Vol. 124 No. 9

NATION

Party Time in Dallas (COVER STORIES)
The Republicans attend a coronation while the Democrats falter

The Magic and the Message
After 20 years in politics, Reagan is revved up for a last hurrah

Rallying Round a Comma Cause

The Other Running Mate

Riding a Wave Of Good Feeling

Making Reagan Be Reagan

Leadership from the Heart

Money Flow

The Stingers Get Stung

Bull's-Eye

WORLD

A Duel of Images (CANADA)

Reverberations in America's Attic

Scouring the Red Sea Floor (TERRORISM)

The Happier Warriors (WEST GERMANY)

Choosing Sides (BRAZIL)

Bomblets Away (ARMAMENTS)

Priests and Politicians (VATICAN)

Flying Down to Managua (NICARAGUA)

Turbulence in Paradise (COSTA RICA)

Who's Up, Who's Down (IRAN)

Marriage of Convenience (DIPLOMACY)

SCIENCE

The Miracle of "Test-Tube" Skin

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Can Science Pick a Child's Sex? (Medicine)

SOCIETY

In Las Vegas: Working Hard for the Money (American Scene)

PRESS

On and Off the Record

Forms of Speech

SPORT

One Last U.S. Victory Lap

Daydreams on the Closing Night

TECHNOLOGY

A Giant Flexes Its Muscles (Computers)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Prodding the Reluctant Airlines (American Notes / AIR TRAVEL)

Money Delayed Is Money Denied (American Notes / UNITED NATIONS)

Rain, Rain, Go Away (American Notes / NEW YORK)

Downgrading a Whistle Blower (American Notes / THE MILITARY)

One Small Step for Womankind (American Notes / ORGANIZATIONS)

BUSINESS

The Forecasters Flunk (Economy & Business)

Messiah of the Market (Economy & Business)

A Red Face for the Red Baron (Economy & Business)

Street Smarts (Economy & Business)

Belly Up in Hungary (BANKRUPTCIES)

Carrots for Foreign Investors (GOVERNMENT FINANCE)

Sorry, Right Number (COMMUNICATIONS)

Sears Taps a Salesman (PROMOTIONS)

Thinking Small and Winning Big (ADVERTISING)

LAW

The Gritty Battle for Beach Access

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

"Maggie the Cat Is Alive!" (Video)

Meeting of Two Masters (Show Business)

A Most Famous Anthropologist (Books)

Byting Back (Books)

Dyed Dogs (Books)

The Gams and Guns of August (Cinema)

A Schooling in Surveillance (Theater)

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

Holiday: Living on a Return Ticket