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COVER: Few agreements, little trust, but Reagan and Gorbachev keep trying 22 In high-ceilinged drawing rooms and before a blazing fire, for five hours alone and four with aides, the strong-willed superpower leaders strove and failed to define rules to keep U.S.-Soviet rivalry manageable. But their resolve to continue the dialogue in two future summits gives reason for hope. An inside report on their historic talks in Geneva. See NATION.

NATION: Behind the closed doors, scenes of warmth, candor and realism 16 If nothing else, the summit for a moment brought the collision of the two most powerful forces in history down to the human scale of two men coming in from the mountain cold to talk over differences by the fire. A portfolio of exclusive backstage pictures by TIME Photographer David Hume Kennerly captures the shifting moods of the encounter.

BUSINESS: Women are moving up fast and heading for the top jobs in U.S. firms 64 From banking to manufacturing, executive suites are opening up to women. While relatively few of them have yet reached the upper levels of America's largest corporations, thousands are advancing through the ranks of middle management. Says one executive recruiter: "More and more companies realize that a good manager is a good manager regardless of sex."

48 World Does the Waite mission mean new hope for the Beirut hostages? Rebuilding after Colombia's tragedy. Oman's strategic role.

76 Behavior Are there people who court injury? Feminists and psychiatrists debate the wisdom of listing masochism as an official disorder.

81 Design A bullish developer and an architect plan a pseudo city and the world's tallest building within the heart of Manhattan.

82 Education One-room schools are standing their ground in the long battle against extinction. Vouchers start a controversy of their own.

88 Health & Fitness In Hollywood, personal trainers are getting to be as necessary as an agent, and the body styler many stars call first is Dan Isaacson.

92 Sport To some, a season-ending injury to Washington Redskin Quarterback Joe Theismann was, well, a lucky break.

94 Books Canada's pre-eminent novelist, Robertson Davies, brilliantly writes against trends. Tobias Wolff recalls the '70s with virtuosity.

103 Essay The homeless mentally ill are dying with their rights on. They do not need our sympathy; they need our help. They need asylum.

5 Letters 8 American Scene 75 People 83 Press 84 Religion 86 Science 89 Video 101 Cinema 104 Milestones

COVER: Photograph by Dirck Halstead