Vol. 125 No. 8
NATION
Jailing the Wrong Man
American Notes Diplomacy
Broadside By an Ambassador
American Notes Expenses
A Defense Firm Picks Up the Tab
American Notes Unions
Bad News for Labor Leaders
American Notes Weapons
U.S. Allies Get a Nuclear Surprise
Assault on Affirmative Action
The Reaganauts tackle the dilemma of racial preference in hiring
Disturbing End of a Nightmare
The Scott County sex-abuse cases draw to a confusing close
False Premises
Doubts about Salvador aid
Jungle Hunt for Missing Airmen a U.S. Mission Searches for the Victims of a 1972 Air Crash
Opening Bids in the Middle East
The Arabs deal and Washington counts its cards
Scrambling to Freedom
The Presidency
Celebrating the Monument
WORLD
Fighting the Cocaine Wars
Drug traffic spreads, and the U.S. finds itself mired in a violent, losing battle
The Powerful Leaf
Diplomacy
Clinging to Detente
Diplomacy Maverick in Moscow
To mark closer ties, Greece's Papandreou visits the Soviet Union
Poland New Threats
Trying intimidation again
South Africa Mandela Declines Offer of Freedom
From his cell, a demand to dismantle apartheid
South Korea a Challenge for President Chun
Shock at the polls after a dissident's turbulent return
Southeast Asia "the Greatest Victory"
The Khmer Rouge retreat as Hanoi overruns a key sanctuary
World Notes Britain
Vitriol in the Commons
World Notes Canada
The Talk of Ottawa
World Notes Iran
Sounds From the Underground
World Notes Japan
Not So Pink in Kabuki-Cho
World Notes Spain
Embarrassed Photographers
SCIENCE
Creationists use a bizarre insect to try to make their case
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A panel issues a warning for 34 million overweight Americans
SOCIETY
Tanning salons offer sun worshipers that year-round glow
In Alabama: Undefeated Champion (American Scene)
PRESS
Nagging questions remain in the Hitler diaries trial
RELIGION
An apartheid foe imperiled
End of a Vigil
A first for Jewish women
TECHNOLOGY
Public libraries are moving into the electronic age
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A controversial ruling brings a chess marathon to a sudden end
BUSINESS
Taking a Fancy to Capitalism
Business Notes Environment (Economy & Business)
Public Penance for Pollution
Business Notes Manufacturing (Economy & Business)
Back After a Safety Checkup
Business Notes Products (Economy & Business)
Food for Naught
Business Notes Takeovers (Economy & Business)
Pickens Strikes Again
Dirty Cash and Tarnished Vaults (Economy & Business)
Two large U.S. banks struggle to recover from serious missteps
The Dollar As King Currency (Economy & Business)
Its record-breaking rise is stirring both fears and cheers around the world
LAW
A major study probes the meaning of bribery
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
False Friends Pack of Lies (Theater)
by Hugh Whitemore
In the Kingdom of Chic and Sleaze into the Night (Cinema)
Directed by John Landis; Screenplay by Ron Koslow
Inspirations Station Island (Books)
By Seamus Heaney Farrar, Straus & Giroux 123 pages; $11.95
Jeeves Vs. Zelda Tom and Viv (Theater)
by Michael Hastings
On the Wings of a New Age Nights At the Circus (Books)
by Angela Carter; Viking; 295 pages; $15.95
Rebirth in Dresden (Music)
After 40 years, the Semper Opera opens with politics and song
Revelations the Snow Ball (Books)
by A.R. Gurney Jr. Arbor House; 240 pages; $15.95
Smiles of a Winter Night (Dance)
Classical troupes get a little help from the avant-garde
Stardom Time for a Bag of Bones (Show Business)
In WITNESS, Harrison Ford is back on earth and right at home
Trade-Off the Mean Season (Cinema)
Directed by Phillip Borsos Screenplay by Leon Piedmont
MILESTONES
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