Table of ContentsBUSINESS NOTES WEAPONS HEY, GET YOUR TOMMY GUNS BUSINESS NOTES INVESTMENTS THE LIBERTY- COIN CRAZE BUSINESS NOTES PRODUCTS COATING OF MANY COLORS TURNING AWAY FROM Dirigisme Under a new regime, France discovers the joys of freer marketsTHE PRICE WAS FINALLY RIGHT After a long holdout, Sperry accepts Burroughs' merger bidHOW PARADISE IS LOST--AND FOUNDPAPER NEWS ; Sale and sunset in BaltimoreWALL STREET'S MERRY-GO-ROUND Investors take a dizzying ride through the record booksRAZZING RIVERS A LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERWORLD NOTES FRANCE THE HELICOPTER CAPER WORLD NOTES BARBADOS BIG WIN FOR A U.S. CRITIC WORLD NOTES CANADA ATTACK IN A DISTANT LAND NEWSWATCH GETTING BACK AT THE PRESSWORLD NOTES KAMPUCHEA SEALING OFF A BORDER? BEEFALO STEW THE TINTORETTO OF THE PEONS In Philadelphia, a long-awaited show of Diego RiveraSEEING AMERICA WORLD NOTES ARGENTINA AND NOW, A SQUID WAR CENTRAL AMERICA ALL FOR ONE Vows of CONTRA unity SUING THE CHURCH INVADERS FROM WAUKESHA They're new! They're fine! They're from Wisconsin!IN MISSISSIPPI: VISITING AROUNDCOLOMBIA DRY AND MIGHTY Barco wins in a landslide COVER STORY FIXING NASA As a tough report on CHALLENGER is readied, the U.S. debates its space futureON THE ROAD VAGABOND Directed and Written by Agnes VardaSOVIET UNION ROCK 'N' ROLL, MOUNTING TOLL More echoes from ChernobylINTERVIEWING ABBAS TURNING 40 UPTICKS ON THE ATOMIC CLOCK THE MANHATTAN PROJECT Directed by Marshall Brickman Screenplay by Marshall Brickman and Thomas BaumISRAEL STRUGGLE AT THE TOP Peres moves to stop an inquiryCOVER STORY ''WE HAVE TO BE IN SPACE''REALLY ROSIE MONKEYS by Susan Minot Dutton/Lawrence; 159 pages; $15.95EAST GERMANY SETTLING SCORES New ploy to alter an old accordCOVER STORY STAR WARS' HEAVY LOAD BALLPARK FIGURES THE BILL JAMES HISTORICAL BASEBALL ABSTRACT Villard; 721 pages; $24.95 THE BILL JAMES BASEBALL ABSTRACT 1986 Ballantine; 340 pages; $8.95AUSTRIA THE END OF AN ELECTORAL AGONY Waldheim expects victory after a bitter presidential campaignA VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS MURROW: HIS LIFE AND TIMES by A.M. Sperber; Freundlich; 795 pages; $22.95DISSIDENTS HOMEWARD BOUND, RELUCTANTLY At the end of her stay in the U.S., Bonner faces an uncertain futureDEALING WITH THREATS FROM SPACE Could a meteor start a nuclear war?AFRICA HOW DO YOU SPELL RELIEF? A U.N. session offers few solutions to problems of debt, growth and hungerSOUTH AFRICA ''WE CANNOT BE HELD TO RANSOM'' Foreign Minister Botha defiantly defends a controversial policy ''SALT II IS FINITO'' Reagan threatens to end compliance with the unratified treatyAMERICAN NOTES FBI STANDING BY THEIR MAN SPILLING SOME VERY BIG BEANS Ronald Pelton's trial brings intelligence secrets to lightHONORING THE LOYALISTSA 16TH FLAG IN SIGHT The Boston Celtics' monopoly reaches to the raftersBUSINESS NOTES INVESTIGATIONS A TAINTED STOCK PLAY MICHIGAN'S HOLY CONFUSION Robertson scores, but Bush leads in a new national pollAMERICAN NOTES LUXURY THE HIGH COST OF LEAVING A FEW WORDS BEFORE GOING FORTH Wisdom, humor and plenty of advice for the class of '86 AMERICAN NOTES LOBBYING DELVING INTO DEAVER'S DEALS AMERICAN NOTES CULTURE WEEDING ORWELL'S Farm LAROUCHE'S TANGLED WEB Campaigning and snooping SEEKING POLITICAL PROTECTION Trade becomes a hot issue in Congress and on the trailAMERICAN NOTES ALASKA OUT OF THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE LETTING 1,000 FLOWERS BLOOM The Connection Machine takes a novel approach to computing
