February 2, 1987 | Vol. 129 No. 5

A Latter-Day Forger

The author of faked Mormon papers pleads guilty to murder

A Shield Against Arms Control

Weinberger calls for an early deployment of SDI

Aviation: A Rash of Collisions (American Notes)

A Rash of Collisions

California: And Baby Makes Two (American Notes)

And Baby Makes Two

Convention Sites: Hostage to $50 Million (American Notes)

"Hostage" to $50 Million

New Mexico: Taking It Off Together (American Notes)

Taking It Off Together

Oregon: A Blast from The Past (American Notes)

A Blast from The Past

Attitudes In Black and White

Black and White

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Cold Turkey

A ban on smoking -- at home

Double-Dealing Over Iran

CIA squabbling may have led to the arms-for-hostages scandal

Flocking Together on Trade

Congress and Reagan move toward a bill on "competitiveness"

Jesse Helms And Les Aspin

And the stress on seniority

Racism On The Rise

From Howard Beach to Forsyth County

Slow Descent into Hell

China: A Crackdown Campaign Goes

A Crackdown Campaign Goes On Peking purges liberals and slows economic reforms

Soviet Union Siren Songs from Moscow

Exiled artists receive an offer that may be hard to refuse

Terrorism: A Frenzy of Hostage Taking

A Frenzy of Hostage Taking Eight are kidnaped in Beirut after a hijack suspect's arrest

The Gulf: The Long Siege of Basra

The Long Siege of Basra Iraqi defenders stall an Iranian assault on a strategic city

The Philippines Death In Manila

A shooting leaves Aquino in trouble

Thinking About Home

Ireland: Deciding To Split (World Notes)

Deciding To Split

Italy: Supper Hours Are Ending (World Notes)

Supper Hours Are Ending

South Korea: Admission Of Torture (World Notes)

Admission Of Torture

Thailand: A Rite of Forgiveness (World Notes)

A Rite of Forgiveness

Yugoslavia: Bon Voyage To an Old Rebel (World Notes)

Bon Voyage To an Old Rebel

Health & Fitness: Ads That Shatter an Old Taboo (Health & Fitness)

Fear over AIDS puts condom commercials on TV

Health & Fitness: Campaigns Round the World (Health & Fitness)

Round the World

Ethics: Fateful Decisions on Treating AIDS (Ethics)

New drugs and future vaccines confront doctors with tough choices

Computers: The Wall Comes Tumbling Down (Computers)

Apple and IBM reach for common ground

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