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Describes today's Hawaii, a case study in the complexities of US-Japanese relations, where Japanese investors own more than half the hotel rooms on Honolulu's Waikiki and many of the packed-in sunbathers are Japanese, too. Last year the Japanese invested $3.2 billion in Hawaiian real estate alone, 95 percent of all foreign investment. Escalating real estate prices; Debate over Japanese representation at the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor; Comments from veterans.

Discusses the beginning of war in the Persian Gulf. Analyzes the personal character traits and motives of United States President George Bush and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Comments on the detachment of a televised war.

Examines the conflict between the Vancouver Island (B.C.) towns of Tofino and Ucluelet over the logging of old-growth timber. Tourism versus logging; Environmentalism versus jobs; Comments by townspeople on both sides of the dispute and logging-company executives. INSET: `Maclean's' Decima poll (logging); Paper tigers.;Bleach balm..

Gives an overview of the recent Washington, D.C., summit between Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George Bush. New era in US-Soviet relations; Gorbachev's troubles at home; Reunited Germany and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Pact in principle for a strategic arms limitation treaty (START); Chemical weapons agreement; Trade treaty; First Ladies Barbara Bush and Raisa Gorbachev; Public response.

Discusses the aftermath of the recent San Francisco (Calif.) Bay Area earthquake. Collapse of the Nimitz Freeway in Oakland; San Francisco's Marina district; Comments by survivors; Heroics of rescuers; Eyewitness accounts; Deaths; State and federal government reactions; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. INSET: Small towns, heavy hearts (first-person report on damage in....

The author, an American, and `Maclean's' foreign editor, gives his impressions of life in Canada. Canadians' love of the land; Newfoundland as an example of regionalism; Quebec nationalism; The North; Native people and their problems; Multiculturalism.

Examines Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson's failed drug test and loss of the 100m gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. How the urine test was made; Sequence of events; Personal physician Mario Astaphan's denial of steroid use;Johnson's claim of innocence; Reaction in Canada; Drug use in sports.

Discusses the death of Pakistan's President Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, 64, in a plane crash and the possibility of sabotage. Strategic importance of Pakistan; Power vacuum caused by Zia's death; Planned elections on November 16; Relations with India, particularly Kashmir; Zia's 1977 overthrow of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; US-Pakistan relations.

Four articles and an essay on the four-month-old uprising in Israel's occupied territories. Death of 15-year-old Israeli, Tirza Porbat; Palestinian view of the uprising; Life on the West Bank and in Gaza; Divisive debate in North American Jewish community over Israeli policies; History of founding of Israel; Dream of a Jewish homeland. See also (*Nation, 4/23/88, 1 illus, p553, 5p) See also (Commonweal, 4/22/88, 1 cartoon, p235, 4p)

An essay and five articles look at the nostalgia craze for the pop culture of the 1950s and 1960s which is spreading across North America. Reflections on the turmoil of the 1960s; Profiles of several baby boomers; Photo essay; Rebirth of diner food, convertibles, miniskirts; Booming `second careers' of aging 1950s rock `n' roll greats such as Chuck Berry and Chubby Checkers.

A special section of four articles report on the final week of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta. Focuses on the women's singles figure skating competition, women's speed skating, and the skiing competitions. Rivalry between figure skaters Katarina Witt of East Germany and Debi Thomas of the US. Canadian figure skater Elizabeth Manley, silver medal winner.

Six articles look at the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and the 1988 Winter Olympic Games held there. Presents an essay on the history of Calgary and the pride of its citizens, welcoming the world for the Games. Oil and Calgary's economy; Profile of Calgary's Mayor Ralph Klein; Guide to Olympic events.

Five related articles examine the worldwide revitalization of religious fundamentalism: Muslim fundamentalism in Iran and other Middle Eastern countries; Cultural clash between ultra-Orthodox Jews and other Jews in Israel; Pakistan's Muslims; Fundamentalist Christians in the US and their politics; Traditional Roman Catholicism in Ireland.

Considers the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, the day that drove the American's into the Second World War, and marked the beginning of the end for militaristic, expansionist Japan, but the beginning of peaceful, industrious Japan. History of the attack; Shocking the isolationist congress into war; The 50th anniversary; Infamy--that haunts the Japanese.

Examines the ways in which the Vietnam War's legacy is affecting United States military policy in the current Persian Gulf War. Bush administration's fear that the public will not support the war if casualties mount; Antiwar protests; Pentagon's limits on media access; Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's efforts to influence western opinion; Precision bombing; Public opinion in Canada, Britain, and France.

Examines the growing Persian Gulf crisis and Iraq's announcement that it is holding foreigners, including Britons, Americans and Canadians, as hostages. United States and Western military response; Iraq's response to a United Nations-sanctioned trade blockade. Jordan's King Hussein's talks with US President George Bush; Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's peace offer to Iran.

Discusses some of Korea's history and current hope that the 1988 Summer Olympic Games will be a symbol of pride and progress. Korea after World War II; Division into North and South; Korean War (1950-1953); Relations with U.S.; Korean politics in the 1980s; Economic boom; Demilitarized Zone.

Comments on how the Western media in general contributes to the trivilization of historical events, covering upheavals as though they were sporting contests. Flip-flop of the media on Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, from yesterday's man to victorious leader; Master of the strategic about-face; Political comeback; Presiding over the fragmentation of his country.

Describes the final political act of the Soviet Union's communist party, a coup-makers' amateur hour, and the actions of the Soviet people who thronged into the streets, chanted defiance, threw up barricades, and stood in the way of tanks. Russianrepublic leader Boris Yeltsin unveiled a new Russian flag, seized communist property, the man of the hour. Reaction of Western leaders; The Soviet people.

Discusses the fall of Ethiopian dictator Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam and the flight of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Mengistu is now in exile in Zimbabwe. Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front comprised of the Eritrean Peoples' Liberation Front and the Tigrean Peoples' Liberation Front; Famine; US-brokered peace talks in London, England; End of the Cold War; Mood in Addis Ababa, the capital city.

Describes the allies' victory in the Persian Gulf War. How the allies crushed Iraq's defenses; Feb. 27 ceasefire; Iraq's acceptance of the 12 United Nations resolutions; Low allied casualty count; Canadian troops' homecoming.

Discusses the February 23rd beginning of the Operation Desert Storm ground war. United States President George Bush's noon deadline; Combat role for Canada's CF-18 Hornet jet-fighters based in Qatar; United States goal of removing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from power; Soviet peace proposal.

Essay. Comments on the uncertainties surrounding the Persian Gulf crisis. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's announcement that he will release all hostages; Still-present threat of war; Reactions of Canadian troops and their families; Role of Canadian Forces in the Korean conflict and the First and Second World Wars; Antiwar sentiment in Canada and the United States.

Gives `Maclean's'/Decima `Two Nations' poll results concerning Canadians' and Americans' views of the recent political changes in Eastern and Western Europe. Canadians' interest in international news; Reunification of Germany; Military spending and troops in Europe; European Economic Community; Peace.

Essay. Examines efforts by the United States and Soviet Union to develop a meaningful post-Cold War dialogue. Recent Washington, D.C. summit between Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and United States President George Bush; Gorbachev's troubles at home; Soviet and American citizens' views about each other; Possible backlash in both countries.

Comments on the rapid political liberalization taking place in Eastern Europe. Gives an overview of changes in various countries. Western and Soviet reaction; Impact of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's political reforms; Collapse of the Soviet empire.

Discusses the shocked reaction of Bay Area residents to the recent California earthquake, centered south of San Francisco. Interruption of the 1989 World Series; Instantaneous media coverage.

Discusses the reasons for a possible US troops reduction in Europe. Costs; Former US isolationism; Lend-Lease Act for World War II; US as a world power in the postwar era; Easing of East-West tensions; North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Discusses the presidential campaigns of Vice President George Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis in the last days before the November 8 election. Dukakis' lowered poll ratings; Confidence of the Bush campaign; Successful Bush campaign tactics; Dukakis' attacks on Bush.

Report on the floods which have put three-fourths of Bangladesh under water. 30 million people homeless; Fear of famine and disease; Canadian and other foreign aid; Need for reforestation.

Discusses the Iran-Iraq ceasefire agreement and the role of Canadian troops in the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Persian Gulf war zone. Role of Canadian unit 88 Communications Squadron; United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG); Diplomatic triumph for the UN; Iran-Iraq Geneva peace talks; UN financial problems.

Describes how federal tanks, armored vehicles and thousands of troops smashed into eastern Croatia on August 20, a widening warfare that rages across the breakaway republic from the Danube River to the Adriatic Sea. The fourth cease fire; Canada's appeal for action by the United Nations; The federal army as the only cohesive force in Yugoslavia; Federal leader Stipe Mesic's appeals that the generals were out of control.

Reports that British author Salman Rushdie, 43, has embraced Islam and disavowed any parts of his novel `The Satanic Verses' that insult Islam. Rushdie's religious conversion is believed to be an attempt to persuade fundamentalist Iranian clerics to remove the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's death sentence against him.

Discusses the United States Congress' passage of a budget compromise. President George Bush's political strategy; Budget reduction; Federal gasoline tax.

Discusses the recent conviction of former Reagan administration national security advisor John Poindexter, 53, on all charges stemming from his involvement in the 1986 Iran-contra scandal. Trial; Testimony of former President Ronald Reagan and ex-marine Oliver North.

Gives `Maclean's'/Decima poll responses which reveal Canadian opposition to economic aid for Eastern Europe provided by higher taxes at home. Gives a regional breakdown of data. INSET: Joining a Southern club (Canadian membership in the Organization.

Discusses the current political situation in Panama following General Manuel Noriega's annulment of the May 7 presidential election. Opposition leaders' call for a general strike; Organization of American States' condemnation of Noriega; US position; Noriega's comments regarding US policy.

Discusses conditions in Kabul, Afghanistan, following the Soviet troop withdrawal. Mujahedeen rebels battling President Najibullah's pro-Soviet regime; Soviet reaction to troop withdrawal; Kabul residents' fears regarding Mujahedeen Islamic fundamentalism.

Discusses the death of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, 87, on January 7, 1987. Controversy over Hirohito's role during World War II; International reaction.

Discusses Israel's new coalition between the Labor and Likud parties following the deadlocked national election on November 1. The coalition government was formed in reaction to the US decision to open direct talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Discusses the slowness of Bulgaria's government to adopt reform policies advocated by the Soviet Union. Criticism of Bulgarian Leader Todor Zhivkov, 76; Life in Sofia, the capital city; Ethnic Turks and human rights violations.

This special issue covers the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Features profiles of Canadian, American, Russian, and other athletes; Prospects for medals; Financial side of the Games; Organizers; Drug testing; Various sports (skating, skiing, hockey, etc.). . See also (*Life, Feb88, 7c, p76, 11p) See also (Forbes, 2/8/88, 2c, p34, 2p)