NATION
Abortion: Preaching to the Chinese (American Notes)
Preaching to the Chinese
Accidents: The Wayward H-Bomb (American Notes)
The Wayward H-Bomb
California: A Message for Pretoria (American Notes)
A Message for Pretoria
Charity: Many Hands, Few Dollars (American Notes)
Many Hands, Few Dollars
New Mexico: Proud Eagles, Tragic Fall (American Notes)
Proud Eagles, Tragic Fall
Bitter Harvest
"There Is a Sadness on the Land"
Can Daddy's Team Be Beaten?
Robert Kennedy's two eldest children face their first primaries
Justice for the Principal Agent
Jerry Whitworth's espionage earns a 365-year sentence
One Family's Bankruptcy
"We Are Trying to Maintain Our Self-Respect and a Degree of Dignity"
Salt Stall
Buying time for a summit
Shadowboxing with Gaddafi
U.S. Maneuvers Trigger Rumors About a New Strike Against Libya
Too Much of a Good Thing
Agriculture's worldwide boom has produced misery to share
Unwelcome Guests
Weekend Warriors No More
The beefed-up National Guard moves out from the home front
WORLD
Cameroon the Lake of Death
A lethal cloud devastates three villages, killing at least 1,700 people
Do Not Enter
Putting a curb on immigration
Mexico the Hunters Become the Hunted
American drug agents come under verbal and physical attack
South Africa Barricades in a Black Township
The crackdown on rent strikers brings more bloodshed to Soweto
Soviet Union We Are Still Not Satisfied
Doubt and mistrust prevail as scientists discuss Chernobyl
West Germany Schizophrenia in the Ranks
The opposition moves left
Cuba: Fidel on Cigars: No More (World Notes)
Fidel on Cigars: "No More"
Bolivia: Collapse of a House of Tin (World Notes)
Collapse of a House of Tin
France: The Flames of Paradise (World Notes)
The Flames of Paradise
India: And Now, Gurkhaland (World Notes)
And Now, Gurkhaland
Soviet Union: Home for a Wild Card (World Notes)
Home for a Wild Card
SCIENCE
Environment: A Scourge of Alien Insects (Environment)
Some nasty bugs from abroad are creeping through Customs
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: AIDS: Prejudice and Progress (Medicine)
Of an eighth-grader, a football player and infected insects
RELIGION
Religion: The Pope's Youthful New Jesuits
The spirited Comunione e Liberazione works to reform society
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
American Scene in New Hampshire: and You're a Winner! (American Scene)
Going Beyond Illustration
An iconoclastic exhibition examines photojournalism as an art
BUSINESS
Advertising: Sprucing Up a Heartthrob (Economy & Business)
Sprucing Up a Heartthrob
Banking: The Check Is in the Pail (Economy & Business)
The Check Is in the Pail
Law Firms: Legal Eagles on the Wing (Economy & Business)
Legal Eagles on the Wing
Pharmaceuticals: Going Price for Poison (Economy & Business)
Going Price for Poison
Takeovers: A Stand for Raiders' Rights (Economy & Business)
A Stand for Raiders' Rights
Honda in a Hurry (Economy & Business)
Detroit faces a creative new foreign challenger
Mr. Puttnam Goes to Hollywood (Economy & Business)
A movie maverick takes over as chairman at Columbia Pictures
Prime Cut: Rates drop, but to what avail? (Economy & Business)
Rates drop, but to what avail?
The Perils of Competition (Economy & Business)
Frontier files for bankruptcy as Eastern's merger stalls
EDUCATION
Education: A Schoale and How It Grew
Harvard has seen all things, even goldfish, come and go
Education: Happy Birthday, Fair Harvard!
At 350, is it still No. 1 in academe?
Education: Setting All the Parts in Harmony
Derek Bok steers Harvard through change by consensus
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Cinema: Liverpool After the Beatles (Cinema)
Books: Never Apologize, Always Explain the Fifties (Books)
by Edmund Wilson; Edited by Leon Edel Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 663 pages; $25
Books: Psycho-Alchemy (Books)
Steve Earle: The Color of Country (Music)
Steve Earle, a Lone Star Everyman, delivers the goods
Theater: Tyrants, Yuppies and the Bard (Theater)
Two fine companies highlight San Diego's lively stage scene