March 23, 1987 | Vol. 129 No. 12

They Cannot Fend for Themselves

That is why Marian Edelman became a top lobbyist for children

AIDS Becomes a Political Issue

The New Right seeks to make it a litmus test for Republicans

Democrats: Cut Out the Rough Stuff (American Notes)

Cut Out the Rough Stuff

Drugs: A $1.5 Billion Inside Job (American Notes)

A $1.5 Billion Inside Job

Montana: Back to Lewis And Clark? (American Notes)

Back to Lewis And Clark?

Politics: Enter Babbitt, Repeatedly (American Notes)

Enter Babbitt, Repeatedly

The West: Bringing In A Badman (American Notes)

Bringing In A Badman

Campaign Portrait, Bob Dole:Survivor On the Track

Survivor On the Track Dole plugs conservatism with compassion

Congress Shows Its Impatience

Shows Its Impatience With an artful ploy, it registers coolness toward the contras

Richard Perle: Farewell, Dark Prince

Soviets In San Diego?

Washington proposes a sweeping on-site inspection plan

Teen Suicide: Two death pacts shake the country

Two death pacts shake the country

The Dapper Don Beats a Rap

Crime Boss John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering charges

The Presidency: The Establishment Steps In

The Establishment Steps In

Timing Tiff: Immunity now - or later?

Immunity now -- or later?

What the ABM Treaty Means

Treaty Means

Decline of The Superspies

Ecuador Slow Killers

Twin quakes take a brutal toll

Israel Uproar over a Spy

The Pollard case sparks new U.S.-Israeli tensions

Japan: A Whiff of Blood In the Water

A Whiff of Blood In the Water Furor over a tax plan

Mexico Let Us Now Await the Hidden One

The ruling party prepares to pick a presidential candidate

South Africa 306 Solutions to a Baffling Problem

Solutions to a Baffling Problem A new book presents an intriguing scenario for the future

Czechoslovakia: An End to All That Jazz (World Notes)

An End to All That Jazz

Disasters: Grief and a Ghost Ship (World Notes)

Grief and a Ghost Ship

Lebanon: Bed Check In Beirut (World Notes)

Bed Check In Beirut

Nigeria: When Passions Spill Over (World Notes)

When Passions Spill Over

Soviet Union: Moonshine on The Volga (World Notes)

Moonshine on The Volga

A Super Stargazer: Robert Evans (Cover Story)

Supernova! (Cover Story)

Scientists are agog over the brightest exploding star in 383 years

The Fate of the Sun (Cover Story)

In Illinois: The Longest Jury Trial Drones On (American Scene)

The Wages of Sin (Sexes)

Sexes: When The Date Turns into Rape (Sexes)

Too often the attacker is the clean-cut acquaintance next door

Press: Hard Times at a Can-Do Network

After new layoffs, a debate rages over the future of CBS News

Religion: Technology and The Womb

Rome denounces some rapidly spreading methods of conception

Sport: Springing for The Check

How hard was Forbes Field? Forbes Field was so hard . . .

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