Vol. 123 No. 2

NATION

Mission Impossible

No Whitewash Here

Waving Goodbye to UNESCO

A Reagan Crony on the Line

Old Skeletons

An Act of Dubious Diplomacy

Unseasonably, Unreasonably Cold

Combat Couture Under Fire

Free at Last

WORLD

"I Spoke... As a Brother" (COVER STORY)

Echo of an Ancient Rite

Under an Invisible Hand (SOVIET UNION)

Of Bombs and Strikes (MIDDLE EAST)

Beardless in Giza

Four Years in Purgatory (AFGHANISTAN,Four Years in Purgatory)

Stepping Out of the Shadows (THE PHILIPPINES)

Radio Coup (NIGERIA)

Cleaning Up (ARGENTINA)

SCIENCE

Turning Green into Yellow (Environment)

Keeping Warm, Boston Style

SOCIETY

In Vermont: Keeping Up with Keeping Inns (American Scene)

Here Come the Yuppies! (Living)

PRESS

Unfriendly Fire

When the Game Is Name (Newswatch/Thomas Griffith)

SPORT

The Team with "All of Everything"

BUSINESS

The Billion-Dollar Boys (Economy & Business)

Grim Tradition (Economy & Business)

Aiming for a Brighter Picture (Economy & Business)

Fresh Plantings (Economy & Business)

Tale of the Tape (Economy & Business)

Battle over the CMA Clones (Economy & Business / Dividends)

Godiva, Dogiva and Cativa (Economy & Business)

Savings Bond Bounceback (Economy & Business)

LAW

Death Agonies

Suicide Payoff

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Giving Hollywood the Chills (Show Business)

Who's Who in Outer Space (Video)

Painting's Vocabulary Builder (Art)

The Last of the Forefathers (Art)

To Be or Not To Be (Books)

Roots (Books)

Cornucopia (Books)

Editors' Choice (Books)

Best Sellers (Books)

Poor Little Research (Books)

MILESTONES

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PEOPLE

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TO OUR READERS

Read the story (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

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ESSAY

Of Words That Ravage, Pillage, Spoil