Table of ContentsIN NEW YORK: LIFE ON A SMALL ISLANDSANCTIONING SANCTIONS RAISING UP A WORLDLY CUP Mexico is enriched by a fiesta of flying feetWHY MEN DON'T DO CHORES Ralph and Wanda Tidy Up the Crisis in HouseworkPERU SAVAGE PATH Jail riots end in a bloodbath COVER STORY REAGAN'S MR. RIGHT Rehnquist is picked for the court's top jobAN EMPTY DREAM Len Bias dies at 22SOVIET UNION MEDIA MESSAGE Gorbachev loosens the reinsCOVER STORY WARM SPIRITS, COLD LOGIC''NO WHITEWASH'' Pressures for a probe AMERICAN NOTES SEATTLE MORE CAPSULE CASUALTIES MIGHTY Missouri SOUTH AFRICA SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL A tough crackdown holds the tense country in check--at least for nowWALDHEIM AFFAIR THE SOUND OF SILENCE BUSINESS NOTES BIOTECHNOLOGY DEBUGGING BUG RULES RETOOLING NASA OBSERWATIONS KRAZY KAT Abrams; 223 pages $27.50 hardcover, $14.95 paperbackOVERTURES IN GLASSBORO Reagan sounds a positive note on superpower relationsAMERICAN NOTES DISASTERS COLLISION OVER THE CANYON BUSINESS NOTES REGULATION HEADS BUTT OVER AN AD BEST SELLERS AMERICAN NOTES ESPIONAGE THE BUREAU'S BAD APPLE BUSINESS NOTES ANTITRUST A BID TO CAP FIZZOPOLY THE SWEET SOUNDS OF SUCCESS Millionaire Gordon Getty finds a new career as a composerTHE RACISM NEXT DOOR Segregated housing is still a blight in most neighborhoodsBUSINESS NOTES STRIKES PHONES BACK IN SERVICE ''SCRAPHOGS'' INVADE HAWTHORNE A Nevada town faces unexploded bombs and simmering biasAMERICAN NOTES FIRST FAMILY ANOTHER BRIEF APPEARANCE LOSING STREAK Massachusetts' woeful G.O.P. A THREAT TO THE DARKROOM Canon's new SVS camera uses computer technology instead of filmCOVER STORY THE COURT THAT TILTED AND VEEREDPEERING BACK AT THE VIEWER People meters have advertisers enthusiastic but networks worriedA FLOCK OF FINE-TUNED FAVORS Squabbles over amendments delay the tax billSTRUGGLING TOWARD A COMEBACK Paula Hawkins returns to a pivotal race BUSINESS NOTES STOCKS THE WITCH WAS BUSY THE GREEN LAUGHS OF SUMMER Cop-outs, dropouts, scams and Abrahams in four new comediesIN LONDON, ACTORS ARE THE THING Rich ensembles and star turns spark the seasonSMALLER CAN BE BEAUTIFUL A Boston upstart is making a mark in the world of Big AdvertisingOVERCHARGE IT Plastic is not a credit bargain A SENSE OF WHERE HE IS Persistence on tax reform pays off for Bill BradleyAMERICAN NOTES PRISONS RUNNING OUT OF ROOM REVOLUTION ON A DESKTOP Laser printers and Macintoshes transform small-time publishingWHITEOUT ON THE BAD NEWS South Africa imposes a smothering form of self-censorshipDOWNTOWN SLAVES OF NEW YORK by Tama Janowitz Crown; 278 pages; $15.95SHADES OF THE PRISON HOUSE AGAINST ALL HOPE: THE PRISON MEMOIRS OF ARMANDO VALLADARES Translated by Andrew Hurley; Knopf; 381 pages; $18.95A COMEBACK FOR WHOOPING COUGH Fear of the vaccine mounts, and the number of cases doublesPINNED DOWN BY MEDICAL BILLS Companies fight to cap those rising health costsWORLD NOTES SWEDEN ENCOUNTER ON A SUMMER NIGHT WORLD NOTES PHILIPPINES REOPENING A CAN OF WORMS DEFECTING TO THE WEST Britain's loss of bright young academics is America's gainWORLD NOTES MEXICO A MODERATE TAKES A WALK ALL ABOARD WEST GERMANY HERO IN A LAND OF FEW HEROES Boris Becker has become a model for a new generationA LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERMEMORIES OF MURROW WORLD NOTES SPAIN DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON RAIDS AND RIOTS WORLD NOTES BANGLADESH WANTED: MORE PIED PIPERS DEFEAT FOR STRICT CREATIONISTS ''Evidence'' of dinosaur and human coexistence proves falseISRAEL BUS-SHELTER WAR A wave of bitter desecrationsA JARRING VIEW Are the Soviets ahead in space? MIDDLE EAST A GESTURE OF GOODWILL Two French hostages releasedWATCH THE BOUNCING BODY Critics push to get the jump out of workoutsWEST GERMANY SAXON SIGNAL Narrow win for the Chancellor
