In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 123 No. 25
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Off to the Summit
Remembering the Sacrifices of D-Day (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
Last Call, and Out Reeling
Hard Sell, Soft Sell
State's Right
War and Remembrance
"India-no-place" No More
WORLD
Starting a New Chapter
(CENTRAL AMERICA) Fight to the Finish (THE GULF)
Lethal Questions, Vexing Answers (ISRAEL)
Caravans on Moonless Nights (AFGHANISTAN)
The Mujahedin in Action
Growls from a "Wounded Bear" (SOVIET UNION)
Pit Stops (BRITAIN)
Fence Mending (DIPLOMACY)
On the Road to Democracy (EGYPT)
All But Closing the Door (EAST GERMANY)
Paying Up--Sort Of (SWITZERLAND)
Making Peace with Guerrillas (COLOMBIA)
A Hungry and Bolder Populace (HAITI)
SCIENCE
A Shot in the Arm for Itching
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Unlocking Pain's Secrets
(Medicine / COVER STORY)
Heroin, a Doctors' Dilemma (Medicine)
Pain Relief's Founding Father (Medicine)
SOCIETY
In Arkansas: Whittling Away
(American Scene)
PRESS
Reuters' Hot Financial Flash
RELIGION
Building God's Global Castle
STYLE & DESIGN
Garden-Variety Archetypes
(Design)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
While Wick's Away
(American Notes / THE ADMINISTRATION)
Etched in Stone (American Notes / THE RACES)
A Club for Bribery (American Notes / CORRUPTION)
The Rod of Correction (American Notes / CHILD ABUSE)
An Unlikely Postscript (American Notes / LAW ENFORCEMENT)
BUSINESS
The Long-Distance Runners
(Economy & Business)
Putting Off the Reckoning Day (Economy & Business)
Modern Barter (Economy & Business)
On the Road, Again (Economy & Business)
Minnesota's Magic Touch (Economy & Business)
China Signs a Puff Pact (FOREIGN VENTURES)
A New Lady for the Fed (GOVERNMENT)
Indiana Jones Whips a Record (BOX OFFICE)
More Bad News for Belfast (AVIATION)
Is Steinberg the Big Bad Wolf? (TAKEOVERS)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Verdi with a Jukebox
(Music)
Jagged Flashes of Inspiration (Theater)
Exercise for Exorcists (Cinema)
Space Opera (Cinema)
Arguments Against MADness (Books)
Sorrows (Books)
Too True (Books)
Overdosing on Bad Dreams (Show Business)
Glimpsing a Lost Atlantis (Art)
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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ESSAY
Speech for a High School Graduate

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