April 20, 1987 | Vol. 129 No. 16

A Tale of Urban Greed

Wedtech's web of corruption stretches beyond New York

California: Blues for A Butterfly (American Notes)

Blues for A Butterfly

Chicago: Washington's Victory Song (American Notes)

Washington's Victory Song

Politics: Two More for The Road (American Notes)

Two More for The Road

Taxes: Many Unhappy Returns (American Notes)

Many Unhappy Returns

Toys: Deadly Gunplay (American Notes)

Deadly Gunplay

Congress's Case

New evidence on Iranscam

And To Keep Our Honor Clean

The Marines struggle to live up to their hymn and their code of Semper Fidelis

Crawling with Bugs

The embassy spy scandal widens, affecting Marines and diplomats

Getting Snookered

The Art of High-Tech Snooping

How nigh-invisible devices can get under an embassy's skin

The Presidency: When in Moscow . . .

When in Moscow . . .

Hinckley's Hope: He seeks a day on the town

He seeks a day on the town

How Many Fingers on the Button?

Too many, as a new novel called State Scarlet points out

All in The Family

Czechoslovakia: Smiling Mike Wows 'Em in Prague

Smiling Mike Wows 'Em in Prague 19 years after the tanks, Gorbachev comes calling

Guatemala Giving Democracy A Chance

While the generals watch, a civilian President moves gingerly

Israel Sagging Spirits

Coalition squabbles and a spate of scandals dampen a holiday

Middle East: Time for Negotiations

Shamir: I Think It Will Pass

Soviet Union Gateway to the Gulag

Gateway to the Gulag Magadan is rich in gold but short on memory of its past

China: Adventures in The Skin Trade (World Notes)

Adventures in The Skin Trade

Disasters: The Ferry's Grim Toll Rises (World Notes)

The Ferry's Grim Toll Rises

Egypt: Victory Now, Victory Later (World Notes)

Victory Now, Victory Later

Nuclear Weapons: Tales of Two Secret Pacts (World Notes)

Tales of Two Secret Pacts

South Korea: Opposition In Disarray (World Notes)

Opposition In Disarray

Environment: Dead Cats, Toxins and Typhoid (Environment)

Clean-up time for the New River, an international irritant

Environment: More Violent Hurricanes? (Environment)

Medicine: Progress In Parkinsonism (Medicine)

Medicine: The End of the Beginning? (Medicine)

A controversial cancer treatment shows new promise

Living: Here Come the DINKs (Living)

Double-income, no-kids couples are the latest subset

In Iowa: Rolling Toward Peoria (American Scene)

Ethics: Problems Of Crime and Punishment (Ethics)

Should the U.S. use Soviet evidence against accused war criminals?

Religion: Once More, the Sound of Music

Translators offer U.S. Roman Catholics a stylish New Testament

Sport: Racism At Bat

No monument for Jackie

Sport: Too Moving to Be Mayhem

With courage and craft, Sugar Ray Leonard comes back

Computers: Driving by the Glow of a Screen (Computers)

Electronic maps put a high-tech fantasy on the dashboard

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