Vol. 128 No. 26

NATION

American Notes Investigations
More Trouble for Deaver

American Notes San Francisco
Buried Dreams on the Beach

American Notes the President
Back to Bethesda

American Notes Washington
How About a Raise?

American Notes Women
Marriage Reconsidered

Flight of Fancy
Voyager Makes a Quaint Quest for Immortality

In a Defensive Crouch
Bush loses ground for '88 -- and several Democrats gain

Not Much Wiser Than Before
Now it is the turn of Walsh and the next Congress to sort out the scandal

Thunder to the Right

WORLD

Nicaragua an Ordeal Ends, Another Begins
A release and an imprisonment

South Africa Back Home for the Holidays
A miner returns to his family

Soviet Union a Hero's Return
For Andrei Sakharov, the long banishment in Gorky is finally over

World Notes China
Aids Exams for Students

World Notes Colombia
A Bloody Sort of Censorship

World Notes Czechoslovakia
Carp and All the Trimmings

World Notes the Philippines
Return to the Fray

World Notes Viet Nam
New Guard, New Policy

SCIENCE

Growing a Forest From Scratch (Environment)
A "Muddy-Your-Boots" Biologist Tries a Unique Experiment

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Involuntary Risk (Medicine)
Perils of other people's smoke

The Month-After Pill (Medicine)
French doctors report a new approach to birth control

PRESS

Newswatch /Thomas Griffith Watergate: a Poor Parallel

SPORT

Victory for "Plastic Fantastic"
New Zealand Eliminates America Ii From Cup competition

BUSINESS

Hollywood's Top Gun (Economy & Business)
Frank Mancuso's Paramount makes the comeback story of the year

Loan Stars (Economy & Business)
Big deals for Texas banks

Money Master (Economy & Business)
The IMF chooses a new chief

Pulling the Belt Tighter At At&T (Economy & Business)
Chairman Olson announces the elimination of 27,400 jobs

Raider Repellent (Economy & Business)
"One Share, One Vote" May Go

LAW

Placing a Lock on the Borders
Is the U.S. trying to exclude unpopular ideas?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Green and Red for Christmas (Cinema)
Four movies aim to make money by spilling blood

PEOPLE

People

People

People

People

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)

ESSAY

Time Capsule
A Letter to the Year 2086