Vol. 128 No. 14

NATION

American Notes Baltimore
Back From the Dead

American Notes Georgia
A Flashy New Neighbor

American Notes Massachusetts
Final Payments

American Notes Washington
New Life for an Old Inn

American Notes White House
A Matter Most Sensitive

Can the Democrats Recapture the Senate?
Campaigning to preserve G.O.P. control, Reagan urges voters to "win just one more for the Gipper"

Dealing for Daniloff

Gertrude Stein Was Wrong

Julie's Tribute
A daughter's view of Pat

Liberal and Populist Tugs

Street Smart
Drug dealers turn on to beepers

Summit Hopes
Arms-control expectations create pressure to solve the Daniloff affair

The Presidency
"It's Morally Wrong"

WORLD

Afghanistan Barrage and Counterbarrage
The rebels keep the heat on a key Soviet garrison

Britain Breaking Ranks
A battle over defense policy

China Free to Quit
New options for workers

France War on an Elusive Enemy
Chirac denounces terrorism as Paris keeps a siegelike vigil

Norway an Experiment in Woman Power
Gro Brundtland runs the most feminine government

South Africa Eyeball to Eyeball
Reagan, Congress and a sanctions veto

World Notes Lebanon
The One That Got Away

World Notes Soviet Union
And Now for the Bad News

World Notes Thailand
Uneasy Lies the Head

World Notes Turkey
Entitled to an Explanation

World Notes United Nations
Putting on the Pressure

HEALTH & MEDICINE

"the Last of the Closet Issues" (Health & Fitness)
Incontinence is being recognized as a treatable condition

SOCIETY

"You Can't Stop Dancing" (Living)
A new merengue craze heats up the club scene

In Wyoming: Horse and Rider Learn Together (American Scene)

PRESS

Reporting the Drug Problem
Have journalists overdosed on print and TV coverage?

SPORT

Miami Against the World
The Hurricanes swamp Oklahoma to become No. 1

BUSINESS

And Now, the Age of Light (Economy & Business)
Billions are at stake in the race to develop optics technology

Bang! (Economy & Business)
Pow! Zap! HEROES ARE BACK! After decades in decline, comic books are on the rebound

Business Notes Acquisitions (Economy & Business)
Arm, Hammer and Hammer

Business Notes Buyouts (Economy & Business)
At Last, Ciao to Gaddafi

Business Notes Innovations (Economy & Business)
Memories Are Made of This

Business Notes Marketing (Economy & Business)
Solidarity on Order

Business Notes Stocks (Economy & Business)
Bewitched and Bemused

Chrysler Drives into the Export Gap (Economy & Business)

Help Wanted (Economy & Business)
Professional temps in demand

Pushing the Greenback Around (Economy & Business)
A year after the Plaza accord, economic unity hits a low

Unhappy Again (Economy & Business)
The air controllers reorganize

EDUCATION

Nakasone's World-Class Blunder
Japan's leader stirs a tempest by linking race to intellect

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Blue Notes Over Paris 'round Midnight (Cinema)
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier Screenplay by David Rayfiel and Bertrand Tavernier

King of Horror (Books)
The Master of Pop Dread writes on . . . and on . . . and on . . . and on

The Novelist Sounds Off (Books)

Eerie Dancing At the Abyss Confessions of a Nightingale by Charlotte Chandler and Ray Stricklyn (Theater)

Primal, Powerful and Popular (Music)
A splendid DIE WALKURE begins the Met's new Ring cycle

Rushes (Cinema)

PEOPLE

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TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)

ESSAY

The Freedom of the Damned