Vol. 128 No. 13

NATION

American Notes Congress
Have Speech, Will Travel

American Notes Massachusetts
Joe Kennedy's First Hurrah

American Notes New Mexico
The Sport of Bureaucrats

American Notes Oregon
Fighting the Antidrug Tide

American Notes Supreme
Court Rough Victory for Rehnquist

Hitting the Mafia
A wave of trials is putting the nation's crime bosses behind bars

Meanwhile, in Palermo . . .

Two From the Neighborhood
The crossed paths of a dapper don and his dogged prosecutor

Defense Demurs
Hoots for a drug plan

Open Warfare a G.O.P. Lead In
Louisiana

Painful Duty
The Senate tries a judge

Pratfalls of the Presidency

Suspending Their Judgment a Time Poll Shows
American voters uncertain and unaligned

The Patrician and the Preacher
Pete du Pont and Pat Robertson get off to an early start for 1988

Tough Talk At Riga

Trying to Have It Both Ways
Reagan's desire for arms control tugs him from a showdown

Wild Cards
A three-way race in Arizona

WORLD

Angola Dancing to a Tin Drummer
Starvation, chaos and stalemate, after years of civil strife

France
City of Intrigue

France the Bombs of September
Five terrorist attacks in ten days stun Parisians

Honduras Shadow Fighting in Limbo
Teetering between extremes, the country is neither at war nor peace

South Africa Disaster in a Gold Mine

South Africa Mixed Signals on Sanctions
Europe and Japan adopt measures, but Reagan ponders a veto

The Philippines Cory Hits a Grand Slam
On a whirlwind U.S. trip, Aquino speaks her mind -- and heart

The Philippines
Freedom and the Media

World Notes Austria
The Past's Long Shadow

World Notes Defense
Space Hits and Misses

World Notes East Germany
Stopping the Refugee Flow

World Notes Mexico
Anger Across the Border

World Notes South Korea
The Show Must Go On

SCIENCE

A Plan to Make the Desert Gush (Environment)
Billions start to flow to create Gaddafi's man-made river

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Ray of Hope in the Fight Against Aids (Medicine)
While not a cure, an experimental drug called AZT prolongs the life of patients

SOCIETY

Face-Lift for a Famous Test (Behavior)
After 44 years, psychologists revise the Minnesota Multiphasic

In Ohio: a Vision West of Town (American Scene)

RELIGION

The Second Founder of the Faith
Converted 1,600 years ago, St. Augustine still shapes church thought

SPORT

Bo's Going to Follow His Dream
Two games changed by the small events of a 'Bama childhood

Montana Felled
Unhinged by his trademark

BUSINESS

A Launch for the Uruguay Round (Economy & Business)
Trade officials mount new talks aimed at reducing protectionism

Business Notes Products (Economy & Business)
Udder Excitement

Business Notes Scandals (Economy & Business)
Cashing in on an Inside Story

Business Notes Stocks (Economy & Business)
A Marriage of Convenience

Business Notes Ventures (Economy & Business)
Space Burials on Hold

Flying Among the Merger Clouds (Economy & Business)
Consolidation is the game in the buffeted airline industry

Get Set for a Second Wind (Economy & Business)
The economy will shake a slump and pick up speed in the coming months

Good, Bad and Complex (Economy & Business)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

All in the Family Again (Video)
The new season brings a neighborhood of wholesome households

Civil War in the Upper South a Summons to Memphis (Books)
by Peter Taylor; Knopf; 209 pages; $15.95

Sounding a Joyous Jubilee (Music)
Three premieres celebrate the diversity of American composing

Unsentimental Journey That's Life! (Cinema)
Directed by Blake Edwards Screenplay by Milton Wexler and Blake Edwards

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TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)