Vol. 125 No. 4
NATION
Startling Admission From Taipei
Four Troublesome Hot Spots
Reagan's foreign policy faces tests from the U.S.S.R. to Africa
High Hopes, Hard Choices
After a private swearing-in, Reagan sallies forth on his second term
Party Time in Washington
The federal city throbs with fireworks, firewater and Sinatra
Taking a Taste of Power
At the Inauguration, capital caterers plan star-spangled menus
The Presidency
"The Alternative Is So Terrible"
The Team
Some are leaving, others are changing jobs, but they still proudly call themselves Reaganauts
From Legislator to Lobbyist
Former Congressmen cash in on their Capitol Hill connections
Plugging the Leak of Secrets
New efforts to apply a 1917 law worry civil libertarians
Remedies for Black Problems
A Newly Formed Group Argues for Self-Help Programs
To Catch a Mole
WORLD
President-elect Neves ends 21 years of military rule
France Surprise Trip
Mitterrand flies into trouble
Jamaica Angry Island
A violent response to austerity
Middle East Bringing Home the Troops
Israel announces a step-by-step withdrawal from southern Lebanon
Personalities the Saga of Stalin's "Little Sparrow"
Svetlana's tormented journey from East to West and back again
World Notes Soviet Union
Rumors of a New Kremlin Chill
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The A.M.A. fears a crisis in claims and insurance costs
SOCIETY
Do women really prefer cuddling over "the act"?
On Long Island: Standing Room (American Scene)
Seems Like Old Time (Living)
Vintage wristwatches are up-to-the-minute fashion
PRESS
The jury in the Sharon trial reaches a partial verdict
STYLE & DESIGN
Helena Hernmarck's tapestries enhance corporate architecture
TECHNOLOGY
Directed and Written by Jack Haley Jr.
Triumph of a Hacker Sleuth (Computers)
How a Minnesota teen-ager cracked a sex-offense case
BUSINESS
Itt Plans to Shed Holdings Worth $1.7 Billion
Business Notes Regulation (Economy & Business)
Trading Stock on the Margin
Enterpreneurs (Economy & Business)
Up Against a Miti Fortress
Pound Watching (Economy & Business)
Thatcher to the rescue
Sky Wars (Economy & Business)
Airfares take a dive
The New Grapes of Wrath (Economy & Business)
Struggling farmers face the prospect of deep cuts in federal aid
EDUCATION
The court sets a standard
Suny Red Tape
A study urges a freer structure
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
by Primo Levi; Schocken; 233 pages; $16.95
High Tide on the Green River (Music)
After nine years, a great new record from John Fogerty
Peg-Legged That's Dancing! (Cinema)
Directed and Written by Jack Haley Jr.
Same Old Song Blood Simple (Cinema)
Directed by Joel Coen; Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Skulduggery Robert Louis Stevenson and "the Beach of Falesa" By (Books)
Barry Menikoff Stanford; 199 pages; $24.50
The Hardy Boys Turn Traitor the Falcon and the Snowman Directed by John Schlesinger; Screenplay by Steven Zaillian (Cinema)
Troubles on the Home Front (Video)
Sparked by high ratings, TV movies focus on child-parent crises
Westward Ha the Laughter of Carthage (Books)
by Michael Moorcock Random House; 561 pages; $17.95