COVER
STAR WARS AT THE CROSSROADS
Amid arms-control maneuvers and budget battles, SDI nears a moment of truth
STRATEGIC QUESTIONS
Will SDI bring greater nuclear stability--or less?
SCIENTIFIC HURDLES
From sensors to software, the needs are daunting
GRAND COMPROMISE
SDI could end the arms-control stalemate
WHAT THE SOVIETS ARE DOING
NATION
ABORTION'S SHRINKING MAJORITY
The right-to-life movement loses a pair of controversial decisions
THE G.O.P. LITMUS TEST
NASA TAKES A BEATING
The Rogers commission blames the agency for an avoidable accident
CALL TO ARMS
Military action against drugs
THE PRESIDENCY ''I'VE MELLOWED A BIT''
CONTRETEMPS
Snags in the push for aid
CHILL FACTOR
Publishers fight a porn label
AIDS POISED FOR A BREAKOUT
CLOSING THE BELUSHI CASE
LAST LAUNCH FOR A SHIPYARD
THE ENEMY WITHIN
CLEVELAND'S NEIGHBORLY WAY
WORLD
AUSTRIA LAST HURRAHS Few smiles after a big victory
WORLD NOTES JAPAN A PANDER TO PUBLIC OPINION
WORLD NOTES EAST GERMANY DIPLOMATIC RETREAT
MEXICO DEAD MEN DON'T PAY UP Almost everything is going wrong at the same time
HAITI AT THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO A government hangs on for life
Pripyat, near Chernobyl, after the disaster
WORLD NOTES FRANCE COURTING FAVOR WITH KHOMEINI
SOUTH AFRICA THE BOOT COMES DOWN Emergency rule declared amid unrest and outrage
WORLD NOTES BRITAIN RANDY ANDY'S NEW TUNE
PANAMA SHADY BUSINESS Heat is on the top general
LIBYA SHELL-SHOCKED The colonel missed the party
WORLD NOTES SRI LANKA TERROR STRIKES TRAVELERS
HEALTH & MEDICINE
OF TELEVISION AND TRANSPLANTS An infant's life is saved, but TV's role raises questions of fairness (Medicine)
SOCIETY
IN ALASKA, THE PARTY IS ON A light-struck wilderness awes new visitors (Living)
PRESS
GIVE US YOUR TV CAMERAS But only for 16 minutes, unless they belong to ABC
RELIGION
IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM Fundamentalists consolidate power among Southern Baptists
SPORT
Sport: In a Green Field, in the Sun
From the Ivy to the National League, a Renaissance man on deck