Vol. 124 No. 17

NATION

Getting a Second Look (COVER STORIES)
The debate gives Mandate a boost-but not a bonanza

Mondale's Whipping Boy

Co-Stars on Center Stage

Questions of Age and Competence

Growing Old in Office (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

Charms and Maledictions

Proving Lincoln Was Right (Newswatch/Thomas Griffith)

Free at Last, Free at Last

The Senate: Rising Democratic Stars

Cheat Sheet

Whose Home Is This?

A Horsey Holiday for Her Majesty

WORLD

Appointment in La Palma (CENTRAL AMERICA)

Dark Clouds, Bright Beginnings (PANAMA)

The Heart of the Matter (THE PHILIPPINES)

Mr. Peres Goes to Washington (DIPLOMACY)

"We Spent Too Much"

Determined House Guests (SOUTH AFRICA)

Splitting the Difference (DISPUTES)

Death on the Superstructure (THE GULF)

Mission with a Message (CARIBBEAN)

Sweet and Deadly (JAPAN)

SCIENCE

"A Fully Mature Spaceplane" (Space)

Report Card for William Clark (Environment)

SOCIETY

In Texas: Wrestling with Good and Evil (American Scene)

It's That Old Short Story Again (Living)

PRESS

In Search of Questioners

Manipulation

State of Mind

SPORT

A Not-So-Classic Fall Classic

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

With Labor, That Will Be... (American Notes / WHISTLE BLOWERS)

Comandante in mufti (American Notes / PUBLIC RELATIONS)

Big Splash over a Small Pool (American Notes / BATTLEFRONTS)

Copy-Cat Crimes of the Heart (American Notes / TELEVISION)

And If Elected (American Notes / ECCENTRICS)

BUSINESS

Raking In the Chips (Economy & Business)

The View from Hot Springs, Va. (Economy & Business)

Rich Is Poorer (Economy & Business)

Hall of Shame (Economy & Business)

One Yeah, One Nay, One Maybe (LABOR UNIONS)

Big Companies, Small Bills (TAXES)

Scotch on the Rocks (BEVERAGES)

Only 69 Shopping Days Left (RETAILING)

Sony Shifts Electronic Gears (COMPANIES)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Marching to a Muffled Beat (Cinema)

Thinking Big (Cinema)

Terms of Enchantment (Theater)

A Highly Creditable Curriculum (Video)

Eavesdropping on History (Books)

Canal Caper (Books)

Editors' Choice (Books)

Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

Prague's Indomitable Spirit (Books)

The Visionary, Not the Madman (Art)

MILESTONES

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PEOPLE

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TO OUR READERS

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LETTERS

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