Vol. 125 No. 1

NATION

Negotiation By the Numbers
In deciding who is ahead, it depends on what you count

Once More to Geneva
The big question: Will Star Wars be put on the bargaining table?

Putting the Victim on Trial
A California shooting yields a tale of sex and intrigue

Vigilante
New York's subway "hero"

WORLD

India a Landslide for Gandhi
The Prime Minister sweeps to an overwhelming victory

Israel "Strong Letter"
Shultz prescribes tighter belts

Italy Tunnel of Death
Terrorists bomb a holiday train

Lebanon Day At the Races
No peace at the Palace of Peace

Poland in the Dock
The Popieluszko trial begins

Southeast Asia Dry-Season Rite
Fresh fighting in Kampuchea

Soviet Union Staying in Line
After Ustinov, a safe choice

The Gulf Tit for Tat
The tanker war heats up

RELIGION

Shutting the Door on Dissent
The Vatican orders an end to debate over abortion

SPORT

Most of '84

Twilight's Last Gleaming
Is the prime time of the Cubs ahead or behind?

STYLE & DESIGN

User-Friendly Winners (Design)
Bare modernism is replaced by lively pluralism

BUSINESS

A Year of Rolling Sevens (Economy & Business)
Swift growth plus slow inflation equaled prosperity in 1984

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

"That Nut's a Genius" (Music)
Two books recall Pianist Glenn Gould, wit and eccentric

Most of '84 (Show Business)

A He-Man for All Seasons (Video)
Zapping the forces of evil on daytime TV

On Golden Farm the River (Cinema)
Directed by Mark Rydell Screenplay by Robert Dillon and Julian Barry

Over the Top Birdy (Cinema)
Directed by Alan Parker Screenplay by Sandy Kroopf and Jack Behr

Personals (Books)
"A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries" by Thomas Mallon Ticknor & Fields; 318 pages; $15.95

Say Amen, Everybody (Theater)
On Broadway and uptown, blacks strut their brilliance

Street-Smart Cop, Box-Office Champ (Show Business)
Eddie Murphy is rich, happy and "beyond brilliant"

The Best of 1984 (Video)

The Wonderful Wizard of Quark (Books)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard P. Feynman; Norton; 350 pages; $16.95

Best of 84 (Theater)

Best of '84 (Music)

Best of '84 (Cinema)

Best of '84 (Books)

Best Sellers (Books)

SPECIAL SECTION

Feeling Proud Again (Man Of The Year)
Olympic Organizer Peter Ueberroth Puts on an Extraordinary Spectacle, Showing What America's Entrepreneurial Spirit Can Do

Man of the Year (Man Of The Year)

Master of the Games (Man Of The Year)
Peter Ueberroth Has Described Himself As Both Shy and Ruthless. His Associates Say He Is Demanding and Self-Demanding. Behind His Laid-Back Style Is the Toughness That Made Him So Right for an Olympia

Oh, What a Party It Was (Man Of The Year)

They Also Made History (Man Of The Year)
Two Won Elections, One Broke the Gender Barrier, One Continued to Spread Terror the Terrorist "We Have Only to Be Lucky Once"

They Also Made History (Man Of The Year)
Two Won Elections, One Broke the Gender Barrier, One Continued to Spread Terror Geraldine Ferraro "Lemme Tell Ya"-- and Did She Ever

They Also Made History (Man Of The Year)
Two Won Elections, One Broke the Gender Barrier, One Continued to Spread Terror Jose Napoleon Duarte Beaten and Banished, He Returned to Rule

They Also Made History (Man Of The Year)
Two Won Elections, One Broke the Gender Barrier, One Continued to Spread Terror Ronald Reagan a Grand Hurrah for the Gipper

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)