Reviews the events of 1988. The special reports section has six articles on the U.S. space shuttle program, the teenage drug problem, the increasing use of public art, protection of tropical rain forests, the post-World War II development of divided Germany and Korea, and methods to safeguard hearing. The World Book Supplement has five revised articles from the 1989 edition of the encyclopedia: "Bush, George Herbert Walker", "Congress of the United States", "Quayle, Dan", and "Egypt".