Vol. 127 No. 4

NATION

A Farewell to Arms?
Gorbachev's disarming proposal combines bold visions and potential pitfalls

The Elusive Quest

With His Wit About Him
As Congress returns, Dole has some delicate dancing to do

Standing by Eight Presidents (The Presidency)

Bad Company
A warning about tainted unions

Immigration's Happy Warrior
California's Harold Ezell stirs praise and draws fire

Honoring Justice's Drum Major
On Martin Luther King's birthday, remembrance and renewal

WORLD

Flair, Firmness And Ideas (South America)
Peru's young President raises new hopes

Comrade Against Comrade (South Yemen)
Heavy fighting breaks out between rival Marxist factions

Beyond the Barracks Gates (Libya)
Despite oil wealth, daily life includes shortages and frustrations

Free-for-All (Lebanon)
Warring over a peace plan

Blackmail (South Africa)
Picking on a neighbor

Coptergate (Britain)
A crisis tests Thatcher's iron

Wind of Change (Japan)
A Soviet visitor seeks a thaw

SCIENCE

Dateline: Aboard the Shuttle (Space)
The nation's journalists compete to cover a far-out story

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Skeptical Eye on Contacts (Medicine)
Complaints about extended-wear lenses are on the rise

Roto-Rooter
Reassessing stroke surgery

PRESS

No Case, Colonel
A new twist in a long libel suit

The Trouble with Being Fair (Newswatch)

SPORT

"Sweetness" and Might (Cover Stories)
From Payton to Perry, an old-style football team warms Chicago

A Sudden Flash of Patriotism
Berry and New England carry each other to the top

Life's Not a Bowl Of Any Single Thing
Memories of 20 years gone by

TECHNOLOGY

The Granite State of the Art (Computers)
A computer buff is transforming New Hampshire

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Table of Contents (Table Of Contents)

A Letter from the Publisher

New Mission
Resettling an English church

American Notes

World Notes

New Members of the Club

"I Enjoy Shooting at My Friends"
Anyone can become a cosmic warrior in a Photon battle

Business Notes

Milestones

BUSINESS

Heading into the Straightaway (Economy & Business)
TIME's European Board of Economists sees continued growth in 1986

Plans to Make Mergers Easier (Economy & Business)
The White House seeks a sweeping overhaul of antitrust laws

Bitter Harvest
Awful lot of drought in Brazil

Battling Drugs on the Job (Economy & Business)
Companies crack down on employees high at work

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Sugary Satire (Cinema)
DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS

Folk Artistry (Cinema)
KAOS

Tugging at the Old School Ties (Show Business)
Michael Frayn's rueful urbanity livens Broadway and a new film

The Velocipede of Modernism (Art)
Lyonel Feininger's early work finally reaches the U.S.

Independent States of Mind (Books)
In New York City, International PEN generates heat and light

Amos Oz on Imagination

Pith and Vinegar (Theater)
LILLIAN by William Luce