Vol. 125 No. 23

"Whole Roofs Just Exploded"
The deadliest twisters in a decade claim at least 86 lives

American Notes Drug Abuse
Dealers Near the Diamond

American Notes Justice
Prison for Abortion Bombers

American Notes Military
Money to Burn

American Notes Public Art
Moving the Not-So-Great Wall

American Notes Vigilantes
Ambassadors of Terror

And Brother Makes Three
Further arrests in a spreading spy scandal

A Hard Look At the Fine Print
Unsnarling the present tax code is a complex business

Losing Big Under Treasury Ii
The plan hits high-tax states and the three-martini lunch

Making His Big Pitch
Reagan's exhortation on tax reform: "America, go for it!"

One Blueprint, 535 Contractors
Tax reform will be sanded, sawed and chiseled on Capitol Hill

One Blueprint, 535 Contractors
Tax reform will be sanded, sawed and chiseled on Capitol Hill

Cover Stories
the Changing Government Bite

For Love Or Money?
The missing mistress appears at the Von Bulow retrial

Beirut Tumult
The Syrians may return

Blood in the Stands
A rampage by English soccer fans shocks all Europe

Disasters Trail of Tears and Anguish
A killer cyclone rips across the Bay of Bengal, taking at least 15,000 lives

East-West Carrot and Stick
Mixed signals from Gorbachev

Italy "the Trial of the Century"
A witness supports Agca's tale of conspiracy against the Pope

Middle East Shifting into First Gear
No breakthrough for Hussein, but new interest in Washington

South Africa a-Team Foray
Going after Gulf Oil

Suddenly, Two Waves of Death
At a soccer game and in Bangladesh, men and nature rage out of control

Summits Damage Control
The Franco-German malaise

World Notes
Afghanistan a Growing Border Threat

World Notes
Britain All in the Family

World Notes
Chile Quest in the Pacific

World Notes
The Gulf Bombs and Missiles (Contd.)

World Notes
The Koreas Hopes for a Reunion

A Crackdown on Ecstasy (Behavior)
The DEA outlaws the country's latest pop drug

The Sharing of the Green
Passing it on in Boston, going for two straight

Can't Help Lovin' Those Tunes
Jerome Kern's centenary is celebrated from Britain to Broadway

Business Notes Autos (Economy & Business)
Debate Over an Extra Mile

Business Notes Computers (Economy & Business)
Shaking the Apple Tree

Business Notes Mergers (Economy & Business)
Etc. Billion-Dollar Games

Business Notes Toys (Economy & Business)
The Kids Are Pushed Aside

Business Notes Utilities (Economy & Business)
Back to Three Mile Island

Crime in the Suites (Economy & Business)
A spree of corporate skulduggery raises questions and concerns

Jumbled Long-Distance Lines (Economy & Business)
Telephone competition turns into toll-call chaos

Muscle Man (Economy & Business)
Nautilus is pumping profits

The Big Payoff (Economy & Business)
Settling a $4 billion quarrel

Classes in Coexistence
Israeli schools teach tolerance between Arabs and Jews

Smart Swaps
A novel scholarship plan

Less Dignity, More Hustle
Lawyer ads get a new boost from the high bench

Here's What's Happening, Mr. Jones (Music)
Rock's major magus brings it all back home again

It's a Long, Long Tale Awinding Lonesome Dove (Books)
by Larry McMurtry; 843 pages; Simon & Schuster; $18.95

Rushes a View to a Kill (Cinema)

Rushes Perfect (Cinema)

Rushes the Shooting Party (Cinema)

Savaging the "Foundry of Lies" Pravda (Theater)
by Howard Brenton and David Hare

Taking the Loyalty Oaf Prizzi's Honor (Cinema)
Directed by John Huston; Screenplay by Richard Condon and Janet Roach

Talk, Talk, Talk Gossip (Books)
by Patricia Meyer Spacks Knopf; 287 pages; $18.95

Zombies Less Than Zero (Books)
by Bret Easton Ellis Simon & Schuster; 208 pages; $15.95