Vol. 124 No. 8

NATION

Scoring Points with Candor

Coronation in Prime Time

Showing Off for the G.O.P.

Oil Slick

Pulpit Politics

Taking an Ax to the PACs

WORLD

Mystery Mines (TERRORISM)

A Debate over "Sovereign Rights" (POPULATION)

Tarnished Pearl (UGANDA)

One-Party State (ZIMBABWE)

Indians Caught in the Middle (CENTRAL AMERICA)

Tracking the Arms Pipeline

What Price for Unity? (ISRAEL)

Passing Along the Word (HUMAN RIGHTS)

A Name for All the People (BURKINA FASO)

A Rivalry over Roots (NORWAY)

Humpty Dumpty, Peking-Style (CHINA)

HEALTH & MEDICINE

How Surgery Won Gold Medals (Medicine)

SOCIETY

Beyond the Blues Horizon (Fashions)

PRESS

It's No Ms-tery, Call Me Mrs.

TV's Condescending Coverage (Newswatch/Thomas Griffith)

SPORT

What It Was About (Olympics)

A Bump, a Spike, a Fall (Olympics)

CALL THIS BRITON GREAT (Olympics)

GOLD TODAY, GREEN TOMORROW (Olympics)

Faster, Higher, Stonger (Olympics)

A SOARING, MAJESTIC SLOWNESS (Olympics)

A SPRAY OF OTHER EVENTS (Olympics)

Out of the Tunnel into History (Olympics)

Making of an Asian Contender (Olympics)

Rise of an East Bloc Maverick (Olympics)

Here's One Man's Meet (Olympics)

STYLE & DESIGN

A Chair with All the Angles (Design)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Preying on Preschoolers (American Notes / CHILD ABUSE)

Ferraro's Disputed Exemption (American Notes / CAMPAIGN FINANCE)

Tips for Travelers (American Notes / DIPLOMACY)

Overdue Steps for Women (American Notes / CONGRESS)

Violence in a Factory Town (American Notes / MASSACHUSETTS)

BUSINESS

Sear's Sizzling New Vitality (Economy & Business / COVER STORY)

Mr. T. Rules the Tower (Economy & Business)

America's Wish Book (Economy & Business)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Mellifluous Prince of Disorder (Show Business)

Beleaguered Patriotism and Pride (Books)

Cul-de-Sac (Books)

Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

Sounding the Unplucked String (Art)

MILESTONES

TO OUR READERS

Read the story (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS