NATION
Ronald Reagan: Anxiety over an Ailing President (Cover Stories)
Reagan's unexpected surgery
The Perplexing, and Sometimes Perilous, Polyp (Cover Stories)
Who's Minding the Store?
Delicate questions arise on the transfer of presidential power
Exit the Whiz Kid
Stockman heads for Wall Street
Cooking the Books
Washington fights the deficit with creative accounting
It's the Worst Ever
A fire-fighting crew of record size battles blazes in 14 states
SCIENCE
Science: Return of the Pterosaur
After 65 million years, an ancient creature will fly again
Environment: The Colorless, Odorless Killer (Environment)
A million U.S. homes may be contaminated by deadly radon
SOCIETY
Living: For a Change, Ethical Pursuit (Living)
The newest Canadian import makes a game out of morality
PRESS
Like a Pinup: Navel battle of the newsstands
Navel battle of the newsstands
Newswatch: TV Examines Its Excesses (Newswatch)
RELIGION
Religion: What Sort of Jew Was Jesus?
A rabbi offers a provocative theory on Christianity's origins
SPORT
Sport: Everyone's Wild over Bobele
The Wimbledon winner "just plays, says thank you and goodbye"
STYLE & DESIGN
Design: Outlawing the Modern Skyscraper (Design)
San Francisco adopts restrictive new urban-development rules
TECHNOLOGY
Computers: Star Wars and Software (Computers)
The defense system's crucial link may be the program that runs it
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Suffering In Secrecy (Nation)
Past leaders hid illnesses
American Notes: Jul 22, 1985 (Nation)
World Notes: Jul. 22, 1985 (World)
Rude Noises: CAPTAIN MAXIMUS
CAPTAIN MAXIMUS
Interiors: The Roosevelts
BEFORE THE TRUMPET: YOUNG FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, 1882-1905
WORLD
South Africa: Apartheid's New Upheaval (South Africa)
As black townships simmer, divestiture divides the U.S.
Lebanon: Fingering the Hijackers (Lebanon)
Names are named, but the U.S. doubts that justice will be done
Middle East: Crackdown on Jewish Militants (Middle East)
West Bank violence is punished and suicide bombers strike
Southeast Asia: Wary U.S. Aid Envoys seek to end a conflict (Southeast Asia)
Envoys seek to end a conflict
Disasters: Deep Grab (Disasters)
"Black boxes" are recovered
Mexico: Mean Machine: The government wins again (Mexico)
The government wins again
Kenya: A Global Feminist Critique (Kenya)
In Nairobi, two conferences assess women's progress
BUSINESS
Coca-Cola's Big Fizzle (Economy & Business)
Consumer revolt forces the company to bring back the old, familiar flavor
E.F. Hutton's Simmering Scandal (Economy & Business)
More and more questions are raised about the investment firm
Business Notes: Jul. 22, 1985 (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
Education: And Now, a Teacher Shortage
Sunbelt school systems are caught with their rosters short
LAW
Law: The Power of Justice William Brennan
How a canny liberal became the court's master strategist
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: Rocking the Global Village (Music)
The Live Aid concerts raise big bucks, tall hopes and a few hackles
Books: Apocalypse in the Living Room CARPENTER'S GOTHIC (Books)
CARPENTER'S GOTHIC by William Gaddis; Viking; 262 pages; $16.95
Video: Nighttime's Master of the Mike (Video)
In a tower of babble, Larry King is riding high
Theater: Bard, Bible and Forklift Truck (Theater)
In London, imaginative revivals highlight the season
Cinema: The Postapocalypse Rings Thrice: MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (Cinema)
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME Directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie; Screenplay by Terry Hayes and George Miller
Cinema: Cuisinartistry (Cinema)
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