Vol. 125 No. 13

NATION

American Notes Leisure
Last Call for Happy Hour

American Notes Politics
Freedom for the Pacs

American Notes Subway Gunman
Prime-Time Celebrity

American Notes The President
Hear, Hear (in Stereo)

American Notes Veterans
Mutiny Over Central America

Battle of the Missiles
Stressing the threat from Moscow, Reagan rams the MX through the Senate

Carter: Take the Initiative

A Spunky Tycoon Turned Superstar
Straight-talking Lee Iacocca becomes America's hottest new folk hero

Criminal Links
Mexico's corrupt police

Reaching Out to Labor
Reagan picks Brock, a unifier, to replace Donovan

The Presidency
"Your Leadership Is Demanded"

Weapon and Target

Weighing a New Mideast Role
Washington changes gears

WORLD

"There Is Still Great Risk"

Canada At the Shamrock Summit
Reagan and Mulroney find hope for the start of "a new era"

Diplomacy Celebration and Concern
Argentina's President brings a sobering message to Washington

India High Noon
Murder of a Soviet diplomat

"Iron Fist:" CBS Newsmen Are Victims

South Africa Bitter Reminders of Sharpeville
On a 25th anniversary, blacks die in police clashes and in riots

South Korea Mutiny At Sea
Defectors spark an incident

The Gulf Carnage in the Marshes
Iraqi fire power crushes an Iranian offensive, but the war goes on

World Notes Bolivia
A Call to Revolution

World Notes Brazil
A Not-So-Smooth Transition

World Notes Judgments
Clearance for a Clergyman

World Notes Soviet Union
"Strong Possibility" of a Visit

World Notes Sudan
Letting Their People Go

SCIENCE

What Happened At Bhopal (Environment)
Union Carbide blames the tragedy on mishaps and oversights

SOCIETY

Pitching Motherhood and Pepsi (Sexes)
Ralph and Wanda square off on Ferraro's TV commercial

PRESS

Newswatch Five Who Dominate Tv News

Position Filled
A new editor at U.S. NEWS

SPORT

Willie, Mickey and Nathan Detroit
Of baseball exiles, shadow lives and brutal livings

TECHNOLOGY

His Master's (Digital) Voice (Computers)
A new breed of machines responds to spoken commands

BUSINESS

Economy & Business Autos (Economy & Business)
Battle of the Belts and Bags

Economy & Business Investigations (Economy & Business)
Cartier's Empty Box

Investments: An Affirmative Action; Advertising: It's Over There, in the Spaghetti (Economy & Business)

Economy & Business (Economy & Business)
The Economy a Sluggish Start to the Year

Kicking Junior Out of the Family (Economy & Business)
IBM Will Stop Production of Its Slow-Selling Home Computer

Putting a Stop to a Stampede (Economy & Business)
Ohio's banking woes generate worldwide jitters

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Network Blockbuster (Video)
Capital Cities will buy ABC for $3.5 billion

Battling Back From No. 3 (Video)
An underdog once more, ABC tries to regain its winning touch

Beautiful Dreamer in a Minefield Desperately Seeking Susan (Cinema)
Directed by Susan Seidelman; Screenplay by Leora Barish

Best Sellers (Books)

Gamesman the Man From the U.S.S.R. & Other Plays (Books)
by Vladimir Nabokov Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 342 pages; $24.95

Meditations on Motherhood Men and Angels (Books)
by Mary Gordon; Random House; 239 pages; $16.95

New Kid on Broadcast Row (Video)

Now All We Need Is an Ending (Show Business)
Rupert Murdoch buys half of Fox from Marvin Davis

Vicomte De Brag Inside, Outside (Books)
by Herman Wouk Little, Brown; 644 pages; $19.95

West (Music)
Side Story, GENTRIFIED Bernstein's musical gets an all-star operatic cast

MILESTONES

Milestones

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Milestones

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PEOPLE

On the Record

People

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TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)

ESSAY

The Reagan Doctrine