Vol. 135 No. 8
NATION
The Andean summit's main agenda will be salving wounded egos
American Notes CALIFORNIA
Bad Luck, But Good Behavior
American Notes HOUSTON
Pistol-Packin' Mama
American Notes ILLINOIS
Pompons? No! No!
American Notes STATE DEPARTMENT
A Pink Slip For Felix
American Notes YUPPIES
Sacrebleu! Bubble Trouble
Bleak Days for Covenant House
The founder of a program for troubled teens is forced out
Dirty Little Secret
A plan for cutting Social Security taxes exposes the true size of the deficit
Fighting The Code of Silence
A "break for law enforcement" becomes a citizen's nightmare
Heroin Comes Back
Return of The Watergate Doctrine
Reagan claims Executive privilege to shield his diary
WORLD
But Moscow's long memory remains the biggest obstacle in the way of unification
Undoing Lenin's Legacy
In his boldest stroke yet, Gorbachev diminishes the power of the party and consolidates his own
Headed for The Dustheap
Once upon a time, communism claimed to be the future. How Lenin's party rose to power and then disintegrated is this century's most gripping tale
Japan In the Diet, It's All in the Family
The prevalence of second-generation politicians raises fears that politics is being restricted to an elite kinship network
Jesse Comes Calling
Let The Parties Begin
The comrades decide, in three days that shake communism, that competition is in order. But have they signed a new lease on life -- or their death warrant?
Membership Has Its Privileges
South Africa No Easy Walk to Freedom
As De Klerk opens the prison door, Nelson Mandela is faced with the challenge of his lifetime: how to bring racial harmony to the land of apartheid
Why Are These Men Smiling?
World Notes CHINA
An Enemy of The People
World Notes INDIA
Fighting for Kashmir
World Notes MIDDLE EAST
The Tenth Victim
World Notes SOVIET UNION
Probing the Key to Genius
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The ubiquitous microwave is nuking America's taste buds
Rumania's Other Tragedy (Medicine)
Under a primitive medical system, babies are dying of AIDS
Worse Than The Disease (Medicine)
In youngsters, phenobarbital may do more harm than good
SOCIETY
A surprising poll says the sexual revolution is overrated
Children's Museums Get a New Look (Living)
Across the U.S., hands-on, climb-on exhibits are teaching kids that "touching is funner"
PRESS
Surveys are a favorite media tool, but do the results measure up?
RELIGION
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BUSINESS
Japan searches for the forger of $71 million in bogus coins
Bashing Greed for Fun and Profit
The Roaring Eighties take their lumps in a flurry of new books
Business Notes COMPUTERS
Apple Loses Its Blush
Business Notes DRUG MONEY
Too Soft on The Laundry
Business Notes HOCKEY
Ready to Pack Up Their Pucks
Business Notes PETS
The Fido Finder
Business Notes TOURISM
Vacation Hot Spot: the U.S.
Many Happy Returns
As taxpayers rush to file by wire, February seems like April
Two Sides of a Giant
GM can learn a few lessons from its dynamic European offshoot
World Of Business On Your Marks . . .
LAW
A federal judge knocks down Arizona's English-only law
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Everybody's All American (Show Business)
John Goodman is Hollywood's hottest character actor
Miserable Life (Books)
The Jane Austen of Speeches (Books)
The Pursuits of Pleasure Thomas Rowlandson's satirical view of Georgian society (Art)
PEOPLE
A Communist reformer before it was fashionable, Yugoslavia's MILOVAN DJILAS believes Gorbachev's changes are irreversible but that his attempts to fix communism will fail