Vol. 132 No. 26
NATION
Tower is tapped for the Pentagon, but is Kemp headed for HUD?
A Dance of Many Veils
Shultz and Arafat reached common ground only after intense prodding by their allies, Swedish mediators -- and a nudge from George Bush
American Notes ARIZONA
Rose's Saucy Salutation
American Notes BOSTON
Separate but Equal
American Notes CONGRESS
You Get What You Pay For
American Notes STATISTICS
Death in Black And White
American Notes WASHINGTON
Take My House -- Please
Breakthrough
After 13 years of silence, the U.S. agrees to talk with the P.L.O., angering Israel and profoundly altering the Middle East's diplomatic landscape
Playing Atomic NIMBY
Pileup of radioactive waste may close a bomb plant
The Case for Skepticism
WORLD
Angola Flowers and Drinks All Around
A historic pact, eight years in the making, could bring peace
Soviet Union Vision of Horror
As dazed Armenians struggle with death and despair, Gorbachev tries to ease the quake's impact on ethnic strife and an ailing economy
World Notes BRITAIN
Commuters' Nightmare
World Notes FRANCE
On with His Head!
World Notes IRAN
A New Wave Of Executions
World Notes SWEDEN
"I Think We Have the Man"
SOCIETY
For compulsive buyers, life is a long, ruinous spree
Everyone Back into Pool! (Living)
Pocket billiards goes upscale, uptown and uppity
Fremont, Calif. Hands Across The Workplace (American Scene)
California autoworkers learn new ways -- and teach some
RELIGION
The Archbishop of Paris revives the AIDS dispute
The Bishop Is a Lady
Anglicans stagger, quarreling, into an era of "mitered mammas"
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
Strike Up The Boycott
Business Notes DIAGNOSTICS
An Instant AIDS Test
Business Notes INVESTIGATIONS
The Harder They Fall
Business Notes RECORDINGS
Alas, 33 1/3 Joins 16 and 78
Business Notes TELEVISION
Keeping Its Eye On the Ball
Up, Up and Away
Commercial-jet builders are riding a $43 billion boom in new orders
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Met's new show of 15th century painting is a delight
Critics' Choice (Critics' Choice)
Dog-Eared Doings THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (Cinema)
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan Screenplay by Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan
Letting Kids Just Be Kids (Video)
Nickelodeon's hit formula: sophistication and green slime
Whisperings Of Intuition THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS (Books)
by Robertson Davies; Viking; 472 pages; $19.95
SPECIAL SECTION
PEOPLE
Admiral WILLIAM CROWE, America's top military man, assesses Gorbachev's troop-reduction proposal and reflects on the role of the peacetime soldier