Vol. 127 No. 8

"I'M Trying to Have Fun"
Ron Reagan's risque business

A Replay of the Tylenol Scare
Capsules laced with cyanide kill a New York woman

American Notes Airlines
Another Gander Victim

American Notes Justice
A Different Verdict

American Notes Military
Base Politics

American Notes Mississippi
Judging the Judge

American Notes Whistle
Blowers Quick, What's the Password?

Gangland Politics

Jail Sale
Where cupidity bred stupidity

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! This Will Hurt
As budget cuts loom, yelps are already being heard

Sing Me No Torch Songs
Iacocca gets fired up over being fired from his favorite commission

The Presidency
An Opposing View

God and Man in Manila

Going into the Streets
As Marcos wins a tainted election victory, Aquino vows to go on fighting

East-West This Year in Jerusalem
At last, Shcharansky is released to Israel and freedom

Haiti "Never, Never Again"
An outpouring of relief, and an uncertain new reality

Italy Slicing Up the Beast
Anti-Mafia fervor runs high as the "monster trial" begins

Visit with a Survivor

World Notes Counterterrorism
Operation Hydrofoiled

World Notes France
Care for a Frog Tart, Monsieur?

World Notes Poland
The Show Trial That Fizzled

World Notes the Gulf
A Bridgehead to Fao

World Notes War
Criminals Long-Delayed Date with Justice

Zeroing in on the O Rings (Space)
Revelations about Challenger confront the presidential panel

Could Suicide Be Contagious? (Behavior)
A trio of deaths provoke questions and fears in Omaha

In Nashville: Fisk Makes a Comeback (American Scene)

Newswatch
Don't Say It Again, Sam

Lone Star Whoops for Hoops
These days, as Texas goes, so goes basketball

A Birthday Party for Eniac (Computers)
Remembering the granddaddy of modern computers

A Mighty High-Kicking Comeback (Economy & Business)
Radio City Music Hall turns its first profit in three decades

Adios, Amiga? (Economy & Business)
Commodore flirts with failure

Business Notes Currency (Economy & Business)
Searching for the Black Hole

Business Notes Investigations (Economy & Business)
Eastern's Belly Full of Cocaine

Business Notes Layoffs (Economy & Business)
Through a Film Darkly

Business Notes Marketing (Economy & Business)
the Yellow Pages Run for Color

Business Notes Trade (Economy & Business)
Japan Heads Off a Showdown

Coping with Catastrophe (Economy & Business)
Crisis management becomes the new corporate discipline

Putting a Tiger in the Tank (Economy & Business)
Cheap oil and low interest rates should accelerate U.S. growth

Blowing the Whistle on Georgia
A jury in Atlanta calls the university way off side

The Malpractice Blues
Physicians and attorneys battle over who is to blame

Bookends (Books)

Cinema (Cinema)

Double Time Hawksmoor (Books)
by Peter Ackroyd Harper & Row; 217 pages; $16.95

Game Shows Hit the Jackpot (Video)
Led by WHEEL OF FORTUNE, the genre is on a roll

Obliquely Addressing Nature (Art)
In New York, Terry Winters' stimulating one-man show

The Girl in the Gold Borsalino a Wider World: Portraits in an (Books)
Adolescence by Kate Simon; Harper & Row; 186 pages; $14.95

The Soul of a New Machine (Music)
Pierre Boulez returns to the U.S., bringing a bold major work

You Gotta Be a Football Hero Wildcats (Cinema)
Directed by Michael Ritchie; Screenplay by Ezra Sacks THE BEST OF TIMES Directed by Roger Spottiswoode; Screenplay by Ron Shelton