American Notes
Safety New Worries About Poison Gas

Back to Basics
A hard line for Geneva

Coming in From the Cold
A deep freeze exposes the plight of up to 2 million homeless

Crash of a Troubled Bird
After some close calls, a chartered plane goes down in Nevada

New Heat Over an Old Issue
Renewing the abortion fight

Sudan Threatened with Disaster
A strongman struggles to overcome opponents and lack of resources

Window on the Soviets


El Salvador Test for Duarte
Pressure from left and right

India Selling Secrets for a Song
An extensive espionage network is exposed in New Delhi

Poland Grim Diversion
Gory testimony in Torun

Soviet Union Sick Leave
Chernenko rumors abound

The Philippines Two Small Steps Forward
Military indictments and a nonviolent homecoming

World Notes
Terrorism a Deadly Connection


Chlamydia: the Silent Epidemic (Medicine)
Doctors are calling it the disease of the '80s


Small Comforts for the Road (Living)
Compact travel gizmos are soaring sellers


A General Loses His Case
The jury finds no "malice," but chastises TIME


Discord in the Church
A decisive Pope John Paul confronts challenges to his authority

Cover Stories Taming the Liberation Theologians
In Latin America, the church struggles over the plight of the poor

Women: Second-Class Citizens?
An aggrieved group of Catholics calls for a fair share of power


A San Francisco Tour De Force
Shula outcoached by Walsh, Marino outplayed by Montana


The Battle of "Starship Chicago" (Design)
No one is neutral about a radical new state office building

Apple Blossoms (Economy & Business)
Trying to put Mac in the office

Business Notes (Economy & Business)
$ Agriculture Winter Scars on Florida

Business Notes Apparel (Economy & Business)
Eddie Sets the Style

Business Notes Industrial Standards (Economy & Business)
Measure for Metric Measure

Business Notes Investments (Economy & Business)
Tempest Over Tipsters

Business Notes Marketing (Economy & Business)
Puffing Up the Ritz

Here Come the Intrapreneurs (Economy & Business)
Big corporations are trying to capture some of the magic of small companies

Revolving Door & (Economy & Business)
A new boss for ailing Renault

Wall Street's Super Bowl Rally (Economy & Business)
Optimistic investors set off a record-challenging buying spree


A Quartet of Cult Objects (Cinema)
From Botswana or Beverly Hills, these films have staying power

Codes of Honor the Old Forest, and Other Stories (Books)
by Peter Taylor Dial; 358 pages; $16.95

Fly on the Wall See You Later Alligator (Books)
by William F. Buckley Jr. Doubleday; 351 pages; $16.95

Mainstreaming Allen Ginsberg (Books)
Pushing 60, the poet has a six-figure contract

Where the New Action Is (Music)
Orchestral premieres highlight an eclectic trend in composing


America's Grand Pooh-Bah of Food
James Beard: 1903-1985

Milestones


A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)


How to Get the Deficit Under $100 Billion