SPORT
Baseball: A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose (Cover Stories)
All it takes is 200 hits for 20 years and then 192 more
Baseball: A Win for the Fans (Cover Stories)
The owners balk, the players walk, then Ueberroth gets the save
Failures Can't Come Home (Sports / Cover Stories)
Sport: The Benefits Not in a Contract
A weekend of excellence sets up a joyful contrast
NATION
A Spy Ring Goes to Court
One quick conviction, but the list of missing secrets grows
Witnesses and Revelations
Once again, the Administration is beset by contra controversy
Over Hill, over Dale...
Tomorrow's weapons are being designed today
The Presidency: Teaching What He Practiced (The Presidency)
Disarming Tiff: Moscow's propaganda edge
Moscow's propaganda edge
Visions of Lecture Lucre
Orators assemble in Washington to hear and be heard
SCIENCE
Science: Challenger's Agony and Ecstasy
A shuttle mission that began in near disaster ends in triumph
PRESS
Press: Quiche Eaters, Read No Further
Soldier of Fortune, ten years old, wants only the macho
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Letter from the Publisher: Aug. 19, 1985 (A Letter From The Publisher)
This Could Be Ground Zero: Throngs recall the Bomb (Nation)
Throngs recall the Bomb
Gunning for Sergeant York (Nation)
American Notes: Aug 19,1985 (Nation)
Bishop Tutu's Hopes and Fears (World)
Despite anger and repression, he continues to see goodwill
World Notes: Aug. 19, 1985 (World)
Shattered Hopes for Synfuels (Economy & Business)
A flagship energy project is threatened with a shutdown
Business Notes: Aug. 19, 1985 (Economy & Business)
People: Aug. 19, 1985 (People)
Newswatch: Getting Even Without Winning (Newswatch)
Air Inapparent (Science)
Seeking antique atmosphere
Upbeats: OPERA AND IDEAS: FROM MOZART TO STRAUSS (Books)
OPERA AND IDEAS: FROM MOZART TO STRAUSS
Milestones: Aug. 19, 1985 (Milestones)
Bookends: Aug. 19, 1985 (Books)
WORLD
South Africa: Gathering Hints of Change (South Africa)
As the violence worsens, Botha appears to be considering reforms
A Burial with Dignity
West Germany: People Were Crying and Bleeding (West Germany)
Two Americans die in a car-bomb attack on a U.S. air base
Middle East: Empty Chairs (Middle East)
Syria boycotts an Arab summit
France: Uncovering a French Connection (France)
A secret service is accused of terrorist activities
China: The World's Largest City (China)
Chongqing sees sweeping change and novel experiments
Pakistan: Test of Wills (Pakistan)
Another Bhutto troubles Zia
Britain: Off the Air (Britain)
BBC journalists go on strike
BUSINESS
Turner Takes On Hollywood (Economy & Business)
Spurned by CBS, the cable-TV pioneer adds MGM to his empire
Closing In:Carl Icahn encircles TWA (Economy & Business)
Carl Icahn encircles TWA
Washday Blues: Profits in a spin at P & G (Economy & Business)
Profits in a spin at P & G
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Treating Reagan's Pimple (Medicine)
Skin cancer afflicts some 500,000 Americans each year
No-Win Situation (Medicine)
Just the Facts: Networks reject a TV spot (Medicine)
Networks reject a TV spot
Girth Control: Debate over age and weight (Medicine)
Debate over age and weight
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: When the Style Is No Style (Music)
In Santa Fe, eclecticism marks two new operas
Photography: Images of a Dark Century (Photography)
A master photojournalist is celebrated in Texas
Books: Rising Sun and Shady Nights (Books)
PICTURES FROM THE WATER TRADE by John David Morley
Cinema: Such Fun Singing the Blahs (Cinema)
Three caustic new films help revive the British cinema
Cinema: Guess Who Flunked the IQ Test? (Cinema)
A new teenpic is smarter than Cimino's Dragon screed