Vol. 125 No. 13
NATION
American Notes Leisure
Last Call for Happy Hour
American Notes Politics
Freedom for the Pacs
American Notes Subway Gunman
Prime-Time Celebrity
American Notes The President
Hear, Hear (in Stereo)
American Notes Veterans
Mutiny Over Central America
Battle of the Missiles
Stressing the threat from Moscow, Reagan rams the MX through the Senate
Carter: Take the Initiative
A Spunky Tycoon Turned Superstar
Straight-talking Lee Iacocca becomes America's hottest new folk hero
Criminal Links
Mexico's corrupt police
Reaching Out to Labor
Reagan picks Brock, a unifier, to replace Donovan
The Presidency
"Your Leadership Is Demanded"
Weapon and Target
Weighing a New Mideast Role
Washington changes gears
WORLD
"There Is Still Great Risk"
Canada At the Shamrock Summit
Reagan and Mulroney find hope for the start of "a new era"
Diplomacy Celebration and Concern
Argentina's President brings a sobering message to Washington
India High Noon
Murder of a Soviet diplomat
"Iron Fist:" CBS Newsmen Are Victims
South Africa Bitter Reminders of Sharpeville
On a 25th anniversary, blacks die in police clashes and in riots
South Korea Mutiny At Sea
Defectors spark an incident
The Gulf Carnage in the Marshes
Iraqi fire power crushes an Iranian offensive, but the war goes on
World Notes Bolivia
A Call to Revolution
World Notes Brazil
A Not-So-Smooth Transition
World Notes Judgments
Clearance for a Clergyman
World Notes Soviet Union
"Strong Possibility" of a Visit
World Notes Sudan
Letting Their People Go
SCIENCE
What Happened At Bhopal
(Environment)
Union Carbide blames the tragedy on mishaps and oversights
SOCIETY
Pitching Motherhood and Pepsi
(Sexes)
Ralph and Wanda square off on Ferraro's TV commercial
PRESS
Newswatch Five Who Dominate Tv News
Position Filled
A new editor at U.S. NEWS
SPORT
Willie, Mickey and Nathan Detroit
Of baseball exiles, shadow lives and brutal livings
TECHNOLOGY
His Master's (Digital) Voice
(Computers)
A new breed of machines responds to spoken commands
BUSINESS
Economy & Business Autos
(Economy & Business)
Battle of the Belts and Bags
Economy & Business Investigations
(Economy & Business)
Cartier's Empty Box
Investments: An Affirmative Action; Advertising: It's Over There, in the Spaghetti
(Economy & Business)
Economy & Business
(Economy & Business)
The Economy a Sluggish Start to the Year
Kicking Junior Out of the Family
(Economy & Business)
IBM Will Stop Production of Its Slow-Selling Home Computer
Putting a Stop to a Stampede
(Economy & Business)
Ohio's banking woes generate worldwide jitters
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Network Blockbuster
(Video)
Capital Cities will buy ABC for $3.5 billion
Battling Back From No. 3
(Video)
An underdog once more, ABC tries to regain its winning touch
Beautiful Dreamer in a Minefield Desperately Seeking Susan
(Cinema)
Directed by Susan Seidelman; Screenplay by Leora Barish
Best Sellers
(Books)
Gamesman the Man From the U.S.S.R. & Other Plays
(Books)
by Vladimir Nabokov Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 342 pages; $24.95
Meditations on Motherhood Men and Angels
(Books)
by Mary Gordon; Random House; 239 pages; $16.95
New Kid on Broadcast Row
(Video)
Now All We Need Is an Ending
(Show Business)
Rupert Murdoch buys half of Fox from Marvin Davis
Vicomte De Brag Inside, Outside
(Books)
by Herman Wouk Little, Brown; 644 pages; $19.95
West
(Music)
Side Story, GENTRIFIED Bernstein's musical gets an all-star operatic cast
MILESTONES
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones
PEOPLE
On the Record
People
People
People
People
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From the Publisher
(Publisher's Letter)
ESSAY
The Reagan Doctrine