Vol. 131 No. 4
NATION
Bork: I'm No Bench Warmer
American Notes RACE
Talking Himself Out of a Job
American Notes WASHINGTON
Dressing For Success
American Notes YOUTH, PART 2
Less Coke, but Still Drinking
American Notes YOUTH, PART 1
Siren Call of The Classroom
"It Seems to Work"
When those who sink plows turn to the task of picking Presidents
Florida's Growing Pains
Murky Waters for the Supersub
The heralded Seawolf may be too slow and too costly
Not In My Neighborhood
California leads a grass-roots movement to slow development
Oh, What A Screwy System
Is this any way to choose a candidate?
The Folks with First Say
How Iowa, where corn is no longer everything, is shaping the 1988 race
With Minds of Their Own
Iowa voters like the Reagan era less than most Americans
WORLD
Nicaragua promises key concessions -- and buys more time
In His Father's Footsteps
Middle East In the Eye Of a Revolt
A besieged Israel tries to damp the flames, but Palestinian rage blazes out of control
Soviet Union At the Point of No Return
Answering his critics, Gorbachev pushes ahead on reform
Taiwan The End of a Dynasty
After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, a native islander takes power
World Notes AFGHANISTAN
Home for May Day?
World Notes SPAIN
Up, Up And Away
World Notes SPORT
The Games Nations Play
World Notes TERRORISM
Fingering the Disco Bomber
World Notes WEST GERMANY
Handle with Extreme Care
SCIENCE
With infrared detectors, astronomers spy ancient galaxies
HEALTH & MEDICINE
An alarming number of inner-city babies carry the AIDS virus
Try A Little Aggression (Medicine)
SOCIETY
From L.A. to Boston, the skinheads are on the march
In Virginia: How to Dress Up a Naked Lawn (American Scene)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 131 No. 4
BUSINESS
A reduced trade deficit heartens the markets, but the gap is still huge
Business Notes ADVERTISING (Economy & Business)
Kiss That Job Goodbye
Business Notes AIRLINES (Economy & Business)
Eskimo Face-Off
Business Notes BANKRUPTCIES (Economy & Business)
The Taxman Rings Twice
Business Notes LAWSUITS (Economy & Business)
Trouble over Oiled Waters
Goodbye Beta (Economy & Business)
Sony will make VHS players
Hello Dat (Economy & Business)
A new audiotape is on the way
The Culprits Behind the Crash? (Economy & Business)
Blamed for Black Monday, portfolio insurers fall on hard times
The Whiz Kid Who Wasn't (Economy & Business)
SEC investigators uncover a $10 million investment scam
LAW
Stop The Student Presses
The Supreme Court says educators can censor school newspapers
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Midsummer Night's Dream launches Papp's Shakespeare cycle
Gadfly's Guilt THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES (Books)
by I.F. Stone Little, Brown; 282 pages; $18.95
How Tv Got from There to Here (Video)
TELEVISION PBS; Mondays beginning Jan. 25 on most stations
Japanese with A French Accent (Art)
A show traces what Nippon's painters took home from Paris
Master of The Movies' (Show Business)
Taj Mahals Exhibitor Garth Drabinsky has it all, and now he wants more
The Passing of Pow! and Blam! (Books)
Comics grow up, get ambitious and turn into graphic novels
Tunes for The New Ice Age (Music)
Rock from England is cunning, crafted and sometimes chilling