ISSUE DATE: OCTOBER 31, 1988; Volume CXII, No. 18

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COVER: MUD in your eye. A nasty race trips up pundits and turns off voters. The Weapons plant scandal: Nuclear danger and deceit. Cover: Illustration by G. B. Trudeau.

TOP OF THE WEEK:
THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN: when they posed last week with New York's Cardinal John O'Connor at an Al Smith political dinner, George Bush and Michael Dukakis had rare smiles for each other. The fact is the `88 campaign has been notable mostly for its nas- tiness and, as a NEWSWEEK Poll shows, the voters are thorough- ly fed up. National Affairs.

BOMBSHELLS: Week by week, damaging disclosures about the long- secret hazards of America's nuclear-weapons program are coming out. The latest scandal involves a government uranium plant in Ohio, where residents fear a rising risk of cancer caused by radioactive pollution. National Affairs.

JUST FOLKS: Roseanne Barr is America's brightest new TV star. Her sitcom, "Roseanne," focuses on working-class folks, warts and all. Costarring John Goodman, it's been called "the best thing since Cosby." Lifestyle. Photo: Goodman and Barr on the set.

WHO'S AFRAID OF 1992? Four years from now the 12- nation European Community is scheduled for a fundamental change: integration into a mar- ket without borders. Slowly, "Europhoria" is giving way to awareness that there will be losers as well as winners when the last remaining trade barriers fall. International.

THE RETURN OF THE MUSCLE CAR: Rumble. Screeech. Roar. Power is back. Throughout the auto industry, the move is toward bigger engines and high-performance cars. Zippy advertising, cheap gas and new fuel-efficient technology have propelled the trend. But the prospect has safety experts in a tizzy. Business.

[FULL NEWSWEEK LISTINGS]:
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
A nasty race turns off the voters (the cover).
The Conventional Wisdom's reign of error.
The Democratic establishment: cool to the Duke.
An ad for every state.
The nuclear-weapons scandal.
Mesa of Doom" identity crisis.
The "Bess mess".

INTERNATIONAL:
European Community: facing up to a fateful year.
South Korea's urge to merge.
Roh addresses the issues.
The unsolved Zia case.
The Marcos millions.

BUSINESS:
Fasten your seat belts.
Wall Street smokes.
Going private: binge goes on.
Latin America's "lost decade.
Forget cash, give me the TV.
Hot tip: buy good ole H2O.
Robert J. Samuelson.

LIFESTYLE:
Television: A real stand-up mom.
Reservations required.
Trends: Heroes with feet of clay.
The youngest voters.
Health: Dangers in dinnerware.
The heart-attack gap widens.
Family: An out-of-wedlock baby boom in Sweden.
Entertainment: Making Bird sing.
Parker's incandescent art.

THE ARTS:
Movies: "Things Change".
Old Whatshisname.
Books: Journeys to nowhere.
SOCIETY:
Environment: Just one mammal helping another.
Medicine: Looking for lumps.
Education: Teen "peer helpers".
Religion: A question of obedience.
Lord, who wrote thy prayer?.

DEPARTMENTS:
Periscope.
My Turn.
The Mail.
Perspectives.
Newsmakers.
Transition.
Meg Greenfield.
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