Vol. 127 No. 17

COVER

Wanting It Both Ways

NATION

A Lady Killer Stalks Atlanta
Four murders stir fears

A Twisted Trail of Blood
It led to a Miami shootout

American Notes Alaska
Wandering into Trouble

American Notes Babies
Motherhood Minus Mom

American Notes Congress
Missing: the 1987 Budget

American Notes Oregon
Thunderbird All Around, Garcon

American Notes Space
A Titanic Fizzle

A Lethal Video Game

Hitting the Source
U.S. Bombers strike at Libya's author of terrorism, dividing Europe and threatening a rash of retaliations

So Close, Yet So Far
American journalists get the guided Libyan tour

The Iron Lady Stands Alone

Double Standard for Refugees?
A split over sanctuary

Nation

WORLD

Britain Stringing Along
Making puppets of potentates

Eastern Europe Communism's Old Men
Gorbachev tries to introduce change to the aging party bosses

South Africa Enemies Within
Law reform and vigilante rage

Soviet Union an Endless Odyssey
Stalin's daughter moves again

The Philippines Marcos Seizes the Offensive
The deposed President accuses the U.S. of a coup conspiracy

World Notes Argentina
Bye-Bye to B.A.?

World Notes Britain
Peace in Our Time

World Notes Diplomacy
French Power Dining

World Notes El Salvador
The Military Breaks Ranks

World Notes Haiti
Baby Doc's Cold Cash

SCIENCE

"a Bunch of Little Gnats" (Environment)
The droning echo of tourist flights through the Grand Canyon

"a Bunch of Little Gnats" (Environment)
The droning echo of tourist flights through the Grand Canyon

Tree Bandits (Environment)
Take the aspens and run

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The Career Woman's Disease? (Medicine)
Endometriosis may afflict as many as 10 million in the U.S.

PRESS

Old-Fashioned Pickax Journalism
Pulitzer gold for the Denver POST and others

RELIGION

Mutual Declarations of Respect
Pope John Paul makes a historic visit to a synagogue

SPORT

Master of the Fairway
Never a false step by either the golfer or the man

STYLE & DESIGN

Basso Profundo and a Bit Wild ! (Design)
A little-known German pioneer wins architecture's top prize

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

In the Dead of the Night
Hard choices and high drama for the raid's planners and pilots

BUSINESS

A Maddening Labor Mismatch (Economy & Business)
Despite lingering unemployment, the U.S. faces growing worker shortages

Beef Glut (Economy & Business)
A move that cows the ranchers

Business Notes Advertising (Economy & Business)
Call Cosby for Image Cleaning

Business Notes Government (Economy & Business)
Changing Small to Not At All

Business Notes Labor (Economy & Business)
Less United We Stand

Business Notes Lawyers (Economy & Business)
The $65,000 Minimum Wage

Business Notes Stocks 60 (Economy & Business)
Minutes ON WALL STREET

Can We Talk? (Economy & Business)
Kurzweil's computer will listen

The British Admen Are Coming! (Economy & Business)
Madison Avenue buzzes as Saatchi grabs a big American agency

Westward Ho to Expo 86 (Economy & Business)
Vancouver's world's fair sparks a building and tourist boom

EDUCATION

Those Hot Colleges on the Climb
Fast-rising and ambitious institutions are now challenging the nation's elite schools

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

"Is This the Family Gun, Dad?" At Close Range (Cinema)
Directed by James Foley; Screenplay by Nicholas Kazan

A Tale of the Acorn and the Tree a Perfect Spy (Books)
by John le Carre; Knopf; 475 pages; $18.95

Bookends (Books)

Home and Away Principia Scriptoriae (Theater)
by Richard Nelson

Saran-Wrapped Social Security (Theater)
by Andrew Bergman

Sore Glums Absolute Beginners (Cinema)
Directed by Julien Temple Screenplay by Richard Burridge, Christopher Wicking and Don MacPherson

The Mandarin and the Thief (Books)
Simone de Beauvoir: 1908-1986; Jean Genet: 1910-1986

Victoriana Family Secrets: a Writer's Search for His Parents and (Books)
His Past by David Leitch Delacorte; 242 pages; $17.95

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TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)

ESSAY

Going It Alone