American Notes Abortion
Preaching to the Chinese

American Notes Accidents
The Wayward H-Bomb

American Notes California
A Message for Pretoria

American Notes Charity
Many Hands, Few Dollars

American Notes New Mexico
Proud Eagles, Tragic Fall

Bitter Harvest
"There Is a Sadness on the Land"

Can "Daddy's Team" Be Beaten?
Robert Kennedy's two eldest children face their first primaries

Justice for the Principal Agent
Jerry Whitworth's espionage earns a 365-year sentence

One Family's Bankruptcy
"We Are Trying to Maintain Our Self-Respect and a Degree of Dignity"

Salt Stall
Buying time for a summit

Shadowboxing with Gaddafi
U.S. Maneuvers Trigger Rumors About a New Strike Against Libya

Too Much of a Good Thing
Agriculture's worldwide boom has produced misery to share

Unwelcome Guests

Weekend Warriors No More
The beefed-up National Guard moves out from the home front


Cameroon the Lake of Death
A lethal cloud devastates three villages, killing at least 1,700 people

Do Not Enter
Putting a curb on immigration

Mexico the Hunters Become the Hunted
American drug agents come under verbal and physical attack

South Africa Barricades in a Black Township
The crackdown on rent strikers brings more bloodshed to Soweto

Soviet Union "We Are Still Not Satisfied"
Doubt and mistrust prevail as scientists discuss Chernobyl

West Germany Schizophrenia in the Ranks
The opposition moves left

World Notes $ Cuba
Fidel on Cigars: "No More"

World Notes Bolivia
Collapse of a House of Tin

World Notes France
The Flames of Paradise

World Notes India
And Now, Gurkhaland

World Notes Soviet Union
Home for a Wild Card


A Scourge of Alien Insects (Environment)
Some nasty bugs from abroad are creeping through Customs


Aids: Prejudice and Progress (Medicine)
Of an eighth-grader, a football player and infected insects


The Pope's Youthful "New Jesuits"
The spirited Comunione e Liberazione works to reform society


American Scene in New Hampshire: and You're a Winner!

Going Beyond Illustration
An iconoclastic exhibition examines photojournalism as an art

Business Notes Advertising (Economy & Business)
Sprucing Up a Heartthrob

Business Notes Banking (Economy & Business)
The Check Is in the Pail

Business Notes Law Firms (Economy & Business)
Legal Eagles on the Wing

Business Notes Pharmaceuticals (Economy & Business)
Going Price for Poison

Business Notes Takeovers (Economy & Business)
A Stand for Raiders' Rights

Honda in a Hurry (Economy & Business)
Detroit faces a creative new foreign challenger

Mr. Puttnam Goes to Hollywood (Economy & Business)
A movie maverick takes over as chairman at Columbia Pictures

Prime Cut (Economy & Business)
Rates drop, but to what avail?

The Perils of Competition (Economy & Business)
Frontier files for bankruptcy as Eastern's merger stalls


A "Schoale" and How It Grew
Harvard has seen all things, even goldfish, come and go

Happy Birthday, Fair Harvard!
At 350, is it still No. 1 in academe?

Setting All the Parts in Harmony
Derek Bok steers Harvard through change by consensus


Liverpool After the Beatles (Cinema)

Never Apologize, Always Explain the Fifties (Books)
by Edmund Wilson; Edited by Leon Edel Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 663 pages; $25

Psycho-Alchemy (Books)

The Color of Country (Music)
Steve Earle, a Lone Star Everyman, delivers the goods

Tyrants, Yuppies and the Bard (Theater)
Two fine companies highlight San Diego's lively stage scene


People

People

People

People

People


A Letter From the Publisher (Publisher's Letter)