Vol. 127 No. 2
NATION
America's growing Special Forces seek a role
A Wish for "Clear Sky" (The Presidency)
"If It's Flat, Develop It"
A construction boom shakes California's posh Palm Springs
A Rampancy of Writers
Mailer and Manhattan brace for an international literary gala
Horizontal Elevator to Nowhere
Detroit's People Mover is over budget and behind schedule
No Escape
A murderous echo of the past
WORLD
Israel and the U.S. ponder how to avenge the airport massacres
Keeping Fear at Bay
Master of Mystery and Murder
For the shadowy Abu Nidal, terror is a way of life
Syrian Detour (Diplomacy)
Jordan's Hussein meets Assad
A Grudging Return to Democracy (Pakistan)
Zia lifts martial law and restores the constitution
"She Brings Us Together" (South Africa)
An activist is mourned, and the blood keeps flowing
Small Stirrings of Change (Haiti)
As unrest deepens, "Baby Doc" shakes up his Cabinet
SCIENCE
A bizarre new theory may unite the forces of nature
SOCIETY
SPORT
Gratefully, the nation and Oklahoma survive Bowl Day
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Letter from the Publisher
In Front, but for How Long? (Nation)
Hart quits the '86 Senate race to prepare for a bigger one
American Notes
World Notes
Milestones
BUSINESS
The airlines shout "Happy New Year!" with a rousing round of price cuts
A Yankee Preacher in the Pilot's Seat (Economy & Business)
People Express Founder Donald Burr gives his workers freedom but also sermons on doing better
Is There Cause for Fear of Flying? (Economy & Business)
Despite an alarming outbreak of accidents, air travel remains remarkably safe
Business Notes
EDUCATION
A Mideast scholar loses a directorship over CIA funding
Joy in Gotham
A woman dean for Columbia
LAW
Simplified divorce raises a new set of problems
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A movie on Edward R. Murrow renews a debate on docudramas
Periclean Age of Celluloid (Books)
PEOPLE WILL TALK by John Kobal; Knopf; 752 pages; $25
Power Struggle
GREED AND GLORY ON WALL STREET
Game 3 (Books)
LONDON MATCH
In the Heart of the Country (Music)
The Judds make sweet harmony straight from the roots
American Renaissance Man (Art)
In New York, a powerful retrospective of Saint-Gaudens
Robust Aroma of Tradition (Theater)
Canada's Stratford company tours the U.S.
Bring Back the Moguls! (Show Business)
Golan and Globus show Hollywood an old thing or two
Growing Up, Old and Fat (Cinema)
From Britain, Hollywood and Germany, parables for 1986
MILESTONES
Bill Veeck: 1914-1986