TIME Magazine September 19 1988 Olympian and similar items

SEE BELOW for MORE MAGAZINES' Exclusive, detailed, guaranteed content description!* With all the great features of the day, this makes a great birthday gift, or anniversary present! Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED. TITLE: TIME magazine [The news-magazine of the century, with all the news, features, and vintage ADS! See FULL contents below!] ISSUE DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 1988 Vol. 132 No. 12 CONDITION: Standard sized magazine, Approx 8oe" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo) IN THIS ISSUE: [Use 'Control F' to search this page. MORE MAGAZINES' exclusive detailed content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date.] This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 COVER: TO BE THE BEST. Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Cover: Photograph by Gregory Heisler. AT LAST, THE BEST IN THE WORLD Like Matt Biondi plowing through the water, his face ablaze with ferocity and ambition, the athletes are bound for Seoul. In a special section, TIME spotlights the five-ring extravaganza, from the most exciting competitors and competitions to the most intriguing bits of lore and trivia. - Heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Decathlete Daley Thompson are coming to assert a kind of athletic kingship. - Swimmers Biondi and Janet Evans have appointments in Korea with a hoard of medals--the question being just how many. - For a swarm of mitey gymnasts, the contest beyond gold seems to be for the affection of the globe. - The first superpower showdown in twelve years. - A look into the heart of Seoul. - And finally, for the overwhelmed viewer, a selective TV guide. Nation Politics Lite--or how the presidential campaign has turned into stylized images masquerading as sincere efforts to commune with the people. - An antidrug bill so tough it may be unconstitutional. - With the earth drowning in man-made wastes, Dukakis and Bush are forced to face environmental issues. World Inundated by monsoons, Bangladesh struggles to stay afloat. - The I.R.A. ups the military ante. - Iraq vs. the Kurds. Video Does Dan Quayle look more like Robert Redford or Pat Sajak? Just one of the burning questions in a made-for-TV campaign. Economy Business The Government files stock-fraud charges against Drexel Burnham. - Gold among the thrift ruins. - Turning patter into profits. Show Business Bear-estroika! Plus cossacks, tigers and acrobats. After a decade, the Moscow Circus returns with a spectacular 14-city U.S. tour. Medicine Growing numbers of pregnant women who cannot stay off crack are causing a new wave of drug-damaged infants. Essay American presidential candidates are not just permitted to exploit their families, they are required to. Will no one end this foolishness?. Letters. American Scene. Space. Sport. Books. Cinema. Milestones. People. ______ Use 'Control F' to search this page. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED.