Vol. 126 No. 23
NATION
Four more espionage arrests add to a year of selling dangerously
How to Catch a Spy
The Great Star Wars P.R. War
Kindergarten imagery obscures a vital and complex debate
A Rancher's Thanksgiving (The Presidency)
Have Gang, Will Travel
Young thugs from Los Angeles and elsewhere are on the roam
Brotherly Fear
Racism rocks Philadelphia
More Than Just Comic Relief
WORLD
Postmortems yield a tale of savagery and tragedy aboard a hijacked airliner
The Riskiest Kind of Operation
Governments get tougher with terrorists, but will it do any good?
Paralysis on the Tracks (Japan)
Sabotage by ultraleftists leaves 10 million commuters stranded
Topsy-Turvy (Honduras)
A looking-glass "winner"
Leaks in the Pipeline (Pakistan)
Some U.S. arms are not getting to Afghan rebels
Smashing Through the Jungle (Gabon)
The perils and challenges of building a new railway
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Artificial hearts bring travail to patients' kin
A Daily Quart
Milk may cut risk of colon cancer
SOCIETY
Children Having Children (Behavior / Cover Story)
Teen pregnancies are corroding America's social fabric
The Missing-Father Myth (Behavior / Cover Story)
Checking Out Cheek Chic (Living)
A shadow of stubble can turn a mug into a mannequin
RELIGION
Voices of optimism and new ideas at a Vatican synod
SPORT
Gerry Faust gives up the ghost to Lou Holtz
TECHNOLOGY
Bill Buckley is high on word processors
Say Ah (Beep)
The doctor's bedside companion
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Letter from the Publisher
Milestones
You Must Remember This . . .
American Notes
World Notes
Ebony's Man
John Johnson keeps running
Kremlin Calling
And U.S. banks are answering
Florida Bowl
An Everglades asteroid?
BUSINESS
Another step forward but a long way to go
Mixing Class and Cash (Economy & Business)
Shoppers snap up museum-store gifts all year round
Winners Against Tough Odds (Economy & Business)
Some American companies succeed in selling to the Japanese
Business Notes
EDUCATION
A U.S. scholar claims discovery of a poem by Shakespeare
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
THE STORIES OF DENTON WELCH
Elite Corps (Books)
"BUT FIRST A SCHOOL"
Books
Win the Battle, Lose the War (Cinema)
ROCKY IV Directed and Written by Sylvester Stallone
Stunted Oaks (Cinema)
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
The Show Must Go Under (Cinema)
A CHORUS LINE Directed by Richard Attenborough
Elf Abuse (Cinema)
SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE
Errant Knights (Theater)
I'M NOT RAPPAPORT by Herb Gardner
Love of Intrigue (Theater)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by David Pownall