In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 117 No. 21
Read the Cover StoryCOVER
Hand of Terrorism
(Cover Story)
After a Grueling Operation, Hope (Cover Story)
Carrying On (Cover Story)
NATION
A Slash at Social Security
Act II, Scene 1, Form 1040
Trying to Build a Foreign Policy
Tough Response
Right Time for Boldness (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
A Friend in the White House
The 27th Victim
A Sailor's Death
That Sinking Feeling...
WORLD
Now for the Hard Part
(FRANCE) No Editorializing, Please
Inner Circle
Minuet à la Française
Mitterrand on Mitterrand
The Pen and the Voice
Losing City Hall (WEST BERLIN)
F (SWEDEN)
Bracing for the Worst (MIDDLE EAST)
New Strategy (EL SALVADOR)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Helping Babies in the Womb
(Medicine)
SOCIETY
In New York: Mortar and the Cathedral
(American Scene)
In Europe, the Dollar Talks (Living)
PRESS
"The Pope's Been Shot!"
SPORT
What's Green and Goes "Swish"?
BUSINESS
Those Bad News Bears
(Economy & Business)
Hard Times at Harvester (Economy & Business)
In Search of Stable Markets (Economy & Business)
Landless Gentry (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
Brains Plus Something More
LAW
Blackjack Buckaroo
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Comedy's Post-Funny School
(Show Business)
A View of The Infinite (Art)
A Million-Dollar Misunderstanding (Books)
Notable (Books)
Mirror Writing (Books)
Muddling Along in Middle Age (Cinema)
Rushes (Cinema)
Stormy Weather on Broadway (Theater)
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
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(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
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Junior Eurovision: Schoolyard Crushes with Glitter
Can the A380 Bring the Party Back to the Skies?
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
Cartoons of the Week
The Weekly Acoustic News
Climate Central: Training Pilots to Land on Skis
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World
Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Twilight Sequel New Moon Sets Records at the Box Office