Vol. 124 No. 14

NATION

Gromyko Comes Calling (COVER STORY)

Who's Running the Show?

Suspended Conversations

Just Like Old Times (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

Poised for the Big Move Up

Christmas on the Hustings

Debating the Debates

Good News for Meese

Breaking the Defense Deadlock

Faulty Hardware

The Senate: Hugging Reagan's Coattails

The House: Women at Work

WORLD

Again, the Nightmare (LEBANON)

A Time of Terror

Where Roots of Violence Grow

Sub Flub (HIGH SEAS)

Tighter Belts (ISRAEL)

Living Within the Limits (HUNGARY)

Documenting a Tragedy (ARGENTINA)

Let's Make a 1997 Deal (HONG KONG)

Compromise, Then Violence (SOUTH AFRICA)

Happy Ending for a Movie Star (INDIA)

The Taming of a Radical (CHAD)

SCIENCE

The Orange Flames of Florida (Environment)

Davy Jones Meets the Computer

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Ali Fights a New Round (Medicine)

SOCIETY

Hot Toys with a Special Twist (Living)

The Most Powerful Bond of All (Behavior)

PRESS

Breaking the Liberal Pattern

RELIGION

Confidence and the Clergy

SPORT

Excellence by the Yard

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

An Inquiry Clears Hatfield (American Notes / ETHICS)

Indicting a Mayor (American Notes / SAN DIEGO)

More UNESCO trouble (American Notes / UNITED NATIONS)

Foul Times for a Fair (American Notes / NEW ORLEANS)

Suicide of a Veteran (American Notes / VIET NAM)

BUSINESS

Labor's Hard Day's Night (Economy & Business)

A Little Unexpected Optimism (Economy & Business)

Half an Ingot for the Steel Industry (Economy & Business)

"Dear Mr. President . . ." (Economy & Business)

Breaking Through to Big Profits (Economy & Business)

Soft Landing for a High Flyer (SAVINGS AND LOANS)

Reynolds Returns to Its Roots (DIVESTITURES)

A Gala Goodbye to the CAB (REGULATION)

High-Tech Recruiting (PERSONNEL)

Low Fares on the High Seas (EXCURSIONS)

EDUCATION

Life Before the Preppies

Testing, Testing

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Blues for Black Actors (Cinema)

A Winning Rebel with a Lost Cause (Books)

Time Lapse (Books)

Style Out of Life (Books)

The Golden Hoax Book (Books)

MILESTONES

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PEOPLE

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TO OUR READERS

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LETTERS

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