NATION
Sunk by Star Wars (Cover Stories)
An impasse over SDI zaps Gorbachev's briefcase full of proposals
Essay: On the Field of Ancient Peacemaking (Essay)
Reykjavik Summit: T shirts, Teacups and Togas
ReykjavÃk plays host--and may never be the same again
Soviet Spin Control
The Presidency: I Think I Have Some Room to Maneuver (The Presidency)
The Long Road to Reykjavik
Both sides in Iceland were dealing with the legacy of a minisummit held 19 years ago in Glassboro, N.J., that preceded a dramatic buildup in the nuclear-arms race
By Robert S. McNamara (Long Road to Reykjavik)
Democratic Governors Under Siege
The G.O.P. takes aim at a 34-16 majority in state executives
Bernard Kalb's Modest Dissent
The State Department spokesman quits over disinformation
WORLD
Nicaragua: Shot Out of the Sky (Nicaragua)
A captured U.S. soldier of fortune spins a tale of CIA intrigue
Death in El Salvador
Terrorism: Questions About a Damascus Connection (Terrorism)
Suspicions harden in London and Paris about Syria's role in recent attacks
An Interview with Hafez Assad
From Syria's President, denials of terrorism and accusations against Israel
South Africa: Striking Back (South Africa)
Pretoria retaliates for sanctions
Pakistan: No Shortcut: Benazir's strategic retreat (Pakistan)
Benazir's strategic retreat
SCIENCE
Science: A Scary Accident at Sea
Despite early fears, a nuclear-sub disaster poses no danger
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Do They Really Want to Know? (Medicine)
A new test confounds potential Huntington's disease victims
SOCIETY
In New Mexico: A Local Voice (American Scene)
PRESS
Press: A Power Shift Within the Kingdom
After 17 years, a changing of the guard at the New York Times
Max Frankel: A One-Newspaper Man
RELIGION
Religion: A Sinister Search for Identity
Far-right groups use theology to justify violence and racism
SPORT
Sport: Marathon of the Masters
Kasparov beats Karpov to retain his world chess title
They're Off Down Under
TECHNOLOGY
Computers: A Victory for the Pirates? (Computers)
Software firms abandon their key defense against illegal copying
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Table of Contents, Oct 20 1986 (Table of Contents)
A Letter from the Publisher: Oct. 20, 1986 (A Letter From The Publisher)
Of All People
Pursuing the paramount impulse
Card Tricks: Uncovering a LaRouche scam (Nation)
Uncovering a LaRouche scam
Congress's Hidden Goodies (Nation)
American Notes Oct 20, 1986 (Nation)
World Notes: Oct. 20, 1986 (World)
Monty Python in the Boardroom (Economy & Business)
Comic John Cleese gets laughs with corporate training films
Milestones: Oct. 20, 1986 (Milestones)
BUSINESS
Takeover Tugs-of-War (Economy & Business)
Icahn grabs for USX, and Armacost gives up the fight at BankAmerica
IBM: It's Not Easy Being Blue (Economy & Business)
IBM is stumbling but expects help from a new computer line
Mazda University: American workers study kaizen (Economy & Business)
American workers study kaizen
Can You Believe This Price? (Economy & Business)
Impulse buying comes to TV as home-shopping shows sizzle
Business Notes: Oct. 20, 1986 (Economy & Business)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Books: The Postman Rings Forever (Books)
NO DIRECTION HOME by Robert Shelton; Morrow; 573 pages; $17.95
Books: Revisions (Books)
VN: THE LIFE AND ART OF VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Cinema: Kiss Shots off the Eight Ball (Cinema)
THE COLOR OF MONEY Directed by Martin Scorsese Screenplay by Richard Price
Miracle Worker: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (Cinema)
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
Whimsies of the Sex Wars YOU NEVER CAN TELL (Theater)
YOU NEVER CAN TELL by George Bernard Shaw
Show Business: Raiders of the Lost Art (Show Business)
The "colorizing" of old movies has directors seeing red
Books: The Nose Knows: PERFUME (Books)
PERFUME