American Notes Crime
Jailing the Wrong Man

American Notes Diplomacy
Broadside By an Ambassador

American Notes Expenses
A Defense Firm Picks Up the Tab

American Notes Unions
Bad News for Labor Leaders

American Notes Weapons
U.S. Allies Get a Nuclear Surprise

Assault on Affirmative Action
The Reaganauts tackle the dilemma of racial preference in hiring

Disturbing End of a Nightmare
The Scott County sex-abuse cases draw to a confusing close

False Premises
Doubts about Salvador aid

Jungle Hunt for Missing Airmen a U.S. Mission Searches for the Victims of a 1972 Air Crash

Opening Bids in the Middle East
The Arabs deal and Washington counts its cards

Scrambling to Freedom

The Presidency
Celebrating the Monument


A Self-Styled Robin Hood

Fighting the Cocaine Wars
Drug traffic spreads, and the U.S. finds itself mired in a violent, losing battle

The Powerful Leaf

Diplomacy
Clinging to Detente

Diplomacy Maverick in Moscow
To mark closer ties, Greece's Papandreou visits the Soviet Union

Poland New Threats
Trying intimidation again

South Africa Mandela Declines Offer of Freedom
From his cell, a demand to dismantle apartheid

South Korea a Challenge for President Chun
Shock at the polls after a dissident's turbulent return

Southeast Asia "the Greatest Victory"
The Khmer Rouge retreat as Hanoi overruns a key sanctuary

World Notes Britain
Vitriol in the Commons

World Notes Canada
The Talk of Ottawa

World Notes Iran
Sounds From the Underground

World Notes Japan
Not So Pink in Kabuki-Cho

World Notes Spain
Embarrassed Photographers


Drafting the Bombardier Beetle ^
Creationists use a bizarre insect to try to make their case


Gauging the Fat of the Land (Medicine)
A panel issues a warning for 34 million overweight Americans


Going for the Bronze (Living)
Tanning salons offer sun worshipers that year-round glow

In Alabama: Undefeated Champion (American Scene)


Judging the Hoax That Failed
Nagging questions remain in the Hitler diaries trial


"Vulnerability"
An apartheid foe imperiled

End of a Vigil
A first for Jewish women


Terminals Among the Stacks (Computers)
Public libraries are moving into the electronic age


The Longest Drawn-Out Draw Ever
A controversial ruling brings a chess marathon to a sudden end

Business Notes China (Economy & Business)
Taking a Fancy to Capitalism

Business Notes Environment (Economy & Business)
Public Penance for Pollution

Business Notes Manufacturing (Economy & Business)
Back After a Safety Checkup

Business Notes Products (Economy & Business)
Food for Naught

Business Notes Takeovers (Economy & Business)
Pickens Strikes Again

Dirty Cash and Tarnished Vaults (Economy & Business)
Two large U.S. banks struggle to recover from serious missteps

The Dollar As King Currency (Economy & Business)
Its record-breaking rise is stirring both fears and cheers around the world


"They Do Not Know It Is Wrong"
A major study probes the meaning of bribery


Best Sellers (Books)

False Friends Pack of Lies (Theater)
by Hugh Whitemore

In the Kingdom of Chic and Sleaze into the Night (Cinema)
Directed by John Landis; Screenplay by Ron Koslow

Inspirations Station Island (Books)
By Seamus Heaney Farrar, Straus & Giroux 123 pages; $11.95

Jeeves Vs. Zelda Tom and Viv (Theater)
by Michael Hastings

On the Wings of a New Age Nights At the Circus (Books)
by Angela Carter; Viking; 295 pages; $15.95

Rebirth in Dresden (Music)
After 40 years, the Semper Opera opens with politics and song

Revelations the Snow Ball (Books)
by A.R. Gurney Jr. Arbor House; 240 pages; $15.95

Smiles of a Winter Night (Dance)
Classical troupes get a little help from the avant-garde

Stardom Time for a Bag of Bones (Show Business)
In WITNESS, Harrison Ford is back on earth and right at home

Trade-Off the Mean Season (Cinema)
Directed by Phillip Borsos Screenplay by Leon Piedmont


Milestones

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People

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A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)


The Dangers of Docudrama