NATION
A Warrior Elite For the Dirty Jobs
America's growing Special Forces seek a role
The Presidency: A Wish for Clear Sky (The Presidency)
If It's Flat, Develop It
A construction boom shakes California's posh Palm Springs
A Rampancy of Writers
Mailer and Manhattan brace for an international literary gala
Horizontal Elevator to Nowhere
Detroit's People Mover is over budget and behind schedule
No Escape: A murderous echo of the past
A murderous echo of the past
WORLD
Middle East: An Eye for an Eye (Middle East)
Israel and the U.S. ponder how to avenge the airport massacres
Keeping Fear at Bay: European Airport Security
Master of Mystery and Murder: Abu Nidal
For the shadowy Abu Nidal, terror is a way of life
Diplomacy: Syrian Detour (Diplomacy)
Jordan's Hussein meets Assad
Pakistan: A Grudging Return to Democracy (Pakistan)
Zia lifts martial law and restores the constitution
South Africa: She Brings Us Together (South Africa)
An activist is mourned, and the blood keeps flowing
Haiti: Small Stirrings of Change (Haiti)
As unrest deepens, "Baby Doc" shakes up his Cabinet
SCIENCE
Science: Hanging the Universe on Strings
A bizarre new theory may unite the forces of nature
SOCIETY
In Illinois: Victims of Grand Boulevard (American Scene)
SPORT
Sport: One Champion After All
Gratefully, the nation and Oklahoma survive Bowl Day
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Table of Contents, Jan 13 1986 (Table of Contents)
A Letter from the Publisher: Jan. 13, 1986 (A Letter From The Publisher)
Nation: In Front, but for How Long? (Nation / Nation)
Hart quits the '86 Senate race to prepare for a bigger one
American Notes: Jan 13, 1986 (Nation)
World Notes: Jan. 13, 1986 (World)
Milestones: Jan. 13, 1986 (Milestones)
BUSINESS
Super Savings in the Skies (Economy & Business / Cover Stories)
The airlines shout "Happy New Year!" with a rousing round of price cuts
A Yankee Preacher in the Pilot's Seat (Economy & Business)
People Express Founder Donald Burr gives his workers freedom but also sermons on doing better
Is There Cause for Fear of Flying? (Economy & Business)
Despite an alarming outbreak of accidents, air travel remains remarkably safe
Business Notes: Jan. 13, 1986 (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
Education: Unhappy Times in Cambridge
A Mideast scholar loses a directorship over CIA funding
Joy in Gotham: A woman dean for Columbia
A woman dean for Columbia
LAW
Law: Second Thoughts About No-Fault
Simplified divorce raises a new set of problems
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Edward R. Murrow: Tackling a TV News Legend (Video)
A movie on Edward R. Murrow renews a debate on docudramas
Books: PEOPLE WILL TALK (Books)
PEOPLE WILL TALK by John Kobal; Knopf; 752 pages; $25
Power Struggle (Economy & Business)
GREED AND GLORY ON WALL STREET
Books: Game 3: LONDON MATCH (Books)
LONDON MATCH
Music: In the Heart of the Country (Music)
The Judds make sweet harmony straight from the roots
Art: American Renaissance Man (Art)
In New York, a powerful retrospective of Saint-Gaudens
Theater: Robust Aroma of Tradition (Theater)
Canada's Stratford company tours the U.S.
Show Business: Bring Back the Moguls! (Show Business)
Golan and Globus show Hollywood an old thing or two
Cinema: Growing Up, Old and Fat (Cinema)
From Britain, Hollywood and Germany, parables for 1986
MILESTONES
Bill Veeck: 1914-1986
Bill Veeck: 1914-1986