Vol. 128 No. 17

NATION

A Compromise May Yet Be Possible
The ABM treaty could be the key to a superpower trade-off

Against All Odds
Congress acts on immigration

American Notes Drugs
High on Compromise

American Notes Prizes
And the Winner Is . . .

American Notes Race Relations
Drawing the Line

American Notes Space
Ready When You Are

American Notes Treasure
Byte-Size Booty

Assessing the Summit

Forward Spin
Trying to get arms control back on track

Mission From Moscow

One for the Book
The U.S. bars a foreign reporter

Open Call
Fund-raising auditions for '88

The Dangers of a Nuclear-Free World

Was It All a Soviet Sting?

When to Hold 'Em -- and to Fold 'Em
Did the President play his cards right at the summit?

WORLD

Israel Threat to an Uneasy Peace
A shaky coalition closes ranks over a captured pilot

South Africa Rebels with a Cause
Growing Western recognition for the African National Congress

World

World: Tambo Interview "We
Are Nobody's Puppets"

World Notes France
To Run Or Not to Run?

World Notes Poland
A Step Toward Conciliation

World Notes South Korea
Happy Days Are Gone Again

World Notes the Netherlands
To Catch a Thief

World Notes the Philippines
Constitution for Cory

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Eye Misery (Medicine)
Insurance loss halts drug test

Two Payoffs in the Hunt for Genes (Medicine)
New light shed on muscular dystrophy and a rare eye cancer

SOCIETY

Hail to the Mountain King! (Living)
Reinhold Messner triumphs in climbing's grand slam

In New York: in New York: Simon Says Condo (American Scene)

SPORT

Sweet and Lingering Joy
The World Series begins at least two games behind

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Black Tie Still Required
The tuxedo celebrates its 100th birthday, alas

Divine Comedy for the '80s

North of Dallas, South of Houston
Manhattan's avant-garde conquers the country

Rock's Renaissance Man
Got a movie. Got a record. Got some wild, wild life

How Good Was the Deal?
Experts debate the pros and cons of the Reykjavik proposals

BUSINESS

Back Again (Economy & Business)
Clausen returns to clean house

Business Notes Finance (Economy & Business)
Please, No Helicopters

Business Notes Management (Economy & Business)
A New Yen for Savings

Business Notes Recreation (Economy & Business)
Dream Boats on the Rocks

Business Notes Stocks (Economy & Business)
Giant-Size Coke Offer

Business Notes Trade (Economy & Business)
Tough Tariff on Soft Wood

Feeling the Crunch From Foreign Chips (Economy & Business)
Semiconductor makers fight Japanese imports

Moral Money (Economy & Business)
Investments for social activists

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome (Economy & Business)
Canada's Ghermezians create Disney-style shopping playgrounds

EDUCATION

A Courtroom Clash Over Textbooks
Evangelicals attack secular humanism in Alabama schools

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Monster-Meets-Girl Romance the Phantom of the Opera Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Charles Hart; Book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber (Theater)

Crime's Le Carre a Taste for Death (Books)
by P.D. James Knopf; 459 pages; $18.95

Pages Stalked By Legends the Paper: the Life and Death of the (Books)
New York Herald Tribune by Richard Kluger; Knopf; 801 pages; $24.95

The Hexagon the Wise Men (Books)
by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas Simon & Schuster; 853 pages; $22.95

Tourist First Class (Art)
In New York, a major show of John Singer Sargent

SPECIAL SECTION

Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations PEACE

Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations MEDICINE

Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations CHEMISTRY

Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations PHYSICS

Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations LITERATURE

Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations ECONOMICS

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TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)