Vol. 125 No. 22

NATION

"Extraordinarily Difficult"

"the Issue Has Caught Fire"
Demands for divestment grow to thwart apartheid

Air Raid
Castro fumes over Radio Marti

American Notes Comics Shelving
A Doonesbury SERIES

American Notes Commerce
Cautious Words in Moscow

American Notes
Graft Say It Ain't So, Al

American Notes Philadelphia
Investigating a Disaster

American Notes Puerto Rico
Sending Police to Jail

Betraying Navy -- and Country
A former officer and his son are charged with spying

Half Full
The Senate limits the MX

Lost Lover
A victory for Von Bulow

The Presidency
The Troika That Worked

Tilting At Tax Reform
Reagan's plan is a risky bid for the allegiance of the average earner

Two Cheers for Reagan's Plan Time's
Board of Economists gives a qualified endorsement

WORLD

Central America a Pounding Fist, a Firm Warning
In Washington and Managua, frustrations and taunts

China Riotous Fans
Pent-up emotions in Peking

By Hook Or By Crook

Gloves on an Octopus

The Backpack Nuke

Who Has the Bomb
The threat is spreading, and the phantom proliferators lead the way

Middle East Fallout of an Ugly War
An exchange of prisoners and more bloodletting in Lebanon

South Korea End of a Siege
Anti-Chun students give up

World Notes Egypt
The Tale of the Stern Judges

World Notes Israel
Point, Counterpoint

World Notes Italy
An Epic Trial in Rome

World Notes New Zealand
No Snub Intended?

World Notes Soviet Union
Raising the Curtain on Raisa

SCIENCE

Patience Pays
An ailing satellite is revived

The Milky Way's Hungry Black Hole
An astronomical discovery at the galactic center

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Special Delivery in California (Medicine)
A woman on fertility drugs produces septuplets

SOCIETY

High, Wide and Hawaiian (Living)
Aloha shirts, once strictly tourist togs, turn into upscale fashion

On the Road: a City of the Mind (American Scene)

BUSINESS

A Shark Loses Some of His Teeth (Economy & Business)
After a battle royal with Unocal, Pickens is sent packing

Business Notes Autos (Economy & Business)
Expensive, Old and Inefficient

Business Notes Computers (Economy & Business)
How to Save a Sloppy Floppy

Business Notes Credit Cards (Economy & Business)
Middle of the Wallet

Business Notes Insurance Day (Economy & Business)
Care Becomes High Risk

Business Notes Labor Strike! (Economy & Business)
But Nobody Listened

Israel's Place in the Sun (Economy & Business)
Gottex swimsuits are covering American beaches

Lloyd's Losses (Economy & Business)
Unlimited embarrassment

More Dynamics (Economy & Business)
A change in the top command

The Man Who Beat Boone (Economy & Business)

Waking Up From a Slump Time's Economists Foresee Stronger Growth, Thanks to The (Economy & Business)
Federal Reserve

LAW

Safe Testimony Tv Screens for Child Witnesses

When a Scoop Is "Piracy"
The Supreme Court balances copyright against press rights

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

"an Orphan Or an Abortion" the Cider House Rules (Books)
by John Irving; Morrow; 560 pages; $18.95

Bush League Adventures in a Mud Hut (Books)
by Nigel Barley Vanguard; 189 pages; $12.95

Flick Lit Suspects (Books)
by David Thomson Knopf; 274 pages; $16.95

Gliberated in Dreamland Fletch (Cinema)
Directed by Michael Ritchie; Screenplay by Andrew Bergman

Greed Screed Brewster's Millions (Cinema)
Directed by Walter Hill Screenplay by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod

Haggling, Honors and Hype (Show Business)
This year's Cannes Festival has a distinctly American accent

Making a Joyful Noise (Music)
Philip Glass's exuberant sounds are invigorating opera

New York, When It Sizzled (Music)

On the Line Red Baker (Books)
by Robert Ward Dial; 202 pages; $14.95

Running Wild with a War-Horse the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet (Theater)

The Trials Of (Art)
Tilted Arc An unpopular work dramatizes the plight of public sculpture

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TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)