Vol. 123 No. 3

NATION

Looking For a Way Out

An Officer and a Gentleman Comes Home

Stepping on Mondale's Lines

Whew!

Burned Wick

Using Hope Against Adversity (The Presidency)

Mass Transit Makes a Comeback

Life with Paul and Billy Bob

Uneasy Freedom

WORLD

The Light That Failed (COVER STORIES)
to Nigeria's democratic experiment

A Continent Gone Wrong

"I Am Not Discouraged"

Sweating It Out in Abidjan

Battling on Two Fronts (CENTRAL AMERICA)

Bourguiba Lets Them Eat Bread (TUNISIA)

Enter Smiling (CHINA)

Is Carlos Back? (FRANCE)

From Spontaneity to Stagnation (CUBA)

SCIENCE

Heat over Wood Burning (Environment)

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Confusion over Infant Herpes (Medicine)

SOCIETY

Designers Get Down to Work (Living)

PRESS

Newsweek's Outsider Bows Out

BUSINESS

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Economy & Business)

What a Way to Start a Year! (Economy & Business)

History's Biggest Takeover? (Economy & Business)

The Grand Acquisitor's New Prey (Economy & Business)

Mr. Smith Shakes Up Detroit (Economy & Business)

Max Troubles for Betamax (Economy & Business)

LAW

Drunk Drivers Turn to the Bar

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Stoppard in the Name of Love (Theater)

The Astronomer's Daughter (Books)

Excerpt (Books)

Black Arts (Books)

Family Ordeal (Books)

Why Do Movies Seem So Long? (Show Business)

MILESTONES

Mining Familiar Territory

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PEOPLE

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TO OUR READERS

Read the story (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

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ESSAY

A Dying Art: The Classy Exit Line