Vol. 123 No. 10

NATION

Going for a Knockout

The Preordainment of Mondale (The Presiden '/HughSidey)

Faint Hints of an East-West Thaw

Shultz for the Defense

No Crime

Poor Measures

Bankruptcy as an Escape Hatch

The Crime That Tarnished a Town

Border Bungle

WORLD

The Marines Leave Lebanon (MIDDLE EAST)

Arabs Who Look to the West

Strait Talk (PERSIAN GULF)

"We'll Make Them Eat Rats!" (France)

Unrest in the Cardinal's Flock (POLAND)

The Man in the Middle (EL SALVADOR)

Open Election?

Courts and a Courtship (ARGENTINA)

Mutual Feelings (SOUTHERN AFRICA)

SCIENCE

New Pad for the Space Shuttle (Space)

Asia's Lost Tribe of Aryans (Environment)

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The Bubble Boy's Lost Battle (Medicine)

SOCIETY

In Virginia: A Convention for Inventions (American Scene)

The Challenge of Inner Space (Living)

SPORT

Fears for an Intrepid Explorer

TECHNOLOGY

The Stepchild Comes of Age (Computers)

BUSINESS

That Monster Deficit (Economy & Business / COVER STORY)

Why Worry? (Economy & Business)

A Bear of Bearish News (Economy & Business)

LAW

The Heated Question of Parole

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Haunting Collisions of Imagery (Art)

Everything for France (Books)

Borderline (Books)

Dead Souls (Books)

Warm Puppy (Cinema)

Cold Metal (Cinema)

SPECIAL SECTION

A Plan to Reshape NATO

MILESTONES

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PEOPLE

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TO OUR READERS

Read the story (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

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ESSAY

What Should We Lead With?