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August 16, 1982 | Vol. 120 No. 7

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NATION

Thunder on the Right

Very Down on the Farm

The Presidency: Close to Power, Down to Earth (The Presidency)

START: Freeze Gets the Cold Shoulder

In the House, the Administration's START policy prevails

Twilight Zone: Balanced-budget politics

Labor's Love

Beach Battles: Hitting back at Glen Cove

WORLD

When Push Comes to Shove: Israel flouts U.S. diplomacy with an attack on Beirut (Middle East / COVER STORIES)

Israel flouts U.S. diplomacy with a ferrocious attack on Beirut

Middle East: Israel's Supply Line (Middle East)

Middle East: Mortal Friends (Middle East)

Middle East: Beirut Goes Up in Flames (Middle East)

Middle East: View from the Guns (Middle East)

Middle East: View from the Target (Middle East)

Europe: The Day of Reckoning (Europe)

Spain: Here Come the Socialists (Spain)

Poland: Ghostly Call for Defiance (Poland)

AFRICA: Toppled Summit (AFRICA)

Kenya: Flaws in the Showcase (Kenya)

Iraq: A Fifth of Scotch: $300 (Iraq)

SCIENCE

Environment: New Danger in the Wilderness (Environment)

Science: Poetry, Serpents and Sacrifice

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: High Cost of Arthritis Relief (Medicine)

SOCIETY

Living: Hotel for the Rich (Living)

PRESS

Press: On the Outs

Newswatch: The Bite Without the Sting (Newswatch)

TECHNOLOGY

Computers: Brutal Game of Survival (Computers)

BUSINESS

Big Beer's Titanic Brawl (Economy & Business)

A Matter of Taste (Economy & Business)

Wall Street Merry-Go-Round (Economy & Business)

Continental's Mea Culpa (Economy & Business)

Holiday Condos (Economy & Business)

A New Guru (Economy & Business)

Bags or Belts (Economy & Business)

LAW

Law: The Juror as Celebrity

Law: Poison Plot

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Show Business: God! I'm So Glad I'm Here! (Show Business)

Music: In Santa Fe, a Worthy Failure (Music)

Books: Dr. Doomsday's Sunshine Scenario (Books)

Books: Glowworm (Books)

Books: Editors' Choice: Aug. 16, 1982 (Books)

Books: Best Sellers: Aug. 16, 1982 (Books)

Cinema: Comic's Demons (Cinema)

Cinema: Thief's Honor (Cinema)

Theater: Rumanian Reunion in Minneapolis (Theater)

MILESTONES

Milestones: Aug. 16, 1982

PEOPLE

People: Aug. 16, 1982

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher: Aug. 16, 1982 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters: Aug. 16, 1982

ESSAY

Essay: Nothing Is What It Used to Be

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