEM: Greenhouse gases could create a climatic calamity

Hands Across the Sea (Planet Of The Year)
Rich and poor, north and south, nations must get it together or face common disaster

Magnitudes (Planet Of The Year)

Nobel for A Noble Cause (Planet Of The Year)

Nuclear Power Plots a Comeback (Planet Of The Year)
But safety comes first in new reactor designs

Overpopulation Too Many Mouths (Planet Of The Year)
THE PROBLEM: Swarms of people are running out of food and space

Preparing for The Worst (Planet Of The Year)
If the sun turns killer and the well runs dry, how will humanity cope?

The Good News: Costa Rica Guards Its Forests (Planet Of The Year)

The Good News: Japan Gives Trash a Second Chance (Planet Of The Year)

The Good News: Osage, Iowa, Counts Kilowatts (Planet Of The Year)

The Good News: Thailand Controls a Baby Boom (Planet Of The Year)

The Greening of the U.S.S.R. (Planet Of The Year)
As his public cries out for a cleanup, Gorbachev fights a pall of pollution

Waste A Stinking Mess (Planet Of The Year)
THE PROBLEM: Throwaway societies befoul their land and seas

What The U.S. Should Do (Planet Of The Year)

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