November 2, 1987 | Vol. 130 No. 18

A Clinic Offers a Choice

Indianapolis: Disaster on a Dead Stick (American Notes)

Disaster on a "Dead Stick"

Justice: Free at Last, Free at Last (American Notes)

Free at Last, Free at Last

Maine: Big Vote Down East (American Notes)

Big Vote Down East

The Senate: Closing the Book on Bork (American Notes)

Closing the Book on Bork

Washington: Bell Tells A Sorry Story (American Notes)

Bell Tells A Sorry Story

Coping with The Crash

Pondering A High-Proof Defense

Deaver may say alcoholism caused him to mislead a grand jury

Snuffing A Summit

Gorbachev makes Star Wars the obstacle to a meeting with Reagan

Suffering From Ticker Shock

As the Dow rode a roller coaster, so did the presidential hopefuls

Central America: Deadline.. Ready, aim, cease-fire?

Deadline Ready, aim, cease-fire?

Japan A Back-Room Man Steps Forward

Nakasone taps Takeshita as his successor

The Gulf Punch, Counterpunch

The U.S. avenges a missile attack, and Iran replies with a Silkworm

The Philippines Mean Momma

Aquino tries out a new act

Belgium: When More Is Not Better (World Notes)

When More Is Not Better

France: For le Taxi, Blazing Seats (World Notes)

For le Taxi, Blazing Seats

Sri Lanka: Tigers Too Tough to Tame (World Notes)

Tigers Too Tough to Tame

United Nations: The Spanish Compromise (World Notes)

The Spanish Compromise

West German: Y Plane Goes, Pilot Stays (World Notes)

Y Plane Goes, Pilot Stays

Science: King of The Mountains

Science: Probing The Chambers of Cheops

Space-age technology reveals a 4,600-year-old wooden boat

Science: Treasures Reclaimed from the Deep

Exclusive photographs of a rich trove of artifacts from the Titanic

Medicine: Miracle Worker Cure for river blindness (Medicine)

Medicine: Was This Operation Necessary? (Medicine)

Doctors question the First Lady's mastectomy decision

Ethics: A Death, A Life (Ethics)

Ethics: Examining The Limits of Life (Ethics)

A medical philosopher argues that longer is not always better

In Florida: Lock Up! And the Pulse Pounds (American Scene)

Spy magazine draws blood from the stony Big Apple

Spy magazine draws blood from the stony Big Apple

Sport: Series Heroes Require Introductions

Right up to the end, there was no place like home

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