NATION
He Couldn't Manage Any More
A shooting spree in Iowa underscores the farmers' plight
Look, Ma! No Hands!
Congress embraces a draconian cure for the deficit and dithers on taxes
AIDS: Spitting with Intent to Kill (American Notes)
Spitting with Intent to Kill
Cities: Brother, Can You Spare a Bus? (American Notes)
Brother, Can You Spare a Bus?
Narcotics: A Deadly New Hit (American Notes)
A Deadly New Hit
National: Security Searching Out Falsehood (American Notes)
Security Searching Out Falsehood
Refugees: Sanctuary's Unwanted Visitors (American Notes)
Sanctuary's Unwanted Visitors
Bygones; Let us now praise old enemies
Let us now praise old enemies
In Good Faith:Salvaging affirmative action
Salvaging affirmative action
Numbers That Add Up to Trouble
Sitting It Out
Ferraro skips a Senate race
The Fall of the Screaming Eagles
A charter-jet crash kills 248 members of a famed Airborne unit
The Presidency: Present At the Preservation
Present At the Preservation
WORLD
Argentina Haunted By History
A long-awaited verdict fails to heal the wounds of the "dirty war"
Ethiopia a Forgotten War Rages On
Once more, Eritrean rebels fight off a government offensive
Guatemala Reaffirmation
Cerezo is elected President
Israel Tensions Without and Within
Double troubles with Syrian missiles and a spy case
South Africa Unexpected Courtroom Triumph
Pretoria drops treason charges against twelve activists
The Philippines Getting Their Acts Together
Marcos names a running mate, and his foes form a joint ticket
Colombia: A Miracle in the Mud (World Notes)
A Miracle in the Mud
Emigres: The Curious Sleeping Russian (World Notes)
The Curious Sleeping Russian
Guyana: No Airy-Fairy Socialist (World Notes)
No "Airy-Fairy" Socialist
Prizes: to Win Over Death (World Notes)
"to Win Over Death"
Spain: How Not to Stage a Kidnaping (World Notes)
How Not to Stage a Kidnaping
SOCIETY
Behavior: A Therapist in Every Corner (Behavior)
Harmony was the goal, but participants seemed out of tune
In Savannah: Cooking on the Front Burner (American Scene)
RELIGION
Religion: Honoring the Second Moses
Muslims and Jews unite in paying tribute to a medieval sage
SPORT
Sport: Impressions in Black and White
Of Boston and basketball, boundaries crossed and crisscrossed
STYLE & DESIGN
Design: The Shape of Things to Come (Design)
Time and again, frisky American designers go back to the future
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Contests: Outwitting a Game of Chance
Outwitting a Game of Chance
Entertainment: Child Care with a Silver Screen
Child Care with a Silver Screen
Experiments: The Colonel Goes into Space (Science)
The Colonel Goes into Space
Publishing: The Mobil Man Tells His Tale (Press)
The Mobil Man Tells His Tale
Trade: Bullish on the Russian Bear (Economy & Business)
Bullish on the Russian Bear
Today Things Are Getting Badly Out of Hand (Economy & Business)
Investment Banker Felix Rohatyn attacks the new abuses of takeover madness
A Reunion of Technological Titans (Economy & Business)
Titans Ge and Rca Will Form a Powerhouse in Defense, Electronics and Broadcasting
Let's Make a Deal
A wave of raids and acquisitions is changing the face of U.S. industry
Spoiling for an Oil-Price War (Economy & Business)
Threatening to slash prices, some OPEC ministers stir a panic
BUSINESS
The Texaco Star Strikes Out in Houston (Economy & Business)
A judge upholds a landmark jury decision and awards Pennzoil $11.1 billion
EDUCATION
Education: Balance Or Bias?
A challenge to class "monitors"
Education: Blue-Chip Choice: Yale names a new president
Yale names a new president
LAW
Law: Setting Off the Smoke Alarm
The A.M.A.'s anti-ad campaign strikes legal sparks
Taking the Sixth: Brennan short-circuits a wire
Brennan short-circuits a wire
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Books: A Shelf of Small Wonders (Books)
Tales new and old from Andersen to Sendak
Books: Legacy of a Cranky Colossus (Books)
The death of Robert Graves ends several eras
Cinema: Lower Depths Runaway Train (Cinema)
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky Screenplay by Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel and Edward Bunker
Video: Out of the Series Straitjacket (Video)
Anthology shows bring style and imagination to prime time
Cinema: Rushes: Dec. 23, 1985 (Cinema)
Music: The Maturing of Minimalism (Music)
A stunning new opera from America's avant-garde
Cinema: The Three Faces of Steve the Color Purple (Cinema)
Directed by Steven Spielberg; Screenplay by Menno Meyjes
Art: Tracing the Underground Stream (Art)
In London, a major but uneven survey of German modernism