March 25, 1985 | Vol. 125 No. 12

Go Ahead - Make My Day

With second-term swagger, Reagan throws down the gauntlet to Congress

A Star Is Born - and Registered

Jeane Kirkpatrick becomes a Republican with a political future

Crime: A Twisted Trail (American Notes)

A Twisted Trail

Drugs: The Fbi Gets Its Man (American Notes)

The Fbi Gets Its Man

Environment: More Woe for Union Carbide (American Notes)

More Woe for Union Carbide

The Border: Mexico's Kidnaper Cops (American Notes)

Mexico's Kidnaper Cops

The President: A Near-Perfect Checkup (American Notes)

A Near-Perfect Checkup

Dropped Guards

Giving up the Secret Service

Just Small Talk in Geneva

The superpowers start off cordially--and inconsequentially

New Evidence

Reopening the Goetz case

The Secretary Bows Out

Donovan is the first Cabinet member to quit under indictment

Soviets: I Didn't Know Chernenko Was Ill (Soviets)

Muscovites greet the transfer of power with a shrug

Soviets: A World Inspects the New Guard (Soviets)

Does Mikhail Gorbachev promise a revolution for the Kremlin, or just more of the same for a much longer time?

Soviets: Both Continuity and Vitality (Soviets)

Old policies, but new vigor and effectiveness

Soviets: Crucial Players in the Power Game (Soviets)

Four who are likely to have a major role in Gorbachev's fortunes

Soviets: Ending an Era of Drift (Soviets)

A speedy transition gives notice of a different style

Soviets: Glints of Steel Behind the Smile (Soviets)

Gorbachev impresses many with his affability--and his sharpness

Konstantin Chernenko: 1911-1985: The Caretaker From Siberia (Soviets / Cover Story)

Konstantin Chernenko: 1911-1985

France We Have to Adjust

France Center Stage

The Socialists' brightest hope

Lebanon a Country Out of Control

Israeli vs. Shi'ite, Christian vs. Christian

Southeast Asia Clean Sweep: The last Khmer base falls

The last Khmer base falls

Taking on the Bureaucracy (Soviets)

Terrorism on the Trail of an Elusive Turk

The Swiss say Agca's accomplice is running a drug ring

The Gulf Now, the War of the Cities

Bombs hit Baghdad and Tehran as fighting roils Iraq's marshes

The Presidency: Measure of the Man (Soviets)

Measure of the Man

Brazil: A Change of Ceremony (World Notes)

A Change of Ceremony

Canada: Siege for a Forgotten Cause (World Notes)

Siege for a "Forgotten" Cause

India: Small Steps Toward Peace (World Notes)

Small Steps Toward Peace

Sudan: Pressing the Brotherhood (World Notes)

Pressing the Brotherhood

West Germany: Surprises At the Polls (World Notes)

Surprises At the Polls

Medicine: Saving Breasts: Less surgery for tumors (Medicine)

Less surgery for tumors

Medicine: Silent Scream (Medicine)

Outcry over antiabortion film

In California: Learning to Laugh (American Scene)

Religion: Defrocking a Contentious Pastor

In troubled Pennsylvania steel country, a rare church trial

Religion: Hybrid Mass

Prayer Book borrowings

Sport: Undefeated and Underappreciated

The heavyweight champ is not shy, but he is retiring