A Compromise May Yet Be Possible
The ABM treaty could be the key to a superpower trade-off

Against All Odds
Congress acts on immigration

Drugs: High on Compromise (American Notes)
High on Compromise

Prizes: And the Winner Is . . . (American Notes)
And the Winner Is . . .

Race Relations: Drawing the Line (American Notes)
Drawing the Line

Space: Ready When You Are (American Notes)
Ready When You Are

Treasure: Byte-Size Booty (American Notes)
Byte-Size Booty

Assessing the Summit

Forward Spin
Trying to get arms control back on track

Mission From Moscow

One for the Book: The U.S. bars a foreign reporter
The U.S. bars a foreign reporter

Open Call: Fund-raising auditions for '88
Fund-raising auditions for '88

The Dangers of a Nuclear-Free World

Was It All a Soviet Sting?

When to Hold 'Em - and to Fold 'Em
Did the President play his cards right at the summit?


Israel Threat to an Uneasy Peace
A shaky coalition closes ranks over a captured pilot

South Africa Rebels with a Cause
Growing Western recognition for the African National Congress

World Notes Oct 27 1986

World: Tambo Interview We Are Nobody's Puppets
Are Nobody's Puppets"

France: To Run Or Not to Run? (World Notes)
To Run Or Not to Run?

Poland: A Step Toward Conciliation (World Notes)
A Step Toward Conciliation

South Korea: Happy Days Are Gone Again (World Notes)
Happy Days Are Gone Again

The Netherlands: To Catch a Thief (World Notes)
To Catch a Thief

The Philippines: Constitution for Cory (World Notes)
Constitution for Cory


Medicine: Eye Misery: Insurance loss halts drug test (Medicine)
Insurance loss halts drug test

Medicine: Two Payoffs in the Hunt for Genes (Medicine)
New light shed on muscular dystrophy and a rare eye cancer


Reinhold Messner: Hail to the Mountain King! (Living)
Reinhold Messner triumphs in climbing's grand slam

In New York: in New York: Simon Says Condo (American Scene)


Sport: Sweet and Lingering Joy
The World Series begins at least two games behind


Black Tie Still Required
The tuxedo celebrates its 100th birthday, alas

Divine Comedy for the '80s

North of Dallas, South of Houston
Manhattan's avant-garde conquers the country

Rock's Renaissance Man
Got a movie. Got a record. Got some wild, wild life

How Good Was the Deal? (World)
Experts debate the pros and cons of the Reykjavik proposals

Back Again: Clausen returns to clean house (Economy & Business)
Clausen returns to clean house

Finance: Please, No Helicopters (Economy & Business)
Please, No Helicopters

Management: A New Yen for Savings (Economy & Business)
A New Yen for Savings

Recreation: Dream Boats on the Rocks (Economy & Business)
Dream Boats on the Rocks

Stocks: Giant-Size Coke Offer (Economy & Business)
Giant-Size Coke Offer

Trade: Tough Tariff on Soft Wood (Economy & Business)
Tough Tariff on Soft Wood

Feeling the Crunch From Foreign Chips (Economy & Business)
Semiconductor makers fight Japanese imports

Moral Money: Investments for social activists (Economy & Business)
Investments for social activists

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome (Economy & Business)
Canada's Ghermezians create Disney-style shopping playgrounds


Education: A Courtroom Clash Over Textbooks
Evangelicals attack secular humanism in Alabama schools


Theater: A Monster-Meets-Girl Romance the Phantom of the Opera (Theater)

Books: Crime's Le Carre: A Taste for Death (Books)
by P.D. James Knopf; 459 pages; $18.95

Books: Pages Stalked By Legends the Paper: the Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune (Books)
New York Herald Tribune by Richard Kluger; Knopf; 801 pages; $24.95

Books: The Hexagon the Wise Men (Books)
by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas Simon & Schuster; 853 pages; $22.95

Art: Tourist First Class (Art)
In New York, a major show of John Singer Sargent


PEACE: Elie Wiesel (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations PEACE

MEDICINE: Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations MEDICINE

CHEMISTRY: Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations CHEMISTRY

PHYSICS: Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations PHYSICS

LITERATURE: Wole Soyinka (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations LITERATURE

ECONOMICS: Lives of Spirit and Dedication (Nobel Prizes)
The world pays tribute to eleven who stirred emotions and laid foundations ECONOMICS


People: Oct. 27, 1986

People: Oct. 27, 1986

People: Oct. 27, 1986

People: Oct. 27, 1986


A Letter From the Publisher: Oct. 27, 1986 (Publisher's Letter)