"A Man of Many Talents"
Secord may illuminate several mysteries

American Notes CALIFORNIA
A Pariah On Parole

American Notes CAMPAIGNS
Joining The Crowd

American Notes INVESTIGATIONS
"Granny" Goes Underground

American Notes SAN FRANCISCO
No Place Like Home

Cat And Mouse
The subway gunman on trial

Channell's High Connections
A fund raiser's guilty plea creates the first Iranscam conviction

Hints Of Conspiracy
The Iran-contra hearings will renew pressure on the White House

Move Over, Sam Ervin

Paying For Peace of Mind
New dating services offer screening tests for AIDS

Re-Examining America's Underclass
In a new book, William Wilson spurns "race-specific policies"

Spy Woes
Retractions hurt the Navy's case

The Contra Con
A "Saudi" smoothie stung North

The Presidency
Giving Normalcy a Good Name

What To Listen For


Austria
Removing the Welcome Mat The U.S. bars Waldheim

Diplomacy Playing It Cool
Reagan and Nakasone try to defuse growing trade-war tensions

Middle East Destined for a Dogfight
Peres and Shamir head for a showdown over a peace conference

Nicaragua The Sad Saga of a Sandalista
An American death stirs sorrow, outrage and propaganda

South Africa Bashing Heads Before Balloting
The government cracks down hard on the eve of elections

The Philippines Rise of the Vigilantes
New anti-Communist groups present prickly political problems

Western Europe Nervous About Nuclear Security
The allies pose tough questions as an arms-control deal nears

World Notes FRANCE
Bad News at The Sex Shop

World Notes ICELAND
Power to The Women

World Notes INDIA
Ripping Off Mother Teresa

World Notes ITALY
Risking Death By Ridicule

World Notes UNITED NATIONS
A Safer Zone For the Ozone


Superconductors!
The startling breakthrough that could change our world

Ssc: Lord of the Rings

Trains That Can Levitate

Tubers, Berries and Bugs (Environment)
Scientists release man-made microbes into the environment


In New Hampshire: Skid Marks (American Scene)

The Whole World Goes Pandas (Living)
Two Chinese ambassadors receive cheers in the Bronx


A Mightier Fortress

Taking Command at Fort Mill
Jim Bakker surfaces, and Jerry Falwell begins his PTL cleanup


Days Of Wine and Bloody Noses
A worthy jockey, trainer and (maybe) horse win the Derby


Time (Contents)
Magazine contents page MAY 11, 1987 Vol. 129 No. 19

"Nobody Thought It Would Be Us" (Economy & Business)
When a Texas bank goes belly-up, the Feds swoop down fast

A Handshake for All Seasons (Economy & Business)
Two entertainers keep a pact to split their profits -- forever

Bond Bombshell (Economy & Business)
Cost of a gamble: $250 million

Business Notes ADVERTISING (Economy & Business)
Putting Byte Into Billboards

Business Notes BRAZILIAN DEBT (Economy & Business)
Tough Talker Takes a Walk

Business Notes HABERDASHERY (Economy & Business)
A Pinch in the Wallet Pocket

Business Notes OFFICE PARTIES (Economy & Business)
Sentence: One Night in Quail

Business Notes STATE REVENUES (Economy & Business)
Fighting a Tax On Peacocks

Going From Gloom to Boom (Economy & Business)
Robust sales give personal-computer makers new hope

Software Plays Hardball (Economy & Business)

Trouble on The Horizon (Economy & Business)
Europe's Airbus threatens the dominance of U.S. jet builders


A New Kind Of Tiger

The Posse Stops a "Softie"
Scientists blackball a political theorist


Keeping The Word

Sexual Abuse or Abuse of Justice?
Sometimes the accused child molester may be the victim


"That Road Is All Mine" (Music)
From a rough start, Little Steven shapes a fine record

A Roundelay of Deadly Conquests LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES by Christopher Hampton (Theater)

Among Marvelous Ants and Bees PRIVATE DOMAIN (Books)
by Paul Taylor; Knopf; 371 pages; $22.95

Examples Skinny Island (Books)
by Louis Auchincloss Houghton Mifflin; 230 pages; $17.95

Navigating A Cultural Trough (Art)
For a change, the Whitney Biennial is not too bad

Yahweh & Sons A HISTORY OF THE JEWS (Books)
by Paul Johnson < Harper & Row; 644 pages; $25


A Letter From the Publisher (A Letter From The Publisher)


Was He Normal? Human?
Poor Humanity