Vol. 125 No. 1
NATION
Negotiation By the Numbers
In deciding who is ahead, it depends on what you count
Once More to Geneva
The big question: Will Star Wars be put on the bargaining table?
Putting the Victim on Trial
A California shooting yields a tale of sex and intrigue
Vigilante
New York's subway "hero"
WORLD
India a Landslide for Gandhi
The Prime Minister sweeps to an overwhelming victory
Israel "Strong Letter"
Shultz prescribes tighter belts
Italy Tunnel of Death
Terrorists bomb a holiday train
Lebanon Day At the Races
No peace at the Palace of Peace
Poland in the Dock
The Popieluszko trial begins
Southeast Asia Dry-Season Rite
Fresh fighting in Kampuchea
Soviet Union Staying in Line
After Ustinov, a safe choice
The Gulf Tit for Tat
The tanker war heats up
RELIGION
Shutting the Door on Dissent
The Vatican orders an end to debate over abortion
SPORT
Most of '84
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Is the prime time of the Cubs ahead or behind?
STYLE & DESIGN
User-Friendly Winners
(Design)
Bare modernism is replaced by lively pluralism
BUSINESS
A Year of Rolling Sevens
(Economy & Business)
Swift growth plus slow inflation equaled prosperity in 1984
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
"That Nut's a Genius"
(Music)
Two books recall Pianist Glenn Gould, wit and eccentric
Most of '84
(Show Business)
A He-Man for All Seasons
(Video)
Zapping the forces of evil on daytime TV
On Golden Farm the River
(Cinema)
Directed by Mark Rydell Screenplay by Robert Dillon and Julian Barry
Over the Top Birdy
(Cinema)
Directed by Alan Parker Screenplay by Sandy Kroopf and Jack Behr
Personals
(Books)
"A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries" by Thomas Mallon Ticknor & Fields; 318 pages; $15.95
Say Amen, Everybody
(Theater)
On Broadway and uptown, blacks strut their brilliance
Street-Smart Cop, Box-Office Champ
(Show Business)
Eddie Murphy is rich, happy and "beyond brilliant"
The Best of 1984
(Video)
The Wonderful Wizard of Quark
(Books)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman; Norton; 350 pages; $16.95
Best of 84
(Theater)
Best of '84
(Music)
Best of '84
(Cinema)
Best of '84
(Books)
Best Sellers
(Books)
SPECIAL SECTION
Feeling Proud Again
(Man Of The Year)
Olympic Organizer Peter Ueberroth Puts on an Extraordinary Spectacle, Showing What America's Entrepreneurial Spirit Can Do
Man of the Year
(Man Of The Year)
Master of the Games
(Man Of The Year)
Peter Ueberroth Has Described Himself As Both Shy and Ruthless. His Associates Say He Is Demanding and Self-Demanding. Behind His Laid-Back Style Is the Toughness That Made Him So Right for an Olympia
Oh, What a Party It Was
(Man Of The Year)
They Also Made History
(Man Of The Year)
Two Won Elections, One Broke the Gender Barrier, One Continued to Spread Terror the Terrorist "We Have Only to Be Lucky Once"
They Also Made History
(Man Of The Year)
Two Won Elections, One Broke the Gender Barrier, One Continued to Spread Terror Geraldine Ferraro "Lemme Tell Ya"-- and Did She Ever
They Also Made History
(Man Of The Year)
Two Won Elections, One Broke the Gender Barrier, One Continued to Spread Terror Jose Napoleon Duarte Beaten and Banished, He Returned to Rule
They Also Made History
(Man Of The Year)
Two Won Elections, One Broke the Gender Barrier, One Continued to Spread Terror Ronald Reagan a Grand Hurrah for the Gipper
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From the Publisher
(Publisher's Letter)