Spies, Spies Everywhere
Four more espionage arrests add to a year of selling dangerously

How to Catch a Spy

The Great Star Wars P.R. War
Kindergarten imagery obscures a vital and complex debate

A Rancher's Thanksgiving (The Presidency)

Have Gang, Will Travel
Young thugs from Los Angeles and elsewhere are on the roam

Brotherly Fear
Racism rocks Philadelphia

More Than Just Comic Relief


Massacre in Malta (Terrorism)
Postmortems yield a tale of savagery and tragedy aboard a hijacked airliner

The Riskiest Kind of Operation
Governments get tougher with terrorists, but will it do any good?

Paralysis on the Tracks (Japan)
Sabotage by ultraleftists leaves 10 million commuters stranded

Topsy-Turvy (Honduras)
A looking-glass "winner"

Leaks in the Pipeline (Pakistan)
Some U.S. arms are not getting to Afghan rebels

Smashing Through the Jungle (Gabon)
The perils and challenges of building a new railway


Implants: A Family Affair (Medicine)
Artificial hearts bring travail to patients' kin

A Daily Quart
Milk may cut risk of colon cancer


Across the Land: The Voice of Rocky Horror (American Scene)

Children Having Children (Behavior / Cover Story)
Teen pregnancies are corroding America's social fabric

The Missing-Father Myth (Behavior / Cover Story)

Checking Out Cheek Chic (Living)
A shadow of stubble can turn a mug into a mannequin


Frank Words from the Bishops
Voices of optimism and new ideas at a Vatican synod


Shaking Free of the Thunder
Gerry Faust gives up the ghost to Lou Holtz


A Convert to the Write Stuff (Computers)
Bill Buckley is high on word processors

Say Ah (Beep)
The doctor's bedside companion


Table of Contents (Table Of Contents)

A Letter from the Publisher

Milestones

You Must Remember This . . .

American Notes

World Notes

Ebony's Man
John Johnson keeps running

Kremlin Calling
And U.S. banks are answering

Florida Bowl
An Everglades asteroid?

A Game New Plan On Taxes (Economy & Business)
Another step forward but a long way to go

Mixing Class and Cash (Economy & Business)
Shoppers snap up museum-store gifts all year round

Winners Against Tough Odds (Economy & Business)
Some American companies succeed in selling to the Japanese

Business Notes


"Shall I Die? Shall I Fly . . ."
A U.S. scholar claims discovery of a poem by Shakespeare


That Rare Being, a Born Writer (Books)
THE STORIES OF DENTON WELCH

Elite Corps (Books)
"BUT FIRST A SCHOOL"

Books

Win the Battle, Lose the War (Cinema)
ROCKY IV Directed and Written by Sylvester Stallone

Stunted Oaks (Cinema)
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES

The Show Must Go Under (Cinema)
A CHORUS LINE Directed by Richard Attenborough

Elf Abuse (Cinema)
SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE

Errant Knights (Theater)
I'M NOT RAPPAPORT by Herb Gardner

Love of Intrigue (Theater)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by David Pownall


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