NATION
Spies, Spies Everywhere
Four more espionage arrests add to a year of selling dangerously
How to Catch a Spy
The Great Star Wars P.R. War
Kindergarten imagery obscures a vital and complex debate
The Presidency: A Rancher's Thanksgiving (The Presidency)
Have Gang, Will Travel
Young thugs from Los Angeles and elsewhere are on the roam
Brotherly Fear: Racism Rocks Philadelphia
Racism rocks Philadelphia
More Than Just Comic Relief
WORLD
Terrorism: Massacre in Malta (Terrorism)
Postmortems yield a tale of savagery and tragedy aboard a hijacked airliner
The Riskiest Kind of Operation
Governments get tougher with terrorists, but will it do any good?
Japan: Paralysis on the Tracks (Japan)
Sabotage by ultraleftists leaves 10 million commuters stranded
Honduras: Topsy-Turvy (Honduras)
A looking-glass "winner"
Pakistan: Leaks in the Pipeline (Pakistan)
Some U.S. arms are not getting to Afghan rebels
Gabon: Smashing Through the Jungle (Gabon)
The perils and challenges of building a new railway
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Implants: A Family Affair (Medicine)
Artificial hearts bring travail to patients' kin
A Daily Quart (Medicine)
Milk may cut risk of colon cancer
SOCIETY
Across the Land: The Voice of Rocky Horror (American Scene)
Children Having Children (Behavior / Cover Stories)
Teen pregnancies are corroding America's social fabric
Teenage Fathers: The Missing-Father Myth (Behavior / Cover Stories)
Living: Checking Out Cheek Chic (Living)
A shadow of stubble can turn a mug into a mannequin
RELIGION
Religion: Frank Words from the Bishops
Voices of optimism and new ideas at a Vatican synod
SPORT
Sport: Shaking Free of the Thunder
Gerry Faust gives up the ghost to Lou Holtz
TECHNOLOGY
Computers: A Convert to the Write Stuff (Computers)
Bill Buckley is high on word processors
Say Ah (Beep) (Medicine)
The doctor's bedside companion
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Table of Contents: Dec. 9, 1985 (Table of Contents)
A Letter from the Publisher: Dec. 9, 1985 (A Letter From The Publisher)
Milestones: Dec. 9, 1985 (Milestones)
You Must Remember This . . .
American Notes (Nation)
World Notes: Dec. 9, 1985 (World)
Ebony's Man (Economy & Business)
John Johnson keeps running
Kremlin Calling (Economy & Business)
And U.S. banks are answering
Florida Bowl: An Everglades asteroid? (Science)
An Everglades asteroid?
BUSINESS
A Game New Plan On Taxes (Economy & Business)
Another step forward but a long way to go
Mixing Class and Cash (Economy & Business)
Shoppers snap up museum-store gifts all year round
Winners Against Tough Odds (Economy & Business)
Some American companies succeed in selling to the Japanese
Business Notes: Dec. 9, 1985 (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
Education: Shall I Die? Shall I Fly . . .
A U.S. scholar claims discovery of a poem by Shakespeare
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
That Rare Being, a Born Writer: DENTON WELCH (Books)
The stories of Denton Welcj
Books: Elite Corps (Books)
"BUT FIRST A SCHOOL"
Books: BODYWATCHING (Books)
Cinema: Win the Battle, Lose the War ROCKY IV (Cinema)
ROCKY IV Directed and Written by Sylvester Stallone
Cinema: Stunted Oaks (Cinema)
YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Cinema: The Show Must Go Under A CHORUS LINE (Cinema)
A CHORUS LINE Directed by Richard Attenborough
Cinema: Elf Abuse: SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE (Cinema)
SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE
Theater: Errant Knights: I'M NOT RAPPAPORT (Theater)
I'M NOT RAPPAPORT by Herb Gardner
Theater: Love of Intrigue: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Theater)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by David Pownall