NATION Scoring Points with Candor Coronation in Prime Time Showing Off for the G.O.P. Oil Slick Pulpit Politics Taking an Ax to the PACs WORLD Terrorism: Mystery Mines (Terrorism) Population: A Debate over Sovereign Rights (Population) Uganda: Tarnished Pearl (Uganda) Zimbabwe: One-Party State (Zimbabwe) Central America: Indians Caught in the Middle (Central America) Tracking the Arms Pipeline Israel: What Price for Unity? (Israel) Human Rights: Passing Along the Word (Human Rights) Burkina Faso: A Name for All the People (Burkina Faso) Norway: A Rivalry over Roots (Norway) China: Humpty Dumpty, Peking-Style (China) HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: How Surgery Won Gold Medals (Medicine) SOCIETY Fashions: Beyond the Blues Horizon (Fashions) PRESS Press: It's No Ms-tery, Call Me Mrs. Newswatch Thomas Griffith: TV's Condescending Coverage (Newswatch/Thomas Griffith) SPORT Olympics: What It Was About (Olympics) Olympics: A Bump, a Spike, a Fall (Olympics) Olympics: CALL THIS BRITON GREAT (Olympics) Olympics: GOLD TODAY, GREEN TOMORROW (Olympics) Olympics: Faster, Higher, Stonger (Olympics) Olympics: A SOARING, MAJESTIC SLOWNESS (Olympics) Olympics: A SPRAY OF OTHER EVENTS (Olympics) Olympics: Out of the Tunnel into History (Olympics) Olympics: Making of an Asian Contender (Olympics) Olympics: Rise of an East Bloc Maverick (Olympics) Olympics: Here's One Man's Meet (Olympics) STYLE & DESIGN Design: A Chair with All the Angles (Design) ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Child Abuse: Preying on Preschoolers (American Notes / Child Abuse) Ferraro's Disputed Exemption (American Notes / CAMPAIGN FINANCE) Diplomacy: Tips for Travelers (American Notes / Diplomacy) Congress: Overdue Steps for Women (American Notes / Congress) Massachusetts: Violence in a Factory Town (American Notes / Massachusetts) BUSINESS Sear's Sizzling New Vitality (Economy & Business / COVER STORY) Mr. T. Rules the Tower (Economy & Business) America's Wish Book (Economy & Business) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Show Business: The Mellifluous Prince of Disorder (Show Business) Books: Beleaguered Patriotism and Pride (Books) Books: Cul-de-Sac (Books) Fiction: Best Sellers: Aug. 20, 1984 (Books / Fiction) Art: Sounding the Unplucked String (Art) MILESTONES Milestones: Aug. 20, 1984 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Aug. 20, 1984 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Olympic Fever
Cover Credit: GORDON MUNRO
Cover Credit: GORDON MUNRO