Vol. 123 No. 23

NATION

Salvador's Supersalesman

A Big Bicoastal Finale

Warm Barrel

"I Made a Big Mistake"

Glass Houses

Smoke-Filled Rooms (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

Why Not a Woman? (COVER STORIES)
their ticket in an unorthodox way

The Rising Star from Queens

The Pride of San Francisco

Filling the Democratic Pipeline

The G.O.P.? Wait Till '88

WORLD

Acts of Desperation (THE GULF)

Battening Down the Hatches (SOVIET UNION)

"This Is All So Painful" (INDIA)

Fun and Games with Isabel (ARGENTINA)

Chickens and Eggs in Ciskei (SOUTH AFRICA)

Carving Up a Very Small Pie (EL SALVADOR)

SCIENCE

Buried Treasure in the Jungle

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Crackdown in the Caribbean (Medicine)

SOCIETY

The Critical Palate (Living)

TECHNOLOGY

Flying the User-Friendly Skies (Computers)

Fading Glossies (Computers)

BUSINESS

A Bad Case of the Jitters (Economy & Business)

Forecast: Sunshine on Election Day (Economy & Business)

Working Smarter (Economy & Business)

Up in ARMs (Economy & Business)

Agreeing to Boost the Yen (Economy & Business)

Merger Rules (Economy & Business)

Book Audits (Economy & Business)

LAW

Getting a Piece of the Power

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Creature Comforts and Discomforts (Cinema)

Guyana Trip (Theater)

Unhappy Days for the Sitcom (Video)

MILESTONES

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PEOPLE

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TO OUR READERS

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LETTERS

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