Vol. 123 No. 26

NATION

Over the Top, Barely (COVER STORIES)
Claiming victory, Mondale tries to unify the Democrats

Tackling the Teflon President

Looking Out for No. 2

A Heartbeat Away

Final Accounts

Teamster Talk

Plight of a Millionaire Farmer

Wiped Right Off the Map

It Meant to Kill Us

WORLD

A Most Exclusive Club (SUMMITRY)

The New Style of Exposure

Tributes and Tears

Feeling the Stigma

Slaughter at the Golden Temple (INDIA)

Pushing the Saudis Too Far (THE GULF)

Tense Trip to Kharg

Borderline (MEXICO)

Serving Notice (CENTRAL AMERICA)

Poison Gossip (THE VATICAN)

No News Is Bad News (THE PHILIPPINES,ARGENTINA,BOLIVIA,SOVIET UNION,JAPAN)

SOCIETY

Access Reinvents the Guidebook (Living)

RELIGION

Looking Toward a New Era

TECHNOLOGY

Home Is Where the Heartbreak Is (Computers)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

The Fat Man's Song (American Notes / TRIALS)

Stick-'Em-Ups Head Down (American Notes / CRIME)

A Sobering Debate (American Notes / CONGRESS)

Uncle Sam Wants You, Fido (American Notes / THE MILITARY)

A Senator Tries to Explain (American Notes / ENCOUNTERS)

BUSINESS

Going for the Green (Economy & Business)

A Prickly Dilemma for the Banks (Economy & Business)

Cut and Tax (Economy & Business)

Corporate Angels of Mercy (Economy & Business)

How Does This (Economy & Business)

Merrill Lynch's New Herdsman (WALL STREET)

Nationalization--American Style (GOVERNMENT)

Unlocking a 130-Year-Old Firm (GOING PUBLIC)

Sir Jimmy's $2 Billion Move (TAKEOVERS)

Mad Dog on the Run (TRADEMARKS)

EDUCATION

Words of Hope and Warning

LAW

Reining In Juveniles and Aliens

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Pleasures of the Iron Butterfly (Art)

The Long and the Short of It (Cinema)

Witness for the Prosecution (Books)

Butchery (Books)

Less a Movie than a Cause (Video)

MILESTONES

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PEOPLE

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TO OUR READERS

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LETTERS

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