Vol. 128 No. 12

NATION

American Notes Budgets
Free Advice on Debtbusting

American Notes Los Angeles
Posh Digs At Southern Cal

American Notes Science
A Dream Deferred

American Notes Senate
A Father's Special Gift

American Notes Supreme Court
His Honor in the Fast Lane

Beating the Odds

Drawing the Bottle Lines

Having the Last Laugh
Political ads, once sobersided, this year offer a gag a minute

Is the Womb a Rentable Space?
An emotional court case centers on surrogate births

Key Assets
Truman's sanctuary is sold

No More Petticoat Politics
Women are running tough campaigns for major offices

Rolling Out the Big Guns
The First Couple and Congress press the attack on drugs

Seeking a Way Out
Amid misgivings, Daniloff and Zakharov are sprung from jail

The Presidency
The Wit and Wisdom

Why These Crises Occur

WORLD

An Interview with Corazon Aquino
Relaxed and confident, the Philippine President assesses her government

Chile Pinochet's New State of Siege
An assassination attempt fails, and the government cracks down

Fight Over a Topless Beach

France a Brutal Game of Blackmail
Two bombings in Paris spark an outcry against terrorism

Middle East Summit in Alexandria
Mubarak and Peres get together, but violence knows no end

Poland Letting Up
Warsaw declares an amnesty

South Africa into the Racial Maelstrom
Controversy dogs Coretta King as Congress passes sanctions

Sudan "War Is Better Than a Bad Peace"
Spouting a nationalist credo, Rebel Leader John Garang fights on

World Notes Italy
What's in the Bag?

World Notes Japan
Opening Up Old Wounds

World Notes Pakistan
Free -- for the Moment

World Notes Singapore
the More the Merrier

World Notes West Germany
Last Taunts From the Lip

SCIENCE

Unearthing a Frozen Forest
Arctic tree stumps provide a glimpse of the distant past

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Food Fight Over Gamma Rays (Health & Fitness)
Critics bombard irradiation as a preservative

New Weapon in the Cancer War? (Medicine)
An invigorated fighter cell works wonders in animals

SOCIETY

In Kentucky: 600 Unmoved Lips (American Scene)

Move Over, Break Dancing (Living)
Young bicyclists spin in the latest craze

TECHNOLOGY

"The Best Part Is I Can Do It All" (Computers)
Ingenious modifications help the handicapped help themselves

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Let's Go to the Feelies
Michael Jackson and George Lucas give Disney a 3-D dream

BUSINESS

"Sell Everything Now!" (Economy & Business)
Hit by a computerized crash, the stock-market bulls take a beating

Business Notes Airlines (Economy & Business)
Delta's Ticket to the West; Business Notes Thrifts Simon's Pacific Overtures

All in the Family Fortune (Economy & Business)
The Loews chairman made billions as a savvy manager and investor

Corporate Shoot-Out At Black Rock (Economy & Business)
Laurence Tisch takes control at CBS

The Comeback Kid (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

Spreading the Wings of an Idea
Private donors pledge millions to keep students in college

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A War Without End My Father, My Son (Books)
by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr. and Lieut. Elmo Zumwalt III. With John Pekkanen. Macmillan; 224 pages; $18.95

Amplitudes the Progress of Love (Books)
by Alice Munro Knopf; 309 pages; $16.95

China Seizure Shanghai Surprise (Cinema)
Directed by Jim Goddard Screenplay by John Kohn and Robert Bentley

Cries of the Silenced (Theater)
A festival of black South African drama storms the U.S.

It's a Strange World, Isn't It Blue Velvet (Cinema)
Directed and Written by David Lynch

Mafioso Prizzi's Family (Books)
by Richard Condon Putnam; 284 pages; $17.95

Sue, Sue! Bang, Bang! (Video)
New shows from the creators of HILL STREET and MIAMI VICE