Vol. 132 No. 7

A House Divided
Yonkers, N.Y., becomes a symbol of white resistance to integration

American Notes CALIFORNIA
Grief for The Coroner

American Notes IRAN-CONTRA
Ollie wins, and so does Bush

American Notes SOUTH CAROLINA
The Legend of Lizard Man

American Notes THE MILITARY
Cleaning Up Navy Messes

American Notes TOURISTS
Top Gun In Moscow

Blaming Men, Not Machines
"Human error" will take the rap for the Iran Air shootdown

More Worldly Than Wise
Bush's foreign policy is prudent and mainstream

Reagan: Part Fixer, Part Hatchet Man
The ailing Bush campaign finally gets some help

Talking About the Weather
The lazy days of summer yield to an attack of ecophobia

While Back in Boston...

Japan Prejudice and Black Sambo
American blacks are up in arms over Japanese racial attitudes

Middle East Goodbye to All That
Hussein's gambit confounds friend and foe

Rebellion with A Cause
Running in lower gear, the uprising nonetheless grinds on

World Notes ANGOLA
A Matter Of Timing

World Notes ANTIQUITIES
How Hot Is Aphrodite?

World Notes NORWAY
The Whales Of August

World Notes TERRORISM
More Blood On Their Hands

World Notes THE GULF
Shall We Talk Now?

Cosmic Puzzle

The Frustrations of Discovery (Space)
A glitch-prone shuttle casts a mood of disappointment over NASA

Was Sir Isaac All Wet?
Physicists stalk the elusive "fifth force" on a Greenland glacier

A New Alternative (Health)

Packing Protection in a Purse (Health & Fitness)
Condoms are becoming part of a woman's sexual survival kit

A Critic's Contrarian View

A Holy Furor
Boycotts and belligerence greet a startling new film about Jesus

Who Was Jesus?
The debate among scholars is as heated as the one in Hollywood

Getting Ready
With six weeks to go, America's athletes pump up for their moment in Seoul

Business Notes AUTOS (Economy & Business)
Dealing with Low Turnover

Business Notes FARMS (Economy & Business)
The Russians Are Coming!

Business Notes GIMMICKS (Economy & Business)
Does Lady Di Do Laundry?

Business Notes LINGERIE (Economy & Business)
New Snap For Garters

Business Notes MARKETING (Economy & Business)
Rhetoric On Reels

Fraud, Fraud, Fraud (Economy & Business)
The white-collar crime wave is spurring a determined cleanup operation

Going After the Trade Gap (Economy & Business)
A sweeping law will be as tough as future Presidents make it

Help for The Ozone Layer (Economy & Business)
Curbs on suspect chemicals

How To Rob Banks Without a Gun (Economy & Business)
A growing army of felons plunders the financial industry

You're Fired, Mr. Chips
Draconian reforms rock Britain's schools and universities

A Judge Is Judged -- and Impeached
Acquitted in court, a federal jurist runs afoul of Congress

A Billy-Goat Pining for Purity TOLSTOY (Books)
by A.N. Wilson; Norton; 548 pages; $25 TOLSTOY: THE ULTIMATE RECONCILIATION by Martine de Courcel Translated by Peter Levi; Scribner's; 458 pages; $27.50

Car Of Tomorrow (Cinema)

Good Hand JACK OF DIAMONDS (Books)
by Elizabeth Spencer Viking; 184 pages; $15.95

How Bridges Fights Boredom (Cinema)

Love Among the Ruins (Music)
In Bayreuth, a brilliantly theatrical new Ring cycle

On The Road to Utopia TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Screenplay by Arnold Schulman and David Seidler (Cinema)

The Sad Plight of Fall Schedules (Video)
As the writers' strike ends, the networks face a late season

A Letter From the Publisher (A Letter From The Publisher)