Vol. 127 No. 9

"We've Lost Everything"
Storms from a haywire jet stream deluge the far West

American Notes Crime
Take the Money and Shop

American Notes Defense
Dangerous Document

American Notes Espionage
A Spy's Grisly Solution

American Notes Texas
King-Size Welcome

American Notes Treaties
And Now, 37 Years Later...

Cashing in on Top Connections
"There's No Question I've Got As Good Access As Anybody"

Peddling Influence
Lobbyists swarm over Capitol Hill

Revolving Door

The Slickest Shop in Town

In Grenada, Apocalypso Now
The President drums up support for the Reagan Doctrine

The Questions Get Tougher
Nasa Draws Fire From Investigators for Its "Flawed" Shuttle Decision

The Senators Vs. the Spooks
Congress prods Casey into drafting a top-secret CIA master plan

Uncle Sam Speaks

Middle East End of a Peace Initiative
As Israel raids southern Lebanon, Hussein admits failure

Portugal Comeback
Unexpected win for Soares

South Africa Cracking Down in Alexandra
The police get tough on journalists as well as protesters

Soviet Union the Reformers Lead the Way
Mikhail Gorbachev and his new generation hold their first party congress

The Gulf Shift in a Bloody Stalemate
Iran digs in at Fao, and nerves fray in the region

The Philippines Rebelling Against Marcos
Two military leaders call for his resignation, and the U.S. denounces him

Unrest in the Barracks

World Notes Dissidents
Better Late Than Never

World Notes East Germany
Beware of Cardboard Communists

World Notes Italy
Putting the Finger on Ll Papa

World Notes South Korea
Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown

World Notes Spain
Fight Over a Lady

A Naval Surgeon in the Dock (Medicine)
The court-martial of Donal Billig puts military medicine on trial

Exercise in Best-Selling (Health & Fitness)
Lesson 3: How to tone up flabby reader interest

On the Trail of the Big O (Sexes)
Ralph and Wanda ponder the peripatetic pleasure zone

Revolution on Fleet Street
Extra, extra! London papers enter the modern age!

"Dirty and Short" Down Under
The home team wins a pre-America's Cup sparring match

His Was the Simplicity That Stuns (Design)
Reconsidering Mies, the century's absolute modern master

A Hard Decision to Swallow (Economy & Business)
Tylenol's maker will dump capsules and promote safer "caplets"

Business Notes Agriculture (Economy & Business)
Amber Waves of Debt

Business Notes Appliances (Economy & Business)
Fast Food for Singles

Business Notes (Economy & Business)
Beverages Things Go Better with Pepper

Business Notes Checks (Economy & Business)
Get the Message!

Business Notes Rental Cars (Economy & Business)
Hello, Operator, I'M Lost

Dropped Stitch (Economy & Business)
Singer will sew no more

Falling Back to Earth (Economy & Business)
The dollar's steep decline creates benefits and perils

Phantom Ph.D.S (Economy & Business)
A scandal shocks Sweden

Sailing Off the Deep End & (Economy & Business)
The shipping industry pitches and yaws through an epic slump

Back to the Time Warp (Video)
The Mayberry clan joins the trend toward TV reunions

Double, Trouble and Bubble (Theater)
Off Broadway mounts half a dozen varied pleasures

Flying and Crashing in Mig Alley Saturday Night (Books)
by Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad; Morrow; 510 pages; $17.95

Growing Pains Pretty in Pink (Cinema)
Directed by Howard Deutch Screenplay by John Hughes

Off the Wall Dating Your Mom (Books)
by Ian Frazier Farrar, Straus & Giroux 123 pages; $11.95

Shell Games Turtle Diary (Cinema)
Directed by John Irvin Screenplay by Harold Pinter

Wrong Lane Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family (Books)
by Nicholas Pileggi Simon & Schuster; 256 pages; $17.95