Vol. 127 No. 1
NATION
For the budget, tax reform and arms control 1986 could be a watershed
No Longer a Flawed Institution (The Presidency)
WORLD
In well-timed attacks, gunmen bring carnage to Rome and Vienna airports
Bringing the War to Whites (South Africa)
A surge in violence dims prospects for the new year
HEALTH & MEDICINE
For cooks, it was a year of new technology and old techniques
SPORT
Speaking in spurts on the passing of a tremendous earache
STYLE & DESIGN
A year of renewed traditionalism, plus quirks and fantasy
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Table of Contents (Table Of Contents)
Milestones
Eager to Advance (Man of the Year)
The next generation of leaders will help decide whether reforms succeed or fail
"An Implacable Enemy of This World" (The Terrorist)
All-Out Aid: Rock's New Spirit (Bob Geldof)
His Eloquent Silence Speaks to the Future (Nelson Mandela)
Test-Ban Talks?
The two sides show some give
Slice of Vice
More Miami cops are arrested
Up in Smoke
A jury snuffs a cigarette suit
Fruitycake
A yummy MIL-F-14499F
Bookends
FRANK SINATRA, MY FATHER
BUSINESS
Scandals and scares, booms and busts made 1985 a period of tumult
Bubbly Times for Bulls (Economy & Business)
Wall Street is toasting a record-breaking market
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
MARY; CBS; Wednesdays, 8 p.m. E.S.T.
Losing Battle (Cinema)
REVOLUTION
Noisy Ride (Cinema)
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
Dark Comedy (Theater)
BENEFACTORS by Michael Frayn
Mirror of Dazzling Chaos (Books)
THE GOOD APPRENTICE by Iris Murdoch; Viking; 522 pages; $18.95
Rin-Tin-Tin Doesn't Talk (Show Business)
A treasure chest of Hollywood lore in Inside Warner Bros.
Voices from the Past (Music)
The Mapleson cylinders preserve some of opera's legendary stars
SPECIAL SECTION
Deng Xiaoping leads a far-reaching, audacious but risky Second Revolution
The Comeback Comrade (Man Of The Year)
In a tumultuous career spanning 60 years and countless crises, Deng Xiaoping has been down three times but never out
A Country Changes Course (Man Of The Year)
The winds of reform have swept over China with unequal force, each area adapting to Deng Xiaoping's policies in its own way
Breath of Fresh Air (Man Of The Year)
Led by a former capitalist, a savvy state-owned firm woos foreign investment
Other Heresies (Man Of The Year)
In Eastern Europe, too, governments have been trying to make Communism work better. Neither of the two that have gone furthest in producing variations of the system is directly comparable to poor, agrarian China. But one shares China's penchant for economic pragmatism, while the other is testimony that not all the failures of Marxism can be blamed on Moscow
Faces of the Future
See them playing, laughing, sleeping. These children seem hardly the stuff of revolution, yet it is they who will inherit the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. Like the child in the too large parka above, China's youth must grow into Deng's vision. The numbers are huge (a Peking maternity ward and street crossing in Shanghai), but the new order offers fresh opportunities for individual effort (at the piano and dancing in kindergarten). In Suzhou, a grandmother remains a cherished link to the past. Near the Great Wall, a toddler bundled for the cold awaits the future.
Youth and Smiles, But Familiar Attitudes (Man Of The Year / Four in the Spotlight)