May 9, 1983 | Vol. 121 No. 19

Central America: Harsh Facts, Hard Choices (COVER STORIES)

Reagan appeals for aid against the menace in Central America

This Ain't Viet Nam

Looking for Trouble

El Salvador: Like a Sears, Roebuck Catalogue:

How the Salvadoran rebels order outside help for their revolution

The Presidency: Needed: New Compass Settings (The Presidency)

Easing Pains

Presidential Pen

Heat on Coal

Off Course

The Talk Circuit

Aural Sex

Beyond Justice

The Alliance: Trying to Heal the Rift (The Alliance)

Ironies of History

The French and British Connection

A View Across the Atlantic

Middle East: In Search of an Accord (Middle East)

Soviet Union: Pen Pals (Soviet Union)

Sweden: Red Submarines (Sweden)

France: Crash Course in Politics (France)

Portugal: Soares Returns (Portugal)

Austria: Kreisky Resigns (Austria)

Science: Getting the U.S. to Measure Up

In Pittsburgh, Hacking the Night Away (American Scene)

Living: TheTheater of Fashion (Living)

Press: Hitler's Diaries: Real or Fake?

Newswatch: Why Readers Mistrust Newspapers (Newswatch)