March 10, 1986 | Vol. 127 No. 10

A Serious Deficiency

The Rogers commission faults NASA's "flawed" decision-making process

All the Nation's Poet

Robert Penn Warren, already much laureled, takes on a new title

Bureaucracy: A Ticket to Deride (American Notes)

A Ticket to Deride

Justice: New Man for the Glass Booth (American Notes)

New Man for the Glass Booth

Oregon: Scout's Honor, Union's Gripe (American Notes)

Scout's Honor, Union's Gripe

Sports: Crackdown By the Commissioner (American Notes)

Crackdown By the Commissioner

The Navy: Death At the Doctor's Hands (American Notes)

Death At the Doctor's Hands

Defensive About Defense

Reagan's call for a greater buildup is met by one for a fix-up

Houston Gunplay: A string of accidental shootings

A string of accidental shootings

It Takes One to Know One

Midgetman in Wonderland

Plans for a smaller missile provoke some big confusions

On the Air: The Senate votes for television

The Senate votes for television

Playing Catch As Koch Can

Brushed by scandal, New York's mayor says he is "mortified"

Shop Here, But Don't Stop Here

A "Residents Only" Law in Dearborn Parks Sparks a Black Boycott

Egypt Rampage Under the Pyramids

Mubarak quashes a two-day rebellion by security forces

France New Twists

Baby Doc sues hosts, sits tight

Soviet Union A Tough Customer Shows His Stuff

Gorbachev puts his stamp on the 27th Party Congress

Soviet Union Trotting Out a New Roadshow

Despite some sleight of hand, the act is a familiar one

Sweden Bloody Blow to an Open Society

Shots in the night kill Olof Palme, an advocate of peace

South Korea: Lunch at the Blue House

Britain: Tribute to the Last of the Few (World Notes)

Tribute to the Last of the Few

Central America: Hands Across a Troubled Border (World Notes)

Hands Across a Troubled Border

China: Kill One to Teach 100 (World Notes)

"Kill One to Teach 100"

Italy: Vanishing Bulgarian Connection (World Notes)

Vanishing Bulgarian Connection

Middle East: Death of a West Bank Moderate (World Notes)

Death of a West Bank Moderate

Science: Beaming in on the Past

A refurbished cyclotron probes some historic documents

Space: Halley's on View (Space)

Peeking from Pioneer 12

Food: America's Best French Restaurant (Food)

Lutece celebrates a birthday: 25 years and still counting

Press: Everywhere But in Manila

Satellites hum with activity as anchors take to the road

Sport: A Wintry Fire in Barn 48

Of commoners and kings and a dead "crow" named Concession