Vol. 126 No. 8
NATION
Let's hear it for aquatic mules, butter cows, Smile Week and serenity
Pitchmen of the Kremlin
The Soviets soft-shoe toward the summit with slick p.r.
Owls: Out on a Limb
Shipshape?
An O.K. for General Dynamics
Under a Noxious Cloud of Fear
A toxic gas leak rocks "Chemical Valley" residents
Eye on the Oval Office (The Presidency)
Violence in the Coalfields
A strike roils the area where Hatfields and McCoys feuded
Still Down but Not Out
Twenty years after the riots, Watts wrestles with old problems
WORLD
A holiday flight in Japan slams into a mountain and takes 520 lives
Manifesto for Disappointment (South Africa)
President Botha's much awaited speech fails to win applause
Rumbles on the Right
War and Hardship in a Stern Land (Iran)
A rigid theocracy harbors fanaticism and little hope for change
Fighting Back (The Philippines)
Marcos defeats a challenge
Under the Gun (Gutemala)
The familiar shock of murder
Photo Finish (Postscripts)
An ex-hostage's secret film
SCIENCE
Halley's approach launches a commercial bombardment
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Summer's bounty inspires young chefs
Fast Food Speeds up the Pace (Food)
Eating out is in, and the chains add variety to lure new diners
SOCIETY
RELIGION
On his third tour, the Pope bolsters the church in Africa
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Letter from the Publisher
Quota Fight
Rethinking affirmative action
American Notes
World Notes
Milestones
BUSINESS
A glut of offices, condos and hotels puts developers and lenders in jeopardy
Bountiful Harvest, Bleak Outlook (Economy & Business)
Bumper crops will add to the pressure on debt-ridden farmers
Summer Slump (Economy & Business)
Slow growth, weak currency
Tempests in a Pop Bottle (Economy & Business)
Coca-Cola's public relations problems bubble on
Business Notes
EDUCATION
College prices outstrip inflation in a seller's market
Test Case
The day the exams vanished
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
AGNES OF GOD Directed by Norman Jewison; Screenplay by John Pielmeier
Rushes
Moonbeams and Menaces (Theater)
A brilliantly idiosyncratic Dream at Minneapolis' Guthrie
'Round the World, a Boss Boom (Music)
Springsteen is rock's spirit in the night
"It's an Emotional Business" (Books)
Why are publishers paying millions for political memoirs?
Success Story (Books)
A CERTAIN PEOPLE: AMERICAN JEWS AND THEIR LIVES TODAY
Talking Blues (Books)
COPS: THEIR LIVES IN THEIR OWN WORDS
MILESTONES
Drowned out by choppers, Madonna and Penn exchange vows