Vol. 125 No. 12

"Go Ahead--Make My Day"
With second-term swagger, Reagan throws down the gauntlet to Congress

A Star Is Born--and Registered
Jeane Kirkpatrick becomes a Republican with a political future

American Notes Crime
A Twisted Trail

American Notes Drugs
The Fbi Gets Its Man

American Notes Environment
More Woe for Union Carbide

American Notes The Border
Mexico's Kidnaper Cops

American Notes The President
A Near-Perfect Checkup

Dropped Guards
Giving up the Secret Service

Just Small Talk in Geneva
The superpowers start off cordially--and inconsequentially

New Evidence
Reopening the Goetz case

The Secretary Bows Out
Donovan is the first Cabinet member to quit under indictment

"I Didn't Know Chernenko Was Ill" (Soviets)
Muscovites greet the transfer of power with a shrug

A World Inspects the New Guard (Soviets)
Does Mikhail Gorbachev promise a revolution for the Kremlin, or just more of the same for a much longer time?

Both Continuity and Vitality (Soviets)
Old policies, but new vigor and effectiveness

Crucial Players in the Power Game (Soviets)
Four who are likely to have a major role in Gorbachev's fortunes

Ending an Era of Drift (Soviets)
A speedy transition gives notice of a different style

Glints of Steel Behind the Smile (Soviets)
Gorbachev impresses many with his affability--and his sharpness

The Caretaker From Siberia (Soviets / COVER STORIES)
Konstantin Chernenko: 1911-1985

France "We Have to Adjust"

France Center Stage
The Socialists' brightest hope

Lebanon a Country Out of Control
Israeli vs. Shi'ite, Christian vs. Christian

Southeast Asia Clean Sweep
The last Khmer base falls

TAKING ON THE BUREAUCRACY (Soviets / COVER STORIES)

Terrorism on the Trail of an Elusive Turk
The Swiss say Agca's accomplice is running a drug ring

The Gulf Now, the War of the Cities
Bombs hit Baghdad and Tehran as fighting roils Iraq's marshes

The Presidency (Soviets)
Measure of the Man

World Notes Brazil
A Change of Ceremony

World Notes Canada
Siege for a "Forgotten" Cause

World Notes India
Small Steps Toward Peace

World Notes Sudan
Pressing the Brotherhood

World Notes West Germany
Surprises At the Polls

Saving Breasts (Medicine)
Less surgery for tumors

Silent Scream (Medicine)
Outcry over antiabortion film

Defrocking a Contentious Pastor
In troubled Pennsylvania steel country, a rare church trial

Hybrid Mass
Prayer Book borrowings

Undefeated and Underappreciated
The heavyweight champ is not shy, but he is retiring

Aftershocks (Economy & Business)
Results of a $300 million crash

Business Notes Autos (Economy & Business)
Revving Up for a Race

Business Notes Bankruptcies (Economy & Business)
Pratfalls for a Prowler

Business Notes Computers (Economy & Business)
The $525 Million Iou

Business Notes Energy (Economy & Business)
Sunset for a Price Fixer

Business Notes Farming (Economy & Business)
Wool in Sheep's Clothing

Crackdown on "Greenwashing" (Economy & Business)
Lawmakers warn banks to quit helping criminals launder money

Determined to Tough It Out (Economy & Business)
A strikebound Pan Am fights to survive its latest challenge

Pounding on Tokyo's Door (Economy & Business)
The U.S. presses Japan to dismantle its barriers to American products

Bach and Handel At the Wall (Music)
In culture as in politics, the German soul remains divided

Beginning a Posthumous Career This Real Night (Books)
by Rebecca West; Viking; 266 pages; $16.95

Books (Books)

Forty-Five Voices (Show Business)
As One U.S. Pop Stars Unite to Fight Famine with a Song

Handicapping the Foreign Oscar (Cinema)
An unwieldy process may keep the best films from winning

Master of the Green Machine Moma's (Art)
Rousseau exhibit reveals a depth of exotic formality

Notable Davita's Harp (Books)
by Chaim Potok Knopf; 371 pages; $16.95

Notable Hurrah for the Next Man Who Dies (Books)
by Mark Goodman Atheneum; 274 pages; $14.95

Speak, Memory a Vanished Present: the Memoirs of Alexander Pasternak (Books)
Edited and translated by Ann Pasternak Slater; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; 214 pages; $17.95

Spring Sparring Partners (Video)
Mismatched couples provide the spark for TV's "third season"