NATION
A Solid Yes to Affirmative Action
Two rulings add up to a stinging repudiation of the Justice Department
Atlanta: Stamped into History (American Notes)
Stamped into History
Disasters: Replay of a Tragedy (American Notes)
Replay of a Tragedy
Lawsuits: Race to the Courthouse (American Notes)
Race to the Courthouse
Nevada: Flagged Down By the Feds (American Notes)
Flagged Down By the Feds
Space: The Titan Will Fly Again (American Notes)
The Titan Will Fly Again
Commercial Break
The Statue of Liberty: The Lady's Party
She had the biggest birthday ever, and why not?
Knocking on the Bedroom Door
The high court hands a defeat to homosexuals--and privacy rights
Public Squabbles, Private Deal
Amid U.S.-Soviet shadowboxing, a step toward arms control
Sad Exit: Senator East commits suicide
Senator East commits suicide
The Presidency: A Mind with Few Limits
A Mind with Few Limits
WORLD
France: A Whiff of Corruption (American Notes)
A Whiff of Corruption
Lebanon: A New Kind of Drop-Off (American Notes)
A New Kind of Drop-Off
Soviet Union: Back to the Future (American Notes)
Back to the Future
The Philippines: The Bleeding Goes On (American Notes)
The Bleeding Goes On
Chile Striking Back
A walkout cripples the nation
China Deng Consolidates His Gains
After a challenge, the economic revolution keeps on rolling
Israel an Embarrassment of Problems
Security officials are rendered red-faced by a trio of scandals
Northern Ireland Putting Protest Back in Protestant
The climax of the marching season brings fears of new violence
Poland Friends Indeed
Hard-line triumph, for now
Rumania Mother of the Fatherland
Elena Ceausescu is a major power behind her husband's reign
Search for a Middle Ground
South Africa Life Behind the Walls
A sense of unease grows among whites as blacks turn more militant
Canada: Let's Do the Shuffle (World Notes)
Let's Do the Shuffle
SCIENCE
Environment: A Preserve of Splendid Grass (Environment)
The Park Service faces a battle to save the prairie
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Food: And Now, Time Out for Tapas (Food)
New Spanish-style nibbling catches on across the country
Health & Fitness: Some Bald Facts About Minoxidil (Health & Fitness)
Upjohn's lotion has raised luxuriant hopes but only so-so hair
Medicine: Stimulus for an Ailing Heart (Medicine)
Patches and pouches made from back muscle
Health & Fitness: Too Young to Diet (Health & Fitness)
RELIGION
Religion: Designer Vestments
Religion: Hymn Battles
Tuning the Methodist songbook
TECHNOLOGY
Computers: Bombs Away (Computers)
Simulating the attack on Libya
Computers: The Busy Signal Predicament (Computers)
Calls for help are clogging the phone lines of software firms
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Tom Terrific and the Pheenom (Sport)
The first-place Red Sox pin their hopes on the old and the new
BUSINESS
Entrepreneurs: Dirt Can't Hide in Tianjin (Economy & Business)
Dirt Can't Hide in Tianjin
Moving: New Texas Gold: U-Hauls (Economy & Business)
New Texas Gold: U-Hauls
Products: A Disposable Lifesaver (Economy & Business)
A Disposable Lifesaver
Real Estate: Put Up Half a Million, Pardner (Economy & Business)
Put Up Half a Million, Pardner
Stocks: Rally Round the Ticker (Economy & Business)
Rally Round the Ticker
Deal At Dawn (Economy & Business)
Calling off the Perrier war
Easing into an Era (Economy & Business)
Barber Conable aims to reshape priorities at the World Bank
Finger Pointing: Wall Street's scandal grows (Economy & Business)
Wall Street's scandal grows
Florence Nightingale Inc. (Economy & Business)
Increasingly, nurses set up independent medical practices
No Money Down (Economy & Business)
Free newspapers pile up profits
Sun, Fun and Sales Meetings (Economy & Business)
Once for swingers only, Club Med now woos corporate customers
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Theater: A Dickens Epic Hits the Road (Theater)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Royal Shakespeare Company
Video: Celebrating a Comedy Composer (Video)
At the Museum of Broadcasting, the madcap world of Ernie Kovacs
Books: Digressions Off for the Sweet Hereafter (Books)
by T.R. Pearson Linden; 283 pages; $17.95
Art: Egos, Kitsch and the Real Thing (Art)
With work from 41 nations, Venice opens its biggest Biennale
Cinema: Everything New Is Old Again (Cinema)
Some hip summer movies stir up the same tired blood
Music: From the 18th Century Hit Parade (Music)
In California, a celebration of Rameau's subtle delights
Books: Homemade Cecil Beaton (Books)
by Hugo Vickers Little Brown; 656 pages; $25