NATION Prime Time Showdown Spotlight on the Seconds Tax and Spend Time Out for the Defense How to Indict Session Without End, Amen Trying to Shoot Straight Spy vs. Spy Saga The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Taking Gromyko's Measure (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey) The House: Pouring In the Money WORLD The Sicilian Connection (COVER STORY) A Cautionary Tale Blood, Business, Honor Model Treaty China: Snappy Birthday, Comrades (China) Middle East: Money Walks, Nobody Talks (Middle East) Britain: The Splits (Britain) Central America: The Blitz (Central America) Egypt: Circumstantial Evidence (Egypt) Mozambique: Rebels Without a Clause (Mozambique) Refugees: Storming the Palace (Refugees) Greece: Having It Both Ways (Greece) Switzerland: Women at the Top (Switzerland) SCIENCE Space: Racing to Win the Heavens (Space) Environment: Mass Death at Two River Crossings (Environment) SOCIETY Behavior: Polling for Mental Health (Behavior) PRESS Press: Battle Lines Are Drawn SPORT Sport: The Tigers Lying in Wait (Sport) TECHNOLOGY Computers: War Games (Computers) Computers: Family Living (Computers) ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Investigations: Fatal Failure to Check the Gas (American Notes / Investigations) Politics: Coming a Long Way (American Notes / Politics) Homeless: Helter-Skelter Shelter (American Notes / Homeless) Washington: Money-Saving Phone Calls (American Notes / Washington) New York: A Stranger in the Night (American Notes / New York) BUSINESS A Beastly Question (Economy & Business) Another Jolt from the Bankers (Economy & Business) Baseball's Wild Cards (Economy & Business) Sleep Capsules (Economy & Business) California's Grape Depression (Economy & Business) How Reyers Stays a Step Ahead (Economy & Business) Extinguished (Economy & Business) Directors: The Chrysler Board's Union Label (Directors) Transportation: A Wing and a Prayer (Transportation) Imports: One More for the Road (Imports) Employee Relations: All Aboard for Racine (Employee Relations) Advertising: Playing to a Trapped Audience (Advertising) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Art: Return of the Native (Art) Cinema: The Adaptation as Antique Show (Cinema) Books: Men and Women in Love (Books) Excerpt: Books: Oct. 15, 1984 (Books / Excerpt) Books: Charades (Books) Books: Coming Clean (Books) Theater: Wounds That Will Not Heal (Theater) Theater: Tour de Farce (Theater) MILESTONES Milestones: Oct. 15, 1984 PEOPLE People: Oct. 15, 1984 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 15, 1984 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Oct. 15, 1984 ESSAY Essay: The Rugged Individual Rides Again