Vol. 125 No. 7

"Let's Get Started"
The State of the Union message heralds a "second American Revolution"

Adjusting the Bottom Line

American Notes Military
Trophy Hunting in Grenada

Caught in the Middle

Clinging to the Land
Hard-pressed farmers face a crisis of mounting debts and dropping prices

Precious Weed

Real Trouble on the Farm
As losses mount, a bitter debate begins over the Government's role

Sacred Cow

The Presidency
The Power of the Prairie

Dreams of a Bigot's Revolution
Heavily armed fringe groups act out a violent fantasy

On the Chopping Block
The Administration unveils its new budget

Alliances Big Flap Down Under
A dispute between New Zealand and the U.S. weakens the ANZUS pact

Gilbraltar Opening Up
End to the blockade

Israel Long Goodbye
A dangerous troop withdrawal

Israel Visions of Hell
Pursuing the "Angel of Death"

Poland the Cost of "Shaming the State"
Tears and candles as a priest's killers get lengthy sentences

South Korea Bumpy Landing
Kim gets a rough reception

World Notes Southeast Asia
Face-Off At Phnom Malai

Just Name Your Poisson (Food)
Once a penance, fish is now posh pleasure

Salvaging Victims of Torture (Behavior)
For survivors, the road back is filled with painful memories

House Critic
Buchanan joins Reagan's team

Key Dispute Over Memories
Westmoreland's ex-intelligence chief contradicts his old boss

"Evil Is Never a Road to Good!"
An emotional end to John Paul's Latin American tour

Sin City Exit?
Protestant heartland murmurs

A Costly Deficiency of Style
The varied losses of an Olympian track trio

Railyard Rumbles
Battles begin over the future of Conrail and Amtrak

Frightening Findings At Bhopal (Economy & Business)
Union Carbide and India begin to uncover what happened

New Look At the Elderly (Economy & Business)
A White House report seeks to dispel some myths

The New Black Police Chiefs
Updating a long tradition of ethnic groups rising to the top

Afterimages Witness (Cinema)
Directed by Peter Weir Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley

Best Sellers (Books)

George Gershwin Gets His Due (Music)
After 50 years PORGY AND BESS arrives at the Metropolitan Opera

Getting Tips From Tapes (Video)
Home cassettes teach everything from fitness to finance

Is There Life After Teenpix? (Cinema)
Yes: one winner in the latest youth-movie sweepstakes

Mad Money in High Places Citizen Hughes (Books)
by Michael Drosnin Holt, Rinehart & Winston; 532 pages; $18.95

Paradise Lost Easy in the Islands (Books)
by Bob Shacochis Crown; 213 pages; $13.95

Reliever Fathers Playing Catch with Sons (Books)
by Donald Hall North Point; 198 pages; $13.50