Vol. 125 No. 26

A Spy's Unhappy Household
Family squabbles undid an espionage ring

A Star Wars Snafu

American Notes Congress
Money for Chemical Warfare

American Notes Fugitives
A Fistful of Collars

American Notes Los Angeles
House Arrest for a Slumlord

American Notes Security
Shooting At Foggy Bottom

American Notes Water Cooperation,
Wilderness-Style

"An Attack on Civilization"
Hostage taking, bombings and killings mark a week of phantasmagoric terror

"We Are Continuously Surrounded"
The homesick hijack victims eat, sleep and wait

Caught in the Middle

Making the Sky Secure

Movements Within Movements
More extremist than ever, Shi'ite factions vie for power

Prime-Time Terrorism
As the hijackers play for publicity, Israel says it will free 31 prisoners

Rhetoric Gives Way to Reality

Shell-Shocked Survivors
Chaotic Beirut carries on with shopping amid the bombings

The Improbable Warlord

Cuomo's Sparring Partner
A White House attack boosts the Governor

Holier-Than-Thou on Star Wars
The Soviets conveniently overlook their own efforts

Disasters Two More Strikes for Terrorists?
An Air India plane crashes, and a bomb explodes in Japan

El Salvador a Chaotic Scene of Savagery
Commandos kill 13, including six Americans, in a bold attack

Searches "Absolutely No Doubt"
Investigators conclude that the Mengele mystery has been solved

Seeing No Evil

Southern Africa Fighting Back
Botha answers his critics

World Notes Canada
A Separatist's Last Hurrah

World Notes China
Youth Movement

World Notes East-West
Nyet FOR SEPTEMBER

World Notes Norway
No Smiles for a Top Spy

World Notes Sri Lanka
Giving Peace a Chance

Moving Right Along . . . (Medicine)

What's Become of Interferon? (Medicine)
The once heralded wonder drug fulfills some of its promise

In Seattle: the Right Stuff, with Paper and Glue (American Scene)

The Munchkin of the Bedroom (Sexes)
Ralph and Wanda talk about Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Getting into the Story
The hostage crisis catches journalists in the cross fire

Voice Change
A weekly gets a new owner

Painful Secrets
Priests accused of pederasty

Life Is an Unplayable Lie
North and South, the best and the worst golfers are the same

Argentina Again Tries Reforms (Economy & Business)
Will a new currency and price freeze end four-digit inflation?

Business Notes Accounting (Economy & Business)
Auditing the Auditors

Business Notes Banking (Economy & Business)
Cleaning Up the Cash Laundry

Business Notes Investigations (Economy & Business)
Who Knew What?

Business Notes Military (Economy & Business)
Contracts Battle to Defend the Skies

Business Notes Trade (Economy & Business)
Pasta War Ready to Boil

Hello, Sunshine (Economy & Business)
Fresh signs of economic growth

The Bright New Sound of Music Cd Players Are the Hot Sellers in Home Electronics (Economy & Business)

The Friendly Skies Get Wheels (Economy & Business)
United buys Hertz and takes off on a changed flight plan

The Light Fantastic (Economy & Business)

Cockpit Gray
A broad ruling on age bias

At Last, a Singer's (Music)
Ring San Francisco puts on a spectacular Wagnerian vocal show

Singing Within the Bloody Wood (Art)
At the Tate, a second celebration of Francis Bacon

Some Sideshows of Summer (Cinema)
Dorothy and Clint fizzle, but St. Elmo may catch fire

Summer Reading (Books)
Comedy, fantasy and biography for beach and lakeside

Taking Aim Again At Viet Nam Pbs Gives Airtime to a Controversial Rebuttal (Video)

This Way to the Children's Crusade (Cinema)
Spielberg presents two movies with guts, brains and a little heart