NATION
California: Welfare on Plastic (American Notes)
Welfare on Plastic
Demonstrations: Stepping Lively (American Notes)
Stepping Lively
Highways: Taming the Truckers (American Notes)
Taming the Truckers
Tax: Reform Hancock John (American Notes)
Reform Hancock John
Tennessee: Thou Shalt Not Teach (American Notes)
Thou Shalt Not Teach
Bang! Bang! You're Out!
Washington and Moscow fight a war of diplomatic attrition
Campaign Windup Fight to the Finish
The struggle for the Senate gets closer and meaner
Combat Zone:Pat Robertson sues for libel
Pat Robertson sues for libel
Legal Eagles: A newly minted coin takes off
A newly minted coin takes off
Prepping for a Covert Overt War
As Hasenfus stands trial, the CIA resumes open aid to the contras
The Presidency: A Republic's Palace
A Republic's Palace
WORLD
China Encounter of Long-Lost Comrades
Honecker is welcomed in Peking as Communist relations warm
Exiles Unwelcome Homecoming
France: New Offense, Old Complaint
New Offense, Old Complaint
Haiti:A Whisper for Democracy
A Whisper for Democracy
Hong Kong: On the Road to Goodbye
On the Road to Goodbye
Lebanon: Luck Runs Out for a Poet
Luck Runs Out for a Poet
Life After the Americans Leave
Mozambique Anger Over a Plane Crash
A leader's death adds more instability to a country on its knees
South Africa Pullout Parade
Bowing to pressure, more and more U.S. firms withdraw
Terrorism Making the Syrian Connection
After a conviction, Western countries take diplomatic reprisals
SCIENCE
Science: What Is Destroying the Ozone?
Man-made chemicals may be partly to blame
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: A Contagious Cancer? (Medicine)
Medicine: A Most Explicit Report (Medicine)
Medicine: AIDS Research Spurs New Interest in Some Ancient Enemies (Medicine)
Medicine: The Toughest Virus of All (Medicine)
Can a drug or vaccine be found to vanquish AIDS?
SOCIETY
In New Hampshire: an Unusual Reunion (American Scene)
SPORT
Sport: Small Delights and a Big Chill
Now if baseball only allowed a little sunshine and sleep
STYLE & DESIGN
Design: Handsome and Homemade (Design)
The American Craft Museum opens with a provocative show
TECHNOLOGY
Computers: From Programs to Pajama Parties (Computers)
Educators push to prepare schoolgirls for a computerized society
BUSINESS
A Disturbing New Deficit (Economy & Business)
The U.S. imports more high-tech goods than it sells abroad
Economy on the Move Again (Economy & Business)
How's That Again? (Economy & Business)
Is the Middle Class Shrinking? (Economy & Business)
Experts debate the impact of job-market upheavals on income distribution
Music a Record Born to Run (Economy & Business)
Opec: An Early- Morning Truce (Economy & Business)
An Early- Morning Truce
Sinking in a Sea of Bad Loans (Economy & Business)
As thrift institutions fail, their insurance fund is running low
Television: Mickey Mouse in Mandarin (Economy & Business)
Mickey Mouse in Mandarin
The Pros Who Play the Name Game (Economy & Business)
Business is brisk for corporate-identity consultants
LAW
Law: Supreme Or Not Supreme
That is the question, says the Attorney General
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Books: A Thumb in the Public Eye His Way:The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra (Books)
The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra by Kitty Kelley; Bantam; 575 pages; $21.95
Bookends Word for Word (Books)
by Andrew A. Rooney Putnam; 287 pages; $14.95
Theater: Clinging to the Ideals of Youth the Common Pursuit by Simon Gray (Theater)
Dance: Flamenco, Simple and Smashing (Dance)
The creators of TANGO ARGENTINO give Broadway another hit
Books: Moral Bite Going Solo (Books)
by Roald Dahl Farrar, Straus & Giroux 208 pages; $14.95
Liberace: The Evangelist of Kitsch (Show Business)
Liberace: The Show, the Book, the Legend
Video: The Late Nightlife Tonight Show (Video)
A host of newcomers do battle in the kingdom of Carson
Cinema: Weird Trios and Fun Couples (Cinema)
Four new films have mayhem on their minds