March 16, 1987 | Vol. 129 No. 11

Civil Rights: No Laughing Matter (American Notes)

No Laughing Matter

Embarrassing Moments: Blowing His Cover (American Notes)

Blowing His Cover

Espionage: Dialing For Spies (American Notes)

Dialing For Spies

Homeless: The Grate Society (American Notes)

The Grate Society

Meteorology: Change in the Weather (American Notes)

Change in the Weather

Baker Breaks the Fever

A casual country boy is off to a fast start as chief of staff

Everybody's Doing It

Selling arms to Iran, that is, notably the Europeans

Still Probing For Answers: Investigators forge ahead

Investigators forge ahead

That Was Then . . . This Is Now (Cover Story)

The Presidency: The Bottom Line on Reagan

Ronald Reagan: Trying a Comeback (Cover Story)

Reagan concedes error in Iranscam, but can he still lead?

G-Man Among the Spooks

Webster is likely to run the CIA as he did the FBI - by the book

Payoff, Hike!

A fumble for Clements

Pizza Penance

A jury convicts 18 mobsters

The Week of the Dragon

A Tragic End for Day Trippers

Nearly 150 are feared dead as a British ferry capsizes

Disarmament Let's Make a Deal

Gorbachev seizes the initiative with an offer to remove missiles

Espionage Spying Between Friends

The Pollard verdict causes a wave of unease in Israel

Of Arms and Reforms

South Korea Onslaughts of Force and Fury

Radical students form the core of opposition to the Chun regime

China: Misery Hates Company (World Notes)

Misery Hates Company

Diplomacy: Tales of the South Pacific (World Notes)

Tales of the South Pacific

Italy: Ciao to a Brief Stability (World Notes)

Ciao to a Brief Stability

Libya: The Flight Into Egypt (World Notes)

The Flight Into Egypt

Thailand: Carousels on The River Kwai (World Notes)

Carousels on The River Kwai

Medicine: The Shyness Chemical (Medicine)

Medicine: Tracing Fragile X Syndrome (Medicine)

Fragile X Syndrome Research links retardation and autism to an obscure gene defect

Fashion: Been There, Seen That, Done That (Fashion)

London's Katharine Hamnett has a deft hand for funk

Philadelphia Piping (American Scene)

Behavior: Psst! Wait Till You Hear This (Behavior)

A scholar says rumors reveal our fears and desires

Press: Days Of Turbulence, Days of Change

Besieged by budget cuts and competitors, network news tries to keep pace

Press: News by the Numbers

Religion: Offering The Hope of Heaven

Jimmy Swaggart takes his Pentecostal fervor to Latin America

Religion: Putting It Asunder

Computers: From Mozart to Megabytes (Computers)

Compact discs now offer a symphony of knowledge too

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