Vol. 123 No. 3
NATION
Looking For a Way Out
An Officer and a Gentleman Comes Home
Stepping on Mondale's Lines
Whew!
Burned Wick
Using Hope Against Adversity
(The Presidency)
Mass Transit Makes a Comeback
Life with Paul and Billy Bob
Uneasy Freedom
WORLD
The Light That Failed
(COVER STORIES)
to Nigeria's democratic experiment
A Continent Gone Wrong
"I Am Not Discouraged"
Sweating It Out in Abidjan
Battling on Two Fronts
(CENTRAL AMERICA)
Bourguiba Lets Them Eat Bread
(TUNISIA)
Enter Smiling
(CHINA)
Is Carlos Back?
(FRANCE)
From Spontaneity to Stagnation
(CUBA)
SCIENCE
Heat over Wood Burning
(Environment)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Confusion over Infant Herpes
(Medicine)
SOCIETY
Designers Get Down to Work
(Living)
PRESS
Newsweek's Outsider Bows Out
BUSINESS
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
(Economy & Business)
What a Way to Start a Year!
(Economy & Business)
History's Biggest Takeover?
(Economy & Business)
The Grand Acquisitor's New Prey
(Economy & Business)
Mr. Smith Shakes Up Detroit
(Economy & Business)
Max Troubles for Betamax
(Economy & Business)
LAW
Drunk Drivers Turn to the Bar
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Stoppard in the Name of Love
(Theater)
The Astronomer's Daughter
(Books)
Excerpt
(Books)
Black Arts
(Books)
Family Ordeal
(Books)
Why Do Movies Seem So Long?
(Show Business)
MILESTONES
Mining Familiar Territory
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
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(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
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ESSAY
A Dying Art: The Classy Exit Line