Table of Contents: Dec. 9, 1985

COVER: Teenage pregnancy is rending the country's social fabric 78 Each year more than a million American teenagers become pregnant, four out of five of them unmarried. Among blacks the trends are especially alarming. The problem goes to the heart of the U.S. poverty cycle and raises touchy questions for parents, educators, policymakers and society at large. See BEHAVIOR.

NATION: Four Americans are charged in the latest espionage roundup 28 The spy cases involve agents for the Soviet Union, China and Israel. U.S. counterintelligence agencies are working harder than ever to hit back at spying, hoping to slow a growth...

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