Vol. 128 No. 20

NATION

American Notes Diplomats
Help Is on the Way

American Notes Pollution
Muddying the Waters

American Notes the Pacific
The Marianas, U.S.A.

American Notes Vermont
It's No Use, Moose

American Notes Weapons
The Cutting Edge

Bad Boys
Investors who went for broke

Jockeying for Position

The U.S. and Iran
The story behind Reagan's dealings with the mullahs

Washington's Cowboys

Election
Notebook of Tall Winners, Big Losers, Frogs and a Bird

Meet the Newest Kennedy

Morning Line
How 1986 might affect 1988

Nation

Pen Pal
Lyn Nofziger faces a probe

Short Coattails
The Democrats take the Senate, but have they turned the Reagan tide?

The G.O.P.'s Silver Lining
Republicans close a huge gap in the Governors' races

The Presidency
Seeking a Democratic Vision

The Rio Grande's Drug Corridor
Smuggling is a growth industry in Starr County, Texas

WORLD

Diplomacy an Aftertaste of Regret
Shultz and Shevardnadze fail to break the arms impasse

Infectious Propaganda

Soviet Union Pacific Overtures
Moscow's moves in the Far East worry Washington

The Philippines Timely Gesture of Support
The armed forces chief comes down squarely behind Aquino

World Notes Ireland
Saying So Long to Isolation

World Notes Mozambique
Victory for Flexibility

World Notes South Africa
Confessions of a Guerrilla

World Notes South Korea
A Dissident Pulls Out

World Notes United Nations
Fighting in the Corridors

SCIENCE

Of Fireflies and Tobacco Plants
Researchers create a glow seen around the scientific world

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Test for Alzheimer's? (Medicine)
A report this week suggests the disease can be predicted

Blood Worries (Medicine)
A new warning about AIDS

PRESS

Bad Company
Kissinger sues Penthouse

Newswatch
Being Too Easy on Reagan

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Best Sellers

Easy Rider Rides Again Blue Velvet Brings
Dennis Hopper back in style

Editor's Choice

BUSINESS

A Looser Fed (Economy & Business)
No fights, at least yet

Business Notes Fast Food (Economy & Business)
First Big Marx, Now Big Mac

Business Notes Finance (Economy & Business)
Why Did He Ever Sell It?

Business Notes Marketing (Economy & Business)
Thanks, But Stick 'Em Up

Business Notes Service (Economy & Business)
Lying Down on the Job

Business Notes Takeovers (Economy & Business)
Local Boy Wins Bride

Clash of the Video Merchants (Economy & Business)
As tape dealers multiply, mom-and-pop shops are in peril

The Canadians Come Calling (Economy & Business)
On a shopping spree for stores and skyscrapers

The Not-So-Jolly Advertising Giants (Economy & Business)
Clients are tearing themselves away from the mega-agencies

Yellow Light (Economy & Business)
GM Will Close Ten Plants

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Raisin in the Fun Fresno Cbs; (Video)
Sunday, Nov. 16, through Thursday, Nov. 20

Bridges the Monkey's Wrench (Books)
by Primo Levi Translated by William Weaver Summit; 173 pages; $15.95

For He's a Jolly Good Fellow the Pianoplayers (Books)
by Anthony Burgess; Arbor House; 208 pages; $16.95

Inventing a Sensory Utopia (Art)
The paintings Matisse did in Nice include some of his best

Medusa Touch Falling Towards England (Books)
by Clive James Norton; 192 pages; $15.95

No Tomorrow (Video)
After 35 years, a soap sinks

Once Upon a Time in America (Music)
Eight releases explore a land from art rock to Victor Herbert

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TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)