Vol. 129 No. 16
NATION
Wedtech's web of corruption stretches beyond New York
American Notes CALIFORNIA
Blues for A Butterfly
American Notes CHICAGO
Washington's Victory Song
American Notes POLITICS
Two More for The Road
American Notes TAXES
Many Unhappy Returns
American Notes TOYS
Deadly Gunplay
Congress's Case
New evidence on Iranscam
"And To Keep Our Honor Clean"
The Marines struggle to live up to their hymn and their code of Semper Fidelis
Crawling with Bugs
The embassy spy scandal widens, affecting Marines and diplomats
Getting "Snookered"
The Art of High-Tech Snooping
How nigh-invisible devices can get under an embassy's skin
The Presidency
When in Moscow . . .
Hinckley's Hope
He seeks a day on the town
How Many Fingers on the Button?
Too many, as a new novel called State Scarlet points out
WORLD
Czechoslovakia
Smiling Mike Wows 'Em in Prague 19 years after the tanks, Gorbachev comes calling
Guatemala Giving Democracy A Chance
While the generals watch, a civilian President moves gingerly
Israel Sagging Spirits
Coalition squabbles and a spate of scandals dampen a holiday
Middle East: Time for Negotiations
Shamir: "I Think It Will Pass"
Soviet Union
Gateway to the Gulag Magadan is rich in gold but short on memory of its past
World Notes CHINA
Adventures in The Skin Trade
World Notes DISASTERS
The Ferry's Grim Toll Rises
World Notes EGYPT
Victory Now, Victory Later
World Notes NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Tales of Two Secret Pacts
World Notes SOUTH KOREA
Opposition In Disarray
SCIENCE
Clean-up time for the New River, an international irritant
More Violent Hurricanes? (Environment)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The End of the Beginning? (Medicine)
A controversial cancer treatment shows new promise
SOCIETY
Double-income, no-kids couples are the latest subset
In Iowa: Rolling Toward Peoria (American Scene)
Problems Of Crime and Punishment (Ethics)
Should the U.S. use Soviet evidence against accused war criminals?
RELIGION
Translators offer U.S. Roman Catholics a stylish New Testament
SPORT
No monument for Jackie
Too Moving to Be Mayhem
With courage and craft, Sugar Ray Leonard comes back
TECHNOLOGY
Electronic maps put a high-tech fantasy on the dashboard
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
Its pilots stir a takeover frenzy
Business Notes AGRICULTURE (Economy & Business)
Bumper Crop Of Trouble
Business Notes ART COLLECTING (Economy & Business)
Where a Sunny Van Gogh Went
Business Notes LAWSUITS (Economy & Business)
An Igniting Controversy
Business Notes MARKETING (Economy & Business)
Got Change For a Goofy?
Business Notes TAXES (Economy & Business)
Feds Fuddle Filing Forms
From Spindletop to Saudi Arabia (Economy & Business)
Getting Together with a Friend (Economy & Business)
Prospects look good for a Canada-U.S. free-trade pact
Texaco's Star Falls (Economy & Business)
Facing a $10 billion penalty, the oil company chooses bankruptcy
The Dollar Gets No Respect (Economy & Business)
Global financial woes deepen
EDUCATION
Up to Sticker Shock As tuitions soar ahead of inflation, colleges try to explain why
Off Again, On Again
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A.B.T.'s new Sleeping Beauty casts a poignant spell
After The Last Picture Show TEXASVILLE (Books)
by Larry McMurtry; Simon & Schuster; 542 pages; $18.95
Daughters Temporary Shelter (Books)
by Mary Gordon Random House; 213 pages; $16.95
Knockoff Blind Date (Cinema)
Directed by Blake Edwards Screenplay by Dale Launer
Lovelorn Tracts, Minced Wilderness (Photography)
Jousting with the landscape in Joel Sternfeld's America
Still Crazy After All These Fears (Cinema)
Two new films pay tribute to the dark stars of Brit lit
Wonderful Town MANHATTAN '45 (Books)
by Jan Morris Oxford University; 273 pages; $17.95