Vol. 120 No. 5

NATION

Opportunity and Peril

Biting the Bullet on Deficits (Biting the Bullet on Deficits)

Quips, Power and Persuasion

Turbulent Flight for the C-5B

The 4-Million-Mile Man (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

Nonnegotiable

Snip, Snip

High Cost of Joblessness

Role Reversal

Fouling Up

Missile Misfire

WORLD

Terror on a Summer's Day (BRITAIN)

Buckingham Follies, Act II

Bad Days at Cheltenham

Population Boom

Sandy Flies and Corpses (PERSIAN GULF)

Massacre at Fish Lake

The Siege of Beirut: Week Six (LEBANON)

Uprooted Flowers, Wilted Hopes (POLAND)

Imbroglio over a Pipeline (EUROPE)

Challenge from the Contras (NICARAGUA)

An Interview with Indira Gandhi

SCIENCE

The OPEC of the Midwest (Environment)

Horsepower, International Style (Environment)

Singing the Blues at J.P.L

SOCIETY

In New York State: Culture's Front Porch (American Scene)

Battling an Elusive Invader (Behavior)

Snake Venom and Earwax (Behavior)

The New Scarlet Letter (Behavior / Cover Story)
Herpes, an incurable virus, threatens to undo the sexual revolution

RELIGION

The Church of Liberal Borrowings

STYLE & DESIGN

Moonlight in the Bathroom (Design)

TECHNOLOGY

The Forecast Is for Accuracy (Computers)

BUSINESS

Banking's Crumbling Image (Economy & Business)

Selling Socks and Stocks (Economy & Business)

Padded Prices (Economy & Business)

Continuing Slide (Economy & Business)

Tough Times for the Exxon Tiger (Economy & Business)

Another Exit (Economy & Business)

India Opens Up (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

New Prescription: Intensive Care

LAW

Two Punishments for One Crime?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

All the Way from Rugs to Riches (Books)

Atrocities (Books)

Passages (Books)

Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

Airy Nothing (Cinema)

Watery Grave (Cinema)

Play It Again, Ludwig (Music)

MILESTONES

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PEOPLE

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On the Record

TO OUR READERS

Read the story (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

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