NATION
Crime: Startling Admission From Taipei (American Notes)
Startling Admission From Taipei
Four Troublesome Hot Spots
Reagan's foreign policy faces tests from the U.S.S.R. to Africa
High Hopes, Hard Choices
After a private swearing-in, Reagan sallies forth on his second term
Party Time in Washington
The federal city throbs with fireworks, firewater and Sinatra
Taking a Taste of Power
At the Inauguration, capital caterers plan star-spangled menus
The Presidency: The Alternative Is So Terrible
"The Alternative Is So Terrible"
The Reagan Team
Some are leaving, others are changing jobs, but they still proudly call themselves Reaganauts
From Legislator to Lobbyist
Former Congressmen cash in on their Capitol Hill connections
Plugging the Leak of Secrets
New efforts to apply a 1917 law worry civil libertarians
Remedies for Black Problems
A Newly Formed Group Argues for Self-Help Programs
To Catch a Mole
WORLD
Brazil Victory for the Great Conciliator
President-elect Neves ends 21 years of military rule
France Surprise Trip: Mitterrand flies into trouble
Mitterrand flies into trouble
Jamaica Angry Island
A violent response to austerity
Middle East Bringing Home the Troops
Israel announces a step-by-step withdrawal from southern Lebanon
Personalities the Saga of Stalin's Little Sparrow
Svetlana's tormented journey from East to West and back again
Soviet Union: Rumors of a New Kremlin Chill (World Notes)
Rumors of a New Kremlin Chill
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Alarm Over Malpractice (Medicine)
The A.M.A. fears a crisis in claims and insurance costs
SOCIETY
Sexes: Finding Trouble in Paradise (Sexes)
Do women really prefer cuddling over "the act"?
On Long Island: Standing Room (American Scene)
Living: Seems Like Old Time (Living)
Vintage wristwatches are up-to-the-minute fashion
PRESS
Press: Wrestling with Defamation and Truth
The jury in the Sharon trial reaches a partial verdict
STYLE & DESIGN
Design: Painting Pictures with Fabric (Design)
Helena Hernmarck's tapestries enhance corporate architecture
TECHNOLOGY
Computers: Peg-Legged That's Dancing! (Computers)
Directed and Written by Jack Haley Jr.
Computers: Triumph of a Hacker Sleuth (Computers)
How a Minnesota teen-ager cracked a sex-offense case
BUSINESS
An Incredible Shrinking Giant (Economy & Business)
Itt Plans to Shed Holdings Worth $1.7 Billion
Regulation: Trading Stock on the Margin (Economy & Business / Business Notes)
Trading Stock on the Margin
Enterpreneurs: Up Against a Miti Fortress (Economy & Business)
Up Against a Miti Fortress
Pound Watching: Thatcher to the rescue (Economy & Business)
Thatcher to the rescue
Sky Wars: Airfares take a dive (Economy & Business)
Airfares take a dive
The New Grapes of Wrath (Economy & Business)
Struggling farmers face the prospect of deep cuts in federal aid
EDUCATION
Education: Search Rules
The court sets a standard
Education: Suny Red Tape
A study urges a freer structure
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Books: Chemistry Becomes a Muse the Periodic Table by Primo Levi (Books)
by Primo Levi; Schocken; 233 pages; $16.95
Music: High Tide on the Green River (Music)
After nine years, a great new record from John Fogerty
Cinema: Peg-Legged That's Dancing! (Cinema)
Directed and Written by Jack Haley Jr.
Cinema: Same Old Song Blood Simple (Cinema)
Directed by Joel Coen; Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Books: Skulduggery Robert Louis Stevenson and the Beach of Falesa (Books)
Barry Menikoff Stanford; 199 pages; $24.50
Cinema: The Hardy Boys Turn Traitor the Falcon and the Snowman (Cinema)
Video: Troubles on the Home Front (Video)
Sparked by high ratings, TV movies focus on child-parent crises
Books: Westward Ha the Laughter of Carthage (Books)
by Michael Moorcock Random House; 561 pages; $17.95