Vol. 128 No. 9
NATION
A postman kills 14 co-workers in Oklahoma
A Tale of Two Countries?
A study finds America's coasts booming and its center sagging
American Notes Defense
Not So Stealthy Jets
American Notes Mafia
Trials of a Dapper Don
American Notes Speeding Smile: Here's Your Ticket
American Notes Vagrants
Santa Barbara Backs Down
American Notes Weapons
A Loose Cannon
Bad Rap
Doomed Journey
Tracking the KAL tragedy
Joining the Think Ranks
No Yield
The U.S. resists a test ban
On the Intellectual Ramparts
New think tanks are advocating as well as incubating ideas
The Presidency
Colliding with Realities
The Roots of Dorothy Redford
Some 2,000 descendants of a plantation's slaves come home
Troubled Karma for the Krishnas
The murder of a disgruntled disciple sparks a grand jury probe
Unfriendly Skies
Delays and scrubbed flights take the joy out of this summer's flying
WORLD
An Unexpected Outbreak of Candor
Diplomacy Brief Comings and Goings
A failure in Helsinki
Iran "Death to Just About Everything"
Khomeini's newly confident forces prepare for another offensive
Public Health Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
The AIDS epidemic sweeps through developing countries
Rwanda Case of the Gorilla Lady Murder
An American scientist is unexpectedly charged
South Africa "Terrifying Indictment"
The list: 8,551 detainees
Soviet Union Anatomy of a Catastrophe
Moscow blames "gross" human error for the Chernobyl accident
Sudan Stranded Amid the Gunfire
As the civil war intensifies, thousands are left starving
World Notes Britain
Barristers Vs. the $270 Wig
World Notes France
Goodbye, Great Gallery
World Notes Guinea
Back in the Slammer Again
World Notes Mexico
Calls to Get Tough
World Notes West Germany
Battle Over the Old Words
SCIENCE
A wall of ice seals a fjord, endangering a nearby village
Embryo From a Collapsing Star
New evidence for a long-held theory of how stars are born
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Lawsuits and other safety concerns mean new worries in bed
PRESS
Making News and Non-News
RELIGION
Chastised for dissent, a U.S. theologian loses his teaching license
TECHNOLOGY
Steven Jobs' newest venture produces extraordinary graphics
BUSINESS
Competition the Rising Sun Is Back At No. 1
Business Notes Lawsuits (Economy & Business)
Another Shoe in a Scandal
Business Notes Management (Economy & Business)
GE Provides a Peacock?
Business Notes Railroads (Economy & Business)
A Sale Goes to the Siding
Business Notes Spinoffs (Economy & Business)
Crash Diet for Food Firms
A Popular Shirt Tale (Economy & Business)
Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life (Economy & Business)
Polo's Ralph Lauren has designed an empire renowned for its range and marketing mystique
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Britain's new, experimental network rides high on low ratings
A Man, a Woman and Some Dogs (Cinema)
Five foreign films consider love, with mixed results
Bookends (Books)
New Age Comes of Age (Music)
Dreamy soundscapes offer relief from formula pop and rock
Short Tails the Mexican Pet (Books)
by Jan Harold Brunvand Norton; 221 pages; $13.95
The Liberty of Thought Itself (Art)
In Paris, a big, provocative survey of modern sculpture
Walking on the Wild Side O-Zone (Books)
by Paul Theroux; Putnam; 527 pages; $19.95
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