Vol. 123 No. 12

NATION

Mixing Politics With Prayer

A Moment of Silence?

Charting the Big Shift

Hart's New Legions

Distemper over Central America

Changing Sides

War on Poverty

Red-Handed?

Booming Busts

Little Rascals

Taking Cues from on High (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

WORLD

Clouds of Desperation (THE GULF)

Holy Terror (MIDDLE EAST)

Time for Talk

Machine Guns in Paradise (CARIBBEAN)

Let Them Shoot Smack (ASIA)

Tossed Salad (WEST GERMANY)

Cross Words (POLAND)

SCIENCE

Puzzling Holes in the Forest (Environment)

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Sad News for the Happy Hour (Medicine)

PRESS

Of Reputations and Reporters

SPORT

Spiraling Footballs and Economies

BUSINESS

Striking the Richest Deal (Economy & Business)

Many Winners, Few Losers (Economy & Business)

Test Case (Economy & Business)

Nuclear Fallout (Economy & Business)

Of Windmills, Cattle and Form 1040 (Economy & Business)

New Woes for Coleco (Dividends / Dividends)

Flashy Wheels (Economy & Business)

Cutting Up a Coin (Dividends)

Plastic Goes Platinum (Dividends)

EDUCATION

Taking a Course in Go-Getting

LAW

When Justice Costs Millions

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Why He's a Thriller (Show Business / COVER STORIES)
Michael Jackson's songs, steps and sexy aura set a flashy beat for the decade

"He Hasn't Gone Crazy over Success" (Show Business)

Picasso: The Last Picture Show (Art)

Singing of Skunks and Saints (Books)

Victims (Books)

Editors' Choice (Books)

Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

Of Hotels, Hoods and a Mermaid (Cinema)

Looking for a Lost Generation (Music)

MILESTONES

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PEOPLE

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TO OUR READERS

Read the story (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

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ESSAY

Whose Country Is It Anyway?