NATION
Diplomats: Help Is on the Way (American Notes)
Help Is on the Way
Pollution: Muddying the Waters (American Notes)
Muddying the Waters
The Pacific: The Marianas, U.S.A. (American Notes)
The Marianas, U.S.A.
Vermont: It's No Use, Moose (American Notes)
It's No Use, Moose
Weapons: The Cutting Edge (American Notes)
The Cutting Edge
Bad Boys :Investors who went for broke
Investors who went for broke
Jockeying for Position
The U.S. and Iran
The story behind Reagan's dealings with the mullahs
Washington's Cowboys
Election Notebook of Tall Winners, Big Losers, Frogs and a Bird
Notebook of Tall Winners, Big Losers, Frogs and a Bird
Meet the Newest Kennedy
Morning Line: How 1986 might affect 1988
How 1986 might affect 1988
NEW FACES IN THE SENATE
Pen Pal: Lyn Nofziger faces a probe
Lyn Nofziger faces a probe
The Teflon President's Teflon Coattails
The Democrats take the Senate, but have they turned the Reagan tide?
The G.O.P.'s Silver Lining
Republicans close a huge gap in the Governors' races
The Presidency: Seeking a Democratic Vision
Seeking a Democratic Vision
The Rio Grande's Drug Corridor
Smuggling is a growth industry in Starr County, Texas
WORLD
Diplomacy an Aftertaste of Regret
Shultz and Shevardnadze fail to break the arms impasse
Infectious Propaganda
Soviet Union Pacific Overtures
Moscow's moves in the Far East worry Washington
The Philippines Timely Gesture of Support
The armed forces chief comes down squarely behind Aquino
Ireland: Saying So Long to Isolation (World Notes)
Saying So Long to Isolation
Mozambique: Victory for Flexibility (World Notes)
Victory for Flexibility
South Africa: Confessions of a Guerrilla (World Notes)
Confessions of a Guerrilla
South Korea: A Dissident Pulls Out (World Notes)
A Dissident Pulls Out
United Nations: Fighting in the Corridors (World Notes)
Fighting in the Corridors
SCIENCE
Science: Of Fireflies and Tobacco Plants
Researchers create a glow seen around the scientific world
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: A Test for Alzheimer's? (Medicine)
A report this week suggests the disease can be predicted
Medicine: Blood Worries: A new warning about AIDS (Medicine)
A new warning about AIDS
PRESS
Press: Bad Company: Kissinger sues Penthouse
Kissinger sues Penthouse
Press: Newswatch: Being Too Easy on Reagan
Being Too Easy on Reagan
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Best Sellers: Nov. 17, 1986 (Books)
Dennis Hopper: Easy Rider Rides Again
Dennis Hopper back in style
Editor's Choice: Nov. 17, 1986
BUSINESS
A Looser Fed (Economy & Business)
No fights, at least yet
Fast Food: First Big Marx, Now Big Mac (Economy & Business)
First Big Marx, Now Big Mac
Finance: Why Did He Ever Sell It? (Economy & Business)
Why Did He Ever Sell It?
Marketing: Thanks, But Stick 'Em Up (Economy & Business)
Thanks, But Stick 'Em Up
Service: Lying Down on the Job (Economy & Business)
Lying Down on the Job
Takeovers: Local Boy Wins Bride (Economy & Business)
Local Boy Wins Bride
Clash of the Video Merchants (Economy & Business)
As tape dealers multiply, mom-and-pop shops are in peril
The Canadians Come Calling (Economy & Business)
On a shopping spree for stores and skyscrapers
The Not-So-Jolly Advertising Giants (Economy & Business)
Clients are tearing themselves away from the mega-agencies
Yellow Light: GM Will Close Ten Plants (Economy & Business)
GM Will Close Ten Plants
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Video: A Raisin in the Fun: Fresno (Video)
Sunday, Nov. 16, through Thursday, Nov. 20
Books: Bridges the Monkey's Wrench (Books)
by Primo Levi Translated by William Weaver Summit; 173 pages; $15.95
Books: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow the Pianoplayers (Books)
by Anthony Burgess; Arbor House; 208 pages; $16.95
Art: Inventing a Sensory Utopia (Art)
The paintings Matisse did in Nice include some of his best
Books: Medusa Touch Falling Towards England (Books)
by Clive James Norton; 192 pages; $15.95
Video: No Tomorrow: After 35 years, a soap sinks (Video)
After 35 years, a soap sinks
Music: Once Upon a Time in America (Music)
Eight releases explore a land from art rock to Victor Herbert