NATION
Into a Daunting New Year
For the budget, tax reform and arms control 1986 could be a watershed
The Presidency: No Longer a Flawed Institution (The Presidency)
WORLD
Terrorism: Ten Minutes of Horror (Terrorism)
In well-timed attacks, gunmen bring carnage to Rome and Vienna airports
South Africa: Bringing the War to Whites (South Africa)
A surge in violence dims prospects for the new year
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Most Of '85: Goodbye to Gumbo and All That (Food / Most Of '85)
For cooks, it was a year of new technology and old techniques
SPORT
Sport: This Was How-wud Co-sssell
Speaking in spurts on the passing of a tremendous earache
STYLE & DESIGN
Best Of '85: Breaking Out of the Box (Design / Best Of '85)
A year of renewed traditionalism, plus quirks and fantasy
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Letter from the Publisher: Jan. 6, 1986 (A Letter From The Publisher)
Table of Contents, Jan 6 1986 (Table of Contents)
Milestones: Jan. 6, 1986 (Milestones)
Man Of The Year: Leaders Eager to Advance: China (Man Of The Year / Man Of The Year)
The next generation of leaders will help decide whether reforms succeed or fail
The Terrorist: An Implacable Enemy of This World (Man Of The Year)
Bob Geldof: All-Out Aid: Rock's New Spirit (Man of the Year / Bob Geldof)
Nelson Mandela: His Eloquent Silence Speaks to the Future (Man Of The Year)
Test-Ban Talks? The two sides show some give (Nation)
The two sides show some give
Slice of Vice: More Miami cops are arrested (Nation)
More Miami cops are arrested
Up in Smoke; A jury snuffs a cigarette suit (Nation)
A jury snuffs a cigarette suit
Fruitycake: A yummy MIL-F-14499F (Nation)
A yummy MIL-F-14499F
Bookends: Frank Sinatra, My Father (Books)
FRANK SINATRA, MY FATHER
BUSINESS
The Year of Big Splashes (Economy & Business)
Scandals and scares, booms and busts made 1985 a period of tumult
Bubbly Times for Bulls (Economy & Business)
Wall Street is toasting a record-breaking market
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Video: Seems Just Like Old Times:MARY (Video)
MARY; CBS; Wednesdays, 8 p.m. E.S.T.
Cinema: Losing Battle (Cinema)
REVOLUTION
Cinema: Noisy Ride: THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (Cinema)
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
Theater: Dark Comedy: BENEFACTORS (Theater)
BENEFACTORS by Michael Frayn
Mirror of Dazzling Chaos THE GOOD APPRENTICE (Books)
THE GOOD APPRENTICE by Iris Murdoch; Viking; 522 pages; $18.95
Show Business: Rin-Tin-Tin Doesn't Talk (Show Business)
A treasure chest of Hollywood lore in Inside Warner Bros.
Music: Voices from the Past (Music)
The Mapleson cylinders preserve some of opera's legendary stars
SPECIAL SECTION
China: Old Wounds Deng Xiaoping (Man Of The Year / Cover Story)
Deng Xiaoping leads a far-reaching, audacious but risky Second Revolution
Deng Xiaoping: The Comeback Comrade (Man Of The Year)
In a tumultuous career spanning 60 years and countless crises, Deng Xiaoping has been down three times but never out
A Country Changes Course: Sichuan, China (Man Of The Year: Deng Xiaoping)
The winds of reform have swept over China with unequal force, each area adapting to Deng Xiaoping's policies in its own way
Breath of Fresh Air: China International Trust and Investment Corporation (Man Of The Year)
Led by a former capitalist, a savvy state-owned firm woos foreign investment
Other Heresies: Hungary (Man Of The Year)
In Eastern Europe, too, governments have been trying to make Communism work better. Neither of the two that have gone furthest in producing variations of the system is directly comparable to poor, agrarian China. But one shares China's penchant for econom
China's Faces of the Future (Man of the Year)
See them playing, laughing, sleeping. These children seem hardly the stuff of revolution, yet it is they who will inherit the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. Like the child in the too large parka above, China's youth must grow into Deng's vision. The numbers are huge (a Peking maternity ward and street crossing in Shanghai), but the new order offers fresh opportunities for individual effort (at the piano and dancing in kindergarten). In Suzhou, a grandmother remains a cherished link to the past. Near the Great Wall, a toddler bundled for the cold awaits the future.