Vol. 128 No. 2

NATION

A Solid Yes to Affirmative Action
Two rulings add up to a stinging repudiation of the Justice Department

American Notes Atlanta
Stamped into History

American Notes Disasters
Replay of a Tragedy

American Notes Lawsuits
Race to the Courthouse

American Notes Nevada
Flagged Down By the Feds

American Notes Space
The Titan Will Fly Again

Commercial Break

The Lady's Party
She had the biggest birthday ever, and why not?

Knocking on the Bedroom Door
The high court hands a defeat to homosexuals--and privacy rights

Public Squabbles, Private Deal
Amid U.S.-Soviet shadowboxing, a step toward arms control

Sad Exit
Senator East commits suicide

The Presidency
A Mind with Few Limits

WORLD

American Notes France
A Whiff of Corruption

American Notes Lebanon
A New Kind of Drop-Off

American Notes Soviet Union
Back to the Future

American Notes the Philippines
The Bleeding Goes On

Chile Striking Back
A walkout cripples the nation

China Deng Consolidates His Gains
After a challenge, the economic revolution keeps on rolling

Israel an Embarrassment of Problems
Security officials are rendered red-faced by a trio of scandals

Northern Ireland Putting Protest Back in Protestant
The climax of the marching season brings fears of new violence

Poland Friends Indeed
Hard-line triumph, for now

Rumania Mother of the Fatherland
Elena Ceausescu is a major power behind her husband's reign

Search for a Middle Ground

South Africa Life Behind the Walls
A sense of unease grows among whites as blacks turn more militant

World Notes Canada
Let's Do the Shuffle

SCIENCE

A Preserve of Splendid Grass (Environment)
The Park Service faces a battle to save the prairie

HEALTH & MEDICINE

And Now, Time Out for Tapas (Food)
New Spanish-style nibbling catches on across the country

Some Bald Facts About Minoxidil (Health & Fitness)
Upjohn's lotion has raised luxuriant hopes but only so-so hair

Stimulus for an Ailing Heart (Medicine)
Patches and pouches made from back muscle

Too Young to Diet (Health & Fitness)

RELIGION

Designer Vestments

Hymn Battles
Tuning the Methodist songbook

TECHNOLOGY

Bombs Away (Computers)
Simulating the attack on Libya

The Busy Signal Predicament (Computers)
Calls for help are clogging the phone lines of software firms

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Terrific and the Pheenom
The first-place Red Sox pin their hopes on the old and the new

BUSINESS

Business Notes Entrepreneurs (Economy & Business)
Dirt Can't Hide in Tianjin

Business Notes Moving (Economy & Business)
New Texas Gold: U-Hauls

Business Notes Products (Economy & Business)
A Disposable Lifesaver

Business Notes Real Estate (Economy & Business)
Put Up Half a Million, Pardner

Business Notes Stocks (Economy & Business)
Rally Round the Ticker

Deal At Dawn (Economy & Business)
Calling off the Perrier war

Easing into an Era (Economy & Business)
Barber Conable aims to reshape priorities at the World Bank

Finger Pointing (Economy & Business)
Wall Street's scandal grows

Florence Nightingale Inc. (Economy & Business)
Increasingly, nurses set up independent medical practices

No Money Down (Economy & Business)
Free newspapers pile up profits

Sun, Fun and Sales Meetings (Economy & Business)
Once for swingers only, Club Med now woos corporate customers

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Dickens Epic Hits the Road (Theater)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Royal Shakespeare Company

Celebrating a Comedy Composer (Video)
At the Museum of Broadcasting, the madcap world of Ernie Kovacs

Digressions Off for the Sweet Hereafter (Books)
by T.R. Pearson Linden; 283 pages; $17.95

Egos, Kitsch and the Real Thing (Art)
With work from 41 nations, Venice opens its biggest Biennale

Everything New Is Old Again (Cinema)
Some hip summer movies stir up the same tired blood

From the 18th Century Hit Parade (Music)
In California, a celebration of Rameau's subtle delights

Homemade Cecil Beaton (Books)
by Hugo Vickers Little Brown; 656 pages; $25

Midway Between God and Man the Oxford Dictionary of Popes by J.N.D. Kelly; Oxford University; 347 pages; $24.95 (Books)

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A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)