Vol. 131 No. 15
NATION
True Grit on The South Side
American Notes DRUGS
A Family Kiss Goodbye
American Notes ENVIRONMENT
Strains on a Friendship
American Notes NEW YORK CITY
A Dealer Pays For His Crimes
American Notes OHIO
Keep Your Whiskers
Taking Jesse Seriously
His emergence as a front runner changes the race -- and the nation
It's Lonely at the Top
Resignations rock the Justice Department, but Ed Meese clings to his job
Jesse's Concentric Circles
Location, Location, Location
With a little help from friends, the Reagans pick a new home
No Vacancy
The housing squeeze gets worse
On The Grapevine
Voices For Jesse
WORLD
Beijing Surprise (Arms)
Missiles for the Saudis
China One for the Money, One Goes Slow
Why the coast outpaces the interior in the race to prosper
Diplomacy Search for Partners
Should the U.S. deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization?
Nicaragua Taking a Baby Step Toward Peace
Talks inch forward as Congress approves more aid for the contras
Panama The General Strikes Back
A defiant Noriega proves that for now, at least, he is still the boss
South Africa Death in a Paris Hallway
An African National Congress aide is gunned down far from home
Soviet Union Introducing Glasnost Giggles
A literary satire takes on the bureaucracy
World Notes AFGHANISTAN
New Offer, Old Refusal
World Notes COLOMBIA
Next Candidate, Please
World Notes SOUTH KOREA
The Ties That Bind
World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
Gringo Jumps Ship
World Notes WEST GERMANY
Too Close A Call
HEALTH & MEDICINE
All the comforts of home -- with no cooking
SOCIETY
A debate grows over the President's power vs. the public good
When Women Take Up Arms (Living)
More are intent on being their own protectors
PRESS
An army ban on reporters sends a chilling warning
RELIGION
Scandals and Swaggart fail to deter the Assemblies of God
SPORT
Metaling with tradition
STYLE & DESIGN
From out of the Southwest rides iconoclastic Antoine Predock
TECHNOLOGY
The World on a Silver Platter
A marriage of computers and CDs starts to bear fruit ,
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
I Can't Believe It's Not Yogurt
Business Notes PRESS (Economy & Business)
Tabloid King KO's Congress
Business Notes REAL ESTATE (Economy & Business)
A Yen for a Hunk of Hawaii
Business Notes TRADE (Economy & Business)
Tough Talks With Tokyo
No Holds Barred (Economy & Business)
Battling for profits, retailers are making Wrestlemania seem sedate
Putting A Leash on the IRS (Economy & Business)
Congress considers a taxpayers' bill of rights
The Taipan from Yale (Economy & Business)
Jardines, the model for Noble House, picks its first U.S. boss
EDUCATION
Stanford cuts its book list
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Dead Letters (Cinema)
Exorcising The Demons of Memory (Theater)
August Wilson exults in the blues and etches slavery's legacy
Funeral March to a Calypso Beat BEETLEJUICE (Cinema)
Directed by Tim Burton Screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren
Get Ready for McRather (Video)
A TV version of USA Today is sparking interest and worry
Siren Songs at Center Stage (Music)
Women violinists of talent and temperament invade a male preserve
When The Outrageous Is the Norm THE HOUSEGUEST (Books)
by Thomas Berger; Little, Brown; 240 pages; $16.95
PEOPLE
The DALAI LAMA, 14th in a line of God-Kings, seems a remote, otherwordly exile, yet he is leading his countrymen at a turning point in their 29-year struggle for freedom