Vol. 126 No. 17
NATION
After the Bomb
Mayor Goode blasts his aides
American Notes Health
Deaths Out of Proportion
American Notes Louisiana
Prison for a Priest
American Notes San Diego
The Once and Present Mayor
American Notes
The Vice President Hard Volleys in Peking
American Notes Washington
Star Wars in the Parking Lot
Damming a Leak
Photo filcher found guilty
His Least Silent Mission
Lost Leviathan
Resolving a Star Wars Skirmish
The President papers over a heated dispute on weapons testing
Slow Fade
Tax reform dies away
The U.N.'s Mid-Life Crisis
Reagan and a phalanx of world leaders gather for a troubled 40th birthday
Utah Docudrama
Murder Among the Mormons
WORLD
Lebanon Seeking the Silent Majority
After years of chaos, Amin Gemayel is modestly hopeful
Nicaragua Enemies Within
Civil liberties are suspended
Poland No Strength in Numbers
Jaruzelski's election victory solves few problems
Public Health a Scourge Spreads Panic
As AIDS reaches around the globe, governments are galvanized into action
South Africa "I Am Proud to Give My Life"
The execution of a poet touches off an angry rampage
The Philippines Friendly Advice
A messenger from Reagan
World Notes Bangladesh
Catastrophe in the Rain
World Notes Belgium
Continuity 1, Change 0
World Notes Diplomacy
The Lady's Not for Sanctions
World Notes Hungary
No Room At the Intercontinental
World Notes Soviet Union
Burying Khrushchev's Dreams
WAR & TERRORISM
"a Would-Be Palestinian Rambo"
(Terrorism)
Abbas' career is a case study in P.L.O. infighting
"You Can Feel the Damage"
(Terrorism)
An Interview with William Casey
(Terrorism)
"I Would Like to Think the Interception . . . Will Be a Turning Point"
The Price of Success
(Terrorism)
Reagan's coup breeds anger in Egypt, crisis in Italy, disarray in diplomacy
Piecing Together the Drama
(Terrorism)
Israel's backup plan and Mubarak's surprising revelation
The Presidency
(Terrorism)
"Let's Do It"
RELIGION
Bringing Sanctuary to Trial
A Tucson case provides a major test of church against state
SPORT
Making It Perfectly Clear
Baseball, football and Nixon search for absolute truth
TECHNOLOGY
Kings, Queens and Silicon Chips
(Computers)
A chess-playing supercomputer loses its title match
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
New Muscle At the Box Office
Arnold Schwarzenegger shoots up a hit in COMMANDO
BUSINESS
"It's a Jungle Out There"
(Economy & Business)
A strike at Chrysler raises worries in a booming but concerned industry
Blue-Chip Partner for a Network
(Economy & Business)
Laurence Tisch lends a hand to his friends in Black Rock
Business Notes Appointments
(Economy & Business)
No Thanks, Mr. President
Business Notes Banking
(Economy & Business)
My, What a Friendly Customer
Business Notes Beverages
(Economy & Business)
Winner and Still Champion
Business Notes Leisure
(Economy & Business)
Who Is Annie May Bullock
Business Notes Trade
(Economy & Business)
The U.S. Bites Back
Canal Lockout
(Economy & Business)
A Collapsed Wall Halts Shipping
Getting in Touch with One Another
(Economy & Business)
At long last, IBM has figured out a way to link its lonely PCs
Inside the Gray Market
(Economy & Business)
Discount retailers offer brand-name bargains for the wary
Pick a Car, Any Car
(Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
The Worst of Two Worlds
Academic double standards leave many athletes undereducated
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Night Or Two At the Opera
(Music)
Videocassettes make the easy chair the best seat in the house
A Rich, Feisty Eventfulness
(Art)
California's Wayne Thiebaud emerges as a leading U.S. realist
Bookends
(Books)
Dwarfed By Ancient Archetypes Death Is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury; Knopf; 278 pages; $15.95
(Books)
Relativity Family and Friends
(Books)
by Anita Brookner Pantheon; 187 pages; $13.95
The Playwright As Polemicist a Map of the World
(Theater)
by David Hare
SPECIAL SECTION
Honors for Seven Achievers
(Nobel Prizes)
Europe and the U.S. sweep the latest round of prizes
Nobel Prizes
(Nobel Prizes)
MILESTONES
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones
PEOPLE
People
People
People
People
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From the Publisher
(Publisher's Letter)
ESSAY
Smile When You Say That