Vol. 124 No. 16

NATION

Prime Time Showdown

Spotlight on the Seconds

Tax and Spend

Time Out for the Defense

How to Indict

Session Without End, Amen

Trying to Shoot Straight

Spy vs. Spy Saga

Taking Gromyko's Measure (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

The House: Pouring In the Money

WORLD

The Sicilian Connection (COVER STORY)

A Cautionary Tale

Blood, Business, "Honor"

Model Treaty

Snappy Birthday, Comrades (CHINA)

Money Walks, Nobody Talks (MIDDLE EAST)

The Splits (BRITAIN)

The Blitz (CENTRAL AMERICA)

Circumstantial Evidence (EGYPT)

Rebels Without a Clause (MOZAMBIQUE)

Storming the Palace (REFUGEES)

Having It Both Ways (GREECE)

Women at the Top (SWITZERLAND)

SCIENCE

Racing to Win the Heavens (Space)

Mass Death at Two River Crossings (Environment)

SOCIETY

Polling for Mental Health (Behavior)

PRESS

Battle Lines Are Drawn

SPORT

The Tigers Lying in Wait (Sport)

TECHNOLOGY

War Games (Computers)

Family Living (Computers)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Fatal Failure to Check the Gas (American Notes / INVESTIGATIONS)

Coming a Long Way (American Notes / POLITICS)

Helter-Skelter Shelter (American Notes / HOMELESS)

Money-Saving Phone Calls (American Notes / WASHINGTON)

A Stranger in the Night (American Notes / NEW YORK)

BUSINESS

A Beastly Question (Economy & Business)

Another Jolt from the Bankers (Economy & Business)

Baseball's Wild Cards (Economy & Business)

Sleep Capsules (Economy & Business)

California's Grape Depression (Economy & Business)

How Reyers Stays a Step Ahead (Economy & Business)

Extinguished (Economy & Business)

The Chrysler Board's Union Label (DIRECTORS)

A Wing and a Prayer (TRANSPORTATION)

One More for the Road (IMPORTS)

All Aboard for Racine (EMPLOYEE RELATIONS)

Playing to a Trapped Audience (ADVERTISING)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Return of the Native (Art)

The Adaptation as Antique Show (Cinema)

Men and Women in Love (Books)

Read the story (Books / Excerpt)

Charades (Books)

Coming Clean (Books)

Wounds That Will Not Heal (Theater)

Tour de Farce (Theater)

MILESTONES

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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

The Rugged Individual Rides Again