Vol. 123 No. 17

NATION

Explosion over Nicaragua (COVER STORIES)
COVER STORY: Congress bitterly rebukes Reagan after reports of CIA-directed minelaying

A Court Without Authority

How to Block a Harbor

Mysterious Help from Offshore?

Sorting Out a High-Stakes Game

Reverses and End Runs

"Tested in Heavy Combat"

Facing the Fatigue Factor

In Shape for the Marathon

Getting Ready for the Challenge

Extra Cheese

Send Him Your Checks (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

WORLD

Surprise: The Ayes Have It (SOVIET UNION)

A Threat to the Olympics

Drama on Two Disparate Fronts (ISRAEL)

Waking the Sleeping Giant (BRAZIL)

The Great Toyota War (CHAD)

Hard Soap (JAPAN)

Hitting Home (FRANCE)

Bridge over an Infamous Wall (EAST GERMANY)

SCIENCE

Capturing an Errant Satellite (Space)

SOCIETY

In West Virginia: Comradeship (American Scene)

The Message: Hands Off (Behavior)

Fall Fashions: Buying the Line (Living)

RELIGION

John Paul Completes His Team

BUSINESS

Letting Loose Some Monsters (Economy & Business)

A Touch of Tomorrowland (Economy & Business)

Fire Sale (Economy & Business)

Unaccountable (Economy & Business)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Economy & Business)

Copacomputer (Economy & Business)

The Good Life (Economy & Business)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Night off the Great Prom (Show Business)

Gadfly Glory, Martyr's Farce (Books)

Read the story (Books / Excerpt)

Openers (Books)

The Greening of the Box Office (Cinema)

MILESTONES

PEOPLE

TO OUR READERS

Read the story (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS