Table of ContentsThe Metaphysician's Last Exit At 90, the Italian father of surrealist art diesIn New York: Much Ado About "It"The Final Secret A leader leads no moreUp From Down Under A festival shows off the skills of Aussie film makersA Rainbow Of Colorful Reading Children's literature shows new blends of fantasy, facts and funIn The Arena The Crown vs. Jeremy ThorpeMaster Of Persuasiva Andreotti faces trying times--as usualCool Carol And The Dragon Lady Two activist regulators draw fire from Nader and industryAn End To Iranian Dreams Tomorrow's grand plans are lost to pay for todayLetting Go Castro offers to unlock the jailsRestiveness On The Right A Franco rally and an abortive plot stir concern for democracyAvon Calling And Tiffany answersRelative Calm But the test is yet to comeOil From China Peking seeks U.S. expertiseBarring The Boat People A disaster points up the plight of Viet Nam's seaborne escapeesMao Tse-Tung To The Wall The further deglorification of the Great HelmsmanTurning Point? The growth slowsSlouching Toward Oslo Can they accept a peace prize without a peace treaty?No.1 And Still Climbing For Penn State, once football's Avis, winning never HertzClass WarParty PooperThe Lure Of DoomsdayTruce In Paris UNESCO delegates drop a threat to curb the newsThe Case For A Living Link Pygmy chimp may be the common ancestor of man and apeFurry Funnels Are polar bears really white?Ballet Dancing On The Ice Olympic Champ John Curry turns old sport into new artWhat Would Jefferson Say?A Crazy Quilt Of Liquor Laws North Carolina goes wet, but some others are drying upPeopleShowdown On Fleet Street London's Times and Sunday Times challenge the unionsCarter's Cutters Vs. The Bulge A fiscal-political battle that will leave "blood on the floor"Messiah From The Midwest The sad story of a boy and his BibleDeadlock An election tie that bindsUnsinkable Ham Jordan There's more to his new look than just those suitsMilestonesThe Painkillers Brain chemists are honoredNightmare In Jonestown A religious colony in Guyana turns into a cult of deathGaudy Reign Of The Disco Queen Still tops in the clubs, Donna Summer wants a wider audienceLettersIndexStir Over Darvon False alarm, or a real one?A Letter From The PublisherEurope's Slumping Industries Squeezed by imports, some big old sectors struggle to innovateWhat Is Left In Tax Shelters Some remain, though many have been blown away by a new lawHero Wordship Lexicography views geographyTeaching Children At Home Believing they can do it better, parents shun schools
