Vol. 125 No. 25

NATION

American Notes Arms Control
Salt Ii Gets a New Lease

American Notes Crime
A Survivalist's Death Camp

American Notes Industry
The Job Was Murder

American Notes Los Angeles
A Rash of Deaths From Cheese

American Notes Military
Departure of the Peacekeepers

An East-West Swap

Building
A Contra CONSENSUS With moderated rhetoric, Reagan wins passage of an aid bill

Terror Aboard Flight 847
Muslim hijackers hold Americans hostage on a murderous journey

The Dilemma of Retaliation

The Roots of Fanaticism

Gandhi Opens in Washington
The Reagan Administration woos India's Prime Minister

Hoping for a Stalemate

Operation Damage Control
The military cracks down on security

WORLD

Italy Agca's Ever More Tangled Web
Contradictions and errors cloud the Turk's tantalizing testimony

Searches Reading the Bones

Searches the Mengele Mystery
As new revelations multiply, the question remains: Is this the Nazi doctor?

South Africa Deadly Raid
An angry U.S. reaction

Soviet Union Sore Knuckles
Harsh words from Gorbachev

The Gunzburg Clan

World Notes Middle East
Israel's Response to Hussein

World Notes Poland
Solidarity's Day in Court

World Notes Soviet Union
Pass the Fruit Juice, Ivan

World Notes Spain
A Day of "Blood and Mourning"

World Notes the Philippines
A Matter of Self-Incrimination

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Can Attitudes Affect Cancer? (Medicine)
A new study casts doubt on the power of positive thinking

SOCIETY

In Indiana: Poised for Catastrophe (American Scene)

PRESS

Ol' Black Eyes Doonesbury Vs.
Sinatra

RELIGION

Battling Over the Bible
At a huge Southern Baptist assembly, Fundamentalists win big

TECHNOLOGY

Towers with Minds of Their Own (Computers)
New high-tech buildings practically run themselves

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

An Outbreak of Rambomania
Sylvester Stallone starts Hollywood's summer with a bang

Mengele:
Non Requiescat in Pace

BUSINESS

"Dog-Eat-Dog Shake-Out" (Economy & Business)
Computer makers stumble through a glitch-filled week

A Daring New Flying Machine (Economy & Business)
Amid industry turbulence, TWA and Texas Air form the No. 2 U.S. airline

All Afizz Over the New Coke (Economy & Business)
Some hate the taste, but sales have never been better

Business Notes Acquisitions (Economy & Business)
Out of Bankruptcy with a Bang

Business Notes Credit (Economy & Business)
A Card with Smarts

Business Notes Debt (Economy & Business)
A Little Lifeblood for Argentina

Business Notes Newsletters (Economy & Business)
Let the Subscriber Beware

Business Notes Trade (Economy & Business)
Giving the Boot to Imports

Muscling Up to the Big Guys (Economy & Business)
The Supreme Court boosts regional banks

LAW

A Jury's Burden
Taking death seriously

Puccio for the Defense
Is Von Bulow's victorious lawyer a paragon or publicity hound?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Blue Velvet Crampton Hodnet (Books)
by Barbara Pym; Dutton 216 pages; $14.95

Everybody into the Pool Cocoon (Cinema)
Directed by Ron Howard; Screenplay by Tom Benedek

Publishing Rises in the West (Books)
Three houses redefine some traditional boundaries

Snap, Crackle, Pop At Daybreak (Video)
The battle among the morning news shows is hotter than ever

Toward Elysium (Dance)
A moving elegy from Robbins

Tunes From the Darker Side (Music)
On records, spooky symphonic rarities that go bump in the night

Vindication of an Old Master (Photography)
A new show celebrates the once neglected Andre Kertesz

MILESTONES

"into the Hands of the Lord" At Last
Karen Ann Quinlan: 1954-1985

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TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)