Vol. 127 No. 3

NATION

"Rockwell Was Wonderful" (The Presidency)

Dead Letter
The Postmaster is sacked

WORLD

Charisma Is Not Enough (Canada)
After a year, Mulroney faces problems and impatience

Inside Guerrilla Territory (El Salvador)
As weary peasants seek normality, rebels plan a long war

High Tension (Middle East)
Threats on several fronts

Locking Out the 20th Century (Burma)
Dust and rust accumulate in a poor but largely peaceful land

SCIENCE

A Fifth Force?
It may counteract gravity

Discovering U1
A new moon for Uranus

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Fewer Colds?
Interferon sprays may work

SOCIETY

In California: Ogling the F-20 Tigershark (American Scene)

The Scarlet Lady Fades to Pink (Sexes)
The new "Other Woman" pursues her career and scorns guilt

RELIGION

The Definitive Reinhold Niebuhr
An admirable new biography of the apostle of Christian Realism

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Table of Contents (Table Of Contents)

A Letter from the Publisher

Breakthrough or Breakout?
As arms-control talks resume in Geneva, a turning point looms

Gift of the Heart
A boy dies, his girl lives on

American Notes

World Notes

A Visionary Exits
Norris leaves Control Data

People

B.Y.U. in Zion
Trouble for a Mormon center

Milestones

BUSINESS

Rampage of Rumors

Scrap over Junk
Restricting dubious bonds

Business Notes

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Confessions of a Public Son (Books)
JOURNALS: 1939-1983 by Stephen Spender; Random House; 448 pages; $19.95

Stagecraft (Books)
ENTRANCES by Alan Schneider Viking; 416 pages; $25

Closing Accounts (Books)
ANSEL ADAMS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Ansel Adams with Mary Street Alinder Little, Brown; 400 pages; $50

Puccini's Swallow Soars (Music)
Chicago's Lyric Opera revives the neglected La Rondine

LETTERS

Read the story

ESSAY

Back to the Future