Vol. 130 No. 23
NATION
Harold Washington: 1922-1987
"We Are the Abandoned Ones"
Cuban prisoners and lawmen face off in a tense hostage drama
American Notes AIDS
Back to School
American Notes ANIMALS
Murder by Tooth and Claw
American Notes DEFENSE
Another Trip To the Trough
American Notes NARCOTICS
Cracking Down On Crack
American Notes UNITED NATIONS
The U.S. Pays Up -- Partly
Gaddafi's Goons
A Chicago gang's terrorist plot
Star Wars' Hollow Promise
Funding cuts and technical delays beset SDI
The Odd Couple
Will Reagan and Gorbachev come up with a surprise or two?
The Presidency
Sizing Up the Opposition
The Russians Are Coming
WORLD
Duarte confronts the left, the right and Archbishop Romero's ghost
China Bringing Up Baby, One by One
A single-child policy delivers millions of tiny tantrums
Haiti Bloodshed Blocks a Ballot & Presidential elections are canceled after a night of violence
Israel Death from the Skies
A surprise attack from a hang glider kills six soldiers
Italy Season of Strikes and Discontent
After the euphoria of an economic miracle, the party's over
War Crimes
Nazi Trail Opening the U.N. files
World Notes BANGLADESH
Completing The Cycle
World Notes DISASTERS
Suddenly, Lost At Sea
World Notes LEBANON
Two Out, 21 to Go
World Notes SOVIET UNION
Timid Salute to Afghan Vets
World Notes ZIMBABWE
Bloodbath in The Bush
HEALTH & MEDICINE
In a bold bid to save a leg, surgeons transplant a knee
SOCIETY
A strange mix of spirituality and superstition is sweeping across the country
In New Mexico: Desert Healer (American Scene)
TECHNOLOGY
The ins and outs of four-wheel steering
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
Up, Up And Awry
Business Notes DEALS (Economy & Business)
Icahn Comes Acourting
Business Notes GOVERNMENT (Economy & Business)
Relief Fund for Rodeo Drive
Business Notes STATISTICS (Economy & Business)
The Cost of Being a Sport
Business Notes THE ECONOMY (Economy & Business)
Way to Go, Big Mo!
Humbled Hutton (Economy & Business)
An ailing brokerage is for sale
Money Gods / Demystifying the Fed (Economy & Business)
Seeds Of Recovery in the Farmbelt (Economy & Business)
U.S. agriculture is healthier but still too reliant on federal aid
Swiss Secrecy: Don't Bank on It (Economy & Business)
Hiding ill-gotten loot under the Alps is getting harder
You Call These Toys? (Economy & Business)
Playthings that leave little to the imagination and nothing in the pocketbook
LAW
As firms change, the legal field becomes a battlefield
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bookends (Books)
Charles Demuth amid the Silos (Art)
A new show reveals that he was more than a precursor of pop
Doing Turns on a High Wire THE LIFE OF KENNETH TYNAN by Kathleen Tynan; Morrow; 597 pages; $22.95 (Books)
Flowerings the Newspaper of Claremont Street (Books)
by Elizabeth Jolley Viking; 116 pages; $14.95
Holding Tight, Letting Go (Music)
Marianne Faithfull travels a rough road and sings proud
Midnight Blue (Video)
An FCC time limit for raunch
Take A Bowwow, Bowser! (Show Business)
Movies and television are fast heading for the dogs
The Man-Child Who Fell to Earth EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Cinema)
Directed by Steven Spielberg; Screenplay by Tom Stoppard
PEOPLE
Intellectuality to a Craft Based on Schmaltz and Charm, Yet Every One of His 14 Shows Is Shot Through with Emotion