NATION
Rough Waters Ahead
A Reagan Retreat
A Stockman Charge
Getting to Know You-Again
Eleventh Hour for AWACS
Riding Out the Storm-So Far
A New Order in the Court: Sandra Day O'Connor
Public celebrations for the Brethren's first sister
Nixon Encore
The Envelopes, Please...
Loose Lips: Tightening Up OnSecrets
The Presidency: Master of an Arcane Crisis (The Presidency)
WORLD
Poland: How Will It All End? (Poland)
Middle East: New Strategy for the West Bank (Middle East)
Starting Point for a Solution: General Ariel (Arik) Sharon
Persian Gulf: Stalemate in a Forgotten War (Persian Gulf)
France: He Really Meant It (France)
Nationalization, French-Style
Mexico: Coming Soon (Mexico)
Belize: Independence! (Belize)
India: Blush Funds (India)
Italy: A Century Old (Italy)
Britain: Briny Bonanza (Britain)
SCIENCE
Science: Entrez the Flying Peacock
Environment: Bad News for the Birds (Environment)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Spain's Lethal Cooking Oil (Medicine)
SOCIETY
Living: The Hot-Selling Locker Room Look (Living)
BUSINESS
All That Talk About Gold (Economy & Business)
Doubts and Dissent (Economy & Business)
Where Are the New Fall Cars? (Economy & Business)
Software for the Masses (Economy & Business)
OPEC's Secrets (Economy & Business)
Bleaker Harvest (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
Education: No Boob Tubes
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Video: A Timid, Truncated New Season (Video)
Video: Burning Issues (Video)
A Dickens of a Show: NICOLAS NICKELBY (Theater / COVER STORIES)
Theater: ... And Another Boffo Season (Theater)
Add One to the List of Greats: Dmitri Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth (Music)
Dmitri Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth is a top modern opera
Cinema: Show Fizz ONLY WHEN I LAUGH (Cinema)
Directed by Glenn Jordan Screenplay by Neil Simon
Cinema: Church Biz TRUE CONFESSIONS (Cinema)
Directed by Ulu Grosbard Screenplay by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
Cinema: Swamp Fever SOUTHERN COMFORT (Cinema)
Directed by Walter Hill Screenplay by Michael Kane Walter Hill and David Giler
Books: A Crisis of Confidence RABBIT IS RICH by John Updike (Books)
Knopf; 467pages; $13.95
Books: Corkers COLLECTED STORIES by Frank O'Connor (Books)
Knopf; 702 pages; $20