August 24, 1987 | Vol. 130 No. 8

Accidents: Mountainside Tragedy (American Notes)

Mountainside Tragedy

Biotechnology: The Renegade Researcher (American Notes)

The Renegade Researcher

Chutzpah: Whose Fault Is It Anyway? (American Notes)

Whose Fault Is It Anyway?

New York: Rotten Apples Upstate Too (American Notes)

Rotten Apples Upstate Too

Politics: A Woman's Place (American Notes)

A Woman's Place

Defining The Real Robert Bork

Battle lines are drawn over the Supreme Court nominee

Down And Out And No Place to Go

The dashed dreams of one Newark family

Lethal Doses: Police probe 34 deaths

Police probe 34 deaths

Life And Death With the Gangs

Michael was a home boy; Kellie dreamed of modeling . . .

Never Give Up: Reagan is apologetic, but still defiant

Reagan is apologetic, but still defiant

Spilled Beans: A defector bares Cuban secrets

A defector bares Cuban secrets

The Ghetto: From Bad to Worse

The wounds of the 1967 riots still fester

Central America Cursed Are the Peacemakers

Are the Peacemakers The battle over two accords spreads confusion and anger

Meanwhile, In El Salvador . . .

Duarte hopes the proposal will repair his tattered image

South Africa Trouble from Belowground

Nearly 300,000 miners walk up from the job

South Korea Out on the Street

More strikes for more pay

The Gulf Here a Mine, There a Mine

Khomeini sows more mischief in the sea

Who Needs the Gulf, Anyway?

Britain: No More Dead Afternoons (World Notes)

No More "Dead Afternoons"

Chad: Libya Suffers Another Hit (World Notes)

Libya Suffers Another Hit

Espionage: Feet Across The Border (World Notes)

Feet Across The Border

Refugees: The Journey Without End (World Notes)

The Journey Without End

The Philippines: Take Your Seat, Please (World Notes)

Take Your Seat, Please

Environment: No Time for Termites (Environment)

Environment: Stalagmites And Stunning Vistas (Environment)

Great Basin is Nevada's majestic new national park

Medicine: New Clues to Detecting a Killer (Medicine)

Researchers zero in on the genetic causes of colon cancer

Living: A Peach Of a Drink (Living)

Ethics: Battling Over Birth Policy (Ethics)

Is it racist to urge the West to have more babies?

In Missouri: Outdoor Work, Very Heavy Lifting (American Scene)

Living: Paradise, Down Mexico Way (Living)

Americans who settle near Lake Chapala find the sweet life

Batty Balls: Unkindest Cuts of all

Unkindest cuts of all

Sport: Heavy Harps and Pan Am Heroes

The western hemisphere rehearses for the next Olympics

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Vol. 130 No. 8

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