Vol. 128 No. 1

NATION

American Notes Beverly Hills
Siege on Rodeo Drive

American Notes Justice
After 15 Years, Not Guilty

American Notes Montana
Custer's Last Detail

American Notes Pests
A Tiny New Tiger

Bury My Heart At Big Mountain
Federal relocation of the Navajo runs into resistance

"I Love People"

A Pair of American Islands
Revitalizing a Flame and Restoring Dark Memories

Huck and Miss Liberty
Imagine a small raft amid the flotilla of tall ships

Liberty's Ringmaster of Ceremonies

The Party of the Century
Rockets will glare and bands blare to celebrate the statue

Yankee Doodle Magic
What makes Reagan so remarkably popular a President?

Escalating The Contra Battle
Reagan wins a vote on military aid but loses in the World Court

In Search of New Approaches
Democrats grapple with how to best help the underclass

The Hottest Ticket in Town
Tax reform faces a stern test in the House-Senate conference

WORLD

Diplomacy a Cruise Through the Islands
Shultz assures old friends on a visit to the South Pacific

Ireland Forever and Ever
A resounding no to divorce

Japan on the Road to the 21st Century
Nakasone campaigns hard for his own and his country's future

Peru Excessive Force
Prison riots produce a crisis

South Africa
A Boycott's Hidden Victims

South Africa the Debate Over Sanctions
Pride as well as pocketbook is at stake for Pretoria's white rulers

Spain Star Appeal
Quiet Victory for the Socialists

World

World Notes China
Back From the Boondocks

World Notes France
Copycat Killers on the Prowl

World Notes Luxury
An Elysium By Cardin

World Notes Thailand
More Trouble in Paradise

World Notes Viet Nam
A Whole Lot of Shake-Up

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Gloom in the Palais Des Congres (Medicine)
An AIDS conference offers little hope for a cure

How Cocaine Killed Leonard Bias (Medicine)
Doctors renew warnings about a favorite "recreational drug"

SOCIETY

Scenes From a Marriage (Living)
Checkbooks ready? Big weddings are back

PRESS

New Paths to Buried Treasure
Computers are revolutionizing investigative journalism

Paper Wars
Bowing out of Big D

SPORT

Going, Going, Gone At Wimbledon
For tennis umpires and tabloid writers, unusual quiet

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Kitchen Comedy on Location Crimes of the Heart Goes
South for authenticity

BUSINESS

Air Pocket in the Revolution (Economy & Business)
The instigator of fare wars becomes a victim of the competition

Business Notes Banking (Economy & Business)
Down and Out in Dallas

Business Notes Debt (Economy & Business)
In the Red, White and Blue

Business Notes Government (Economy & Business)
A Sayonara to the Fed

Business Notes Retailing (Economy & Business)
Marked Down to $2.4 Billion

Business Notes Seminars (Economy & Business)
Security 101: Dirty Tricks

Disconnecting a Telephone Empire (Economy & Business)
ITT May Spin Off a $2 Billion Global Communications Network

Speeder's Friend, Smokey's Foe (Economy & Business)
Both motoring and radar-detector sales are roaring right along

The Great Capsule Controversy (Economy & Business)
Tainted medicine makes a whole industry swallow hard

Washday Blues (Economy & Business)
Scandal strikes Shearson

LAW

Cohn Ko'D
A tough guy gets the boot

Libel Relief
The court strengthens a shield

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Summer Reading (Books)
Nature, novels and nostalgia for shore and lakeside

Walt's Precocious Progeny (Cinema)
Animated fantasy is once again spooky and spirited

PEOPLE

People

People

People

People

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)

ESSAY

On Preventing Useful Activity