March 18, 1985 | Vol. 125 No. 11

I Will Veto Again and Again

Reagan kills a farm bill while lawmakers eye defense; ROUGH HOUSE Two Congressmen square off

Crime: Thayer Admits a Stock Swindle (American Notes)

Thayer Admits a Stock Swindle

Marriage: The Power of Perseverance (American Notes)

The Power of Perseverance

Medicine: Testing Blood for Aids (American Notes)

Testing Blood for Aids

Military: A $30 Million Wrong Number (American Notes)

A $30 Million Wrong Number

The Vice President: Help for a Hungry Land (American Notes)

Help for a Hungry Land

Deadly Traffic on the Border

A drug agent is found murdered

Gearing Up in Geneva

Reagan issues his marching orders for a new round of arms talks

Getting Tough?

The Pentagon stops payment

Moving Toward the Middle

Sick of caucuses, Sunbelt Democrats form--what else?--a caucus

Putting the Squeeze on Congress

The Administration floats some schemes for helping the CONTRAS

Selma's Painful Progress

Civil rights marchers recall a notorious anniversary

The Presidency: Letting Regan Be Regan

Letting Regan Be Regan

Britain Challenging Government Secrets

A wiretapping expose brings calls for reforming an archaic law

Chile Killer Quake

A scene from the INFERNO

China the Puzzle of the New

Open-door economics and a search for spiritual renewal

I Am Not in Doubt

Middle East Aftershocks in Beirut

As U.S. warships head eastward, more blood is shed

Alliances: Warsaw Pact Murmurs (World Notes)

Warsaw Pact Murmurs

Anniversaries: A Bridge to the Past (World Notes)

A Bridge to the Past

El Salvador: F.P.L. Spells Murder (World Notes)

F.P.L. Spells Murder

Greece: Papandreou Breaks a Promise (World Notes)

Papandreou Breaks a Promise

South Korea: Scrapping a Blacklist (World Notes)

Scrapping a Blacklist

Zimbabwe a Bitter Feud Continues

Mugabe and Nkomo struggle for their country's future

Environment: A Lift for Endangered Cranes (Environment)

Two rare Chinese birds are sent to Wisconsin to mate

Medicine: A Bold Gamble in Tucson (Medicine)

Doctors try an unproven artificial heart, but the patient dies

Living: Beyond a Spoonful of Sugar (Living)

Move over Mary Poppins; here come the stateside nannies

In Minnesota: Birthday Bash for a Native Son (American Scene)

Press: Changing the Guard At 60

Media Baron Samuel I. Newhouse will buy THE NEW YORKER

Religion: Apostle of Sunny Thoughts

Upbeat showmanship makes Robert Schuller a top televangelist

Sport: Masters of Their Own Game

On the ice and on the boards, always several moves ahead

Wayne Gretzky: To Be Simply the Best (Cover Story)

Hockey's Gretzky, basketball's Bird and the wonder of how they do it

Computers: The New Breeds of Software (Computers)

Programs for making art, probing minds, dabbling in pork bellies