Vol. 125 No. 24

NATION

"a Dazzling Array of Opportunity"
Kirkpatrick steps into a sizzling new career on the political circuit

A Fledgling Alliance

American Notes Foreign Exchange
From Sacred to Profane

American Notes Gratuities
Fresh Fish for Rickover

American Notes Labor
War in the Coalfields

American Notes Lutherans
Defrocking a Dissident

American Notes Poverty
Suffer the Children

"Very Serious Losses"
As the Navy spy scandal spreads, officials assess the damage

Moles Who Burrow for Microchips
How high tech has raised the stakes of Soviet espionage in the U.S.

Where Spies Are Superstars

Why the Ship of State Leaks

Gay High
Furor over a New York school

Going for It
Reagan stumps for his tax plan

Levels of Involvement
Aid to Nicaragua's CONTRAS is debated amid rising tension

Not a Black and White Issue
Congress is caught in the tide for South African sanctions

The Presidency
He Could Communicate

The President's Saltbox
Reagan's team divides over scrapping the treaty

The Summing Up
Von Bulow awaits the jury

WORLD

Diplomacy Young Man in a Hurry
An interview with Rajiv Gandhi as he heads for Washington

France Boom Business
Cashing in on the arms trade

Greece the Gadfly Stays in Office
Papandreou's re-election leaves him more powerful than before

Middle East Hopeful U.S., Skeptical Israel
As peace is considered, kidnapings raise Lebanese tensions

Searches a Manhunt Leads to Bones
Brazilian police claim to have found Josef Mengele's remains

World Notes Britain
Assault on the Welfare State

World Notes El Salvador
Deadly Medicine

World Notes Italy
"Bulgaria Is Guilty"

World Notes Soviet Union
Missing the Train

World Notes Violence
Home Games Only

SCIENCE

The Trees Are Taking Over (Environment)
An alien arboreal horde invades South Florida

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The Magnesium Connection (Medicine)
Harvard scientists offer an explanation for toxic shock

SOCIETY

In New York State: Who Poisoned the Pudding? (American Scene)

SPORT

Nine Strikes and You're Out
In the heat of a Gooden inning, no pitches to waste

STYLE & DESIGN

Brilliant Or Cursed By Apollo? (Design)
Architect James Stirling's new buildings ignite controversies

TECHNOLOGY

A Sleek, Superpowered Machine (Computers)
The world's fastest model will make short work of vexing problems

BUSINESS

"Dear Andy" (Economy & Business)
Advice for the workplace

"Lulu Is Home Now" Gm Buys (Economy & Business)
Hughes and heads for the 21st century

Business Notes Acquisitions (Economy & Business)
Taking a $4.9 Billion Bite

Business Notes Autos (Economy & Business)
De Lorean Ii: the Comeback

Business Notes Energy (Economy & Business)
Opec's Summertime Blues

Business Notes Finance (Economy & Business)
A Foiled Getaway

Business Notes Financial (Economy & Business)
Crime Jail for a Fallen Banker

Cbs Attacks (Economy & Business)
Piles of paper on Washington

Holy Toledo, Mr. Smith! (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

New Prospects, Old Values
Commencement orators offer words to live, work and pay bills by

LAW

Scarlet Bumper
Humiliating drunk drivers

Uproar Over Silence
The court again stirs the school-prayer debate

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Careerism and Hype Amidst the Image Haze (Art)
American painters of the '80s are buffeted by cultural inflation

Dicey Clams Nowhere (Books)
by Thomas Berger Delacorte; 190 pages; $14.95

Riches to Rags an Innocent Millionaire (Books)
by Stephen Vizinczey Atlantic Monthly Press 369 pages; $17.95

MILESTONES

Milestones

Milestones

Milestones

Milestones

Milestones

PEOPLE

On the Record

People

People

People

People

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)

ESSAY

The Body Beautiful: Pumping Ironies