Vol. 129 No. 11
NATION
No Laughing Matter
American Notes EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
Blowing His Cover
American Notes ESPIONAGE
Dialing For Spies
American Notes HOMELESS
The Grate Society
American Notes METEOROLOGY
Change in the Weather
Baker Breaks the Fever
A casual country boy is off to a fast start as chief of staff
Everybody's Doing It
Selling arms to Iran, that is, notably the Europeans
Still Probing For Answers
Investigators forge ahead
That Was Then . . . This Is Now (Cover Stories)
The Bottom Line on Reagan (The Presidency)
Trying a Comeback (Cover Stories)
Reagan concedes error in Iranscam, but can he still lead?
G-Man Among the Spooks (COVER STORIES)
Webster is likely to run the CIA as he did the FBI - by the book
Payoff, Hike!
A fumble for Clements
Pizza Penance
A jury convicts 18 mobsters
The Week of the Dragon
WORLD
Nearly 150 are feared dead as a British ferry capsizes
Disarmament Let's Make a Deal
Gorbachev seizes the initiative with an offer to remove missiles
Espionage Spying Between Friends
The Pollard verdict causes a wave of unease in Israel
Of Arms and Reforms
Onslaughts of Force and Fury (South Korea)
Radical students form the core of opposition to the Chun regime
World Notes CHINA
Misery Hates Company
World Notes DIPLOMACY
Tales of the South Pacific
World Notes ITALY
Ciao to a Brief Stability
World Notes LIBYA
The Flight Into Egypt
World Notes THAILAND
Carousels on The River Kwai
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Tracing (Medicine)
Fragile X Syndrome Research links retardation and autism to an obscure gene defect
SOCIETY
London's Katharine Hamnett has a deft hand for funk
Philadelphia Piping (American Scene)
Psst!Wait Till You Hear This (Behavior)
A scholar says rumors reveal our fears and desires
PRESS
Besieged by budget cuts and competitors, network news tries to keep pace
News by the Numbers
RELIGION
Jimmy Swaggart takes his Pentecostal fervor to Latin America
Putting It Asunder
TECHNOLOGY
Compact discs now offer a symphony of knowledge too
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
With some help from financial wizards, Indians learn to invest
Business Notes AUTOS (Economy & Business)
Cure for a Sickly Stock
Business Notes DEDUCTIONS (Economy & Business)
The Loophole For Portholes
Business Notes EMPLOYMENT (Economy & Business)
The Mighty Yen Hits Home
Business Notes TAXES (Economy & Business)
Just Tell Me Where to Sign
Business Notes WEALTH (Economy & Business)
How a Sultan Pays His Bills
Enjoy Now, Pay Later (Economy & Business)
As oil imports rise and output falls, the U.S. may face a future shock
They Honk When The Krohs Fly By (Economy & Business)
A major developer succumbs to the rough times in real estate
What Am I Bid for This Fine Quota? (Economy & Business)
Auctioning off import rights could boost Government revenues
EDUCATION
Campuses are seeing a renewal of student volunteerism
LAW
Even AIDS seems covered
Religious Bias
A judge bans "humanist" texts
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
John (Show Business)
Huston Raises The Dead In California, the director puts Joyce's classic story on film
Lit (Books)
Abner LOOK HOMEWARD: A LIFE OF THOMAS WOLFE by David Herbert Donald Little, Brown; 579 pages; $24.95
Streets Paved with Pitfalls HUNTING COCKROACHES (Theater)
by Janusz Glowacki
The (Music)
Lyrical Assassin at 5 a.m. Got a favorite movie theme? This man probably wrote it
Upside (Books)
Down and Vice Versa A CONFLICT OF VISIONS: IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF POLITICAL STRUGGLES by Thomas Sowell; Morrow; 273 pages; $15.95