Vol. 130 No. 6

NATION

"It's Very Difficult to Accept"
Meese, Regan and Weinberger add little to an incomplete story

A Major Sticking Point
Bonn's missiles stall a pact

American Notes BANKRUPTCIES
A tall Texan Goes Under

American Notes BOSTON
Ray to the Rescue, Again

American Notes BROADCASTING
Pirate Rock 'N' Roll

American Notes MEMORIALS
Requiem for A Cowboy

American Notes POLITICS
Red Baiting Returns

Campaign Issues
Seeking Oomph On the Stump Candidates are flexing their muscles

Into Rough Water
How the U.S. found itself in a Persian Gulf minefield

Not Yet a Potted Plant
Despite his Iranscam wounds, Reagan is hardly a pushover

WORLD

Armaments Battle of Jericho
Moscow's minuet over a missile

Getting To Know You

If This Is Peace . . .
A four-year war officially ends, but the battle could rage on

Israel "I Can't Even Kill a Chicken"
Accused Murderer Demjanjuk finally takes the stand

No Longer Mr. Clean

Panama The General Went to Work
But few others did as government opponents gained support

SCIENCE

Shrinking Shores (Environment)
Overdevelopment, poor planning and nature take their toll

Frenzied Hunt for the Right Stuff
Washington pushes for U.S. superconductor supremacy

BUSINESS

A Delicate Balance (Economy & Business)
Alan Greenspan, the new Fed chairman, will have to tread carefully

Blitz On Boeing (Economy & Business)
Pickens chooses a new target

Business Notes AUTOS (Economy & Business)
Trying to Skirt a Strike

Business Notes BEVERAGES (Economy & Business)
Sour Episode For a Cult Brew

Business Notes FINANCE (Economy & Business)
Peru vs. the Dollar Dealers

Business Notes GAMES (Economy & Business)
This Contra Wants 25 cents

Has Europe's Growth Peaked? (Economy & Business)
A slowdown could mean trouble for American exporters

Our Troubled Skies (Contd.) (Economy & Business)
Radar failures, Eastern's glitches and more bad luck for Delta

LAW

More Rooms for The Big House
Alternative prisons spring up

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Bond Keeps Up His Silver Streak (Cinema)
After 25 years, the 007 formula remains stirring but not shaken

How To Start a Museum (Art)
Three U.S. collections go public, with mixed results

Hyde-Bound Don't Tread on Me: the Selected Letters of S.J. Perelman Edited by Prudence Crowther Viking; 372 pages; $19.95 (Books)

More Than Feelings (Music)

On Their Own ORPHANS: REAL AND IMAGINARY (Books)
by Eileen Simpson Weidenfeld & Nicolson 259 pages; $16.95

MILESTONES

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TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Bit Of History

Bite-Size News

Capitol Hearings

Help Wanted

Leopard Beware

Life In Low Gear

ESSAY

Evil Umpires?
Not in Soviet Baseball