Vol. 125 No. 2

NATION

American Notes Hijackings
Seeking Haven in Havana

A Talk with Nancy Reagan
"It Doesn't Mean You Change As a Person. It means you have grown"

Co-Starring At the White House
Nancy Reagan's clout and causes bring new respect

The Presidency
The Second Toughest Job

End of the Line
A subway shooter surrenders

Exit the Californians
Deaver and Clark leave their longtime mentor

Explosions Over Abortion
More clinic bombings spur widespread concern and controversy

Laying Down a Tough Line
Washington publicizes its stance for the Geneva talks

Made in America
Two friends discuss trade

Shooting for the Stars
Space-based defense technology is still well over the horizon

WORLD

China "It Cannot Harm Us"
From merit raises to free-market prices, Deng pushes his daring reforms

El Salvador Coffee Caper
Bargaining with the guerrillas

France the New Refrain: "Vive L'Amerique"
A prickly, once indifferent nation enjoys a love affair with the U.S.

India a Mandate for Cleanup and Change
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi gives an interview

Israel an Airlift to the Promised Land
Ethiopia's black Jews are spirited out in a secret operation

Poland Hints of a Contract From the Top
A murder trial bares the workings of the secret police

Scandinavia Wayward Missile
A Soviet cruise takes a cruise

World Notes Soviet Union
How the Mighty Fall

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Cloven Smokers (Medicine)
Dangers in a teen-age fad?

Making Bones As Good As New (Medicine)
A delicate surgical procedure is saving damaged limbs

SOCIETY

In Idaho: Living Outside of Time (American Scene)

Is Smiling Dangerous to Women? (Behavior)
Ralph and Wanda talk about grinning and female oppression

PRESS

Newswatch Is It Fact Or Opinion?

RELIGION

Freeing a Pope
An Egyptian's banishment ends

Outward, Christian Soldiers
Police oust seven militants from a Lutheran church

BUSINESS

A Global Money Machine (Economy & Business)
Blessed with a giant trade surplus, Japan is becoming the biggest investor

Business Notes Computers (Economy & Business)
Coleco Pulls the Plug

Corporate Fear and Trembling (Economy & Business)
Worried oil companies wonder where Pickens will strike next

Damage Report (Economy & Business)
Israel's stock crash revisited

Final Score (Economy & Business)
Investors count their chips

Zen in the Executive Suite (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

Stormy Weather in Academe
A scholar's controversial work sets off a hail of criticism

LAW

The No Man's Land of High Tech
New devices aid police but threaten the right of privacy

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Collision of Genes and Temper (Books)
A Little Revenge: Benjamin Franklin and His Son by Willard Sterne Randall; Little, Brown; 558 pages; $22.50

A Ghost Sonata in Sitcom Land Home Front (Theater)
by James Duff

Balanchiniana Dancing for Balanchine (Books)
by Merrill Ashley Dutton; 236 pages; $29.95 BALANCHINE'S MOZARTIANA by Robert Maiorano and Valerie Brooks; Freundlich; 188 pages; $18.95

Cautionary Tale Without Cliches 1984 (Cinema)
Directed and Written by Michael Radford

Freelance the Cheat (Books)
by Pat Jordan Villard Books; 259 pages; $13.95

Psychological Realist in a Bad Age (Art)
In Los Angeles, Max Beckmann's images retain their power

Rival (Dance)
Romeos HIT THE ROAD Joffrey's is gutsy, but A.B.T.'s is better

Rushes Johnny Dangerously (Cinema)

Rushes Mrs. Soffel (Cinema)

Rushes Protocol (Cinema)

What Price Glory, Leontyne! (Music)
The prima donna assoluta sings her last operatic role

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)

ESSAY

Where Is Our Dover Beach?