THE ADMINISTRATION: The Sharperning Battle over Bert Lance (The Nation / THE ADMINISTRATION)

INVESTIGATIONS: Jaworski Comes Back (The Nation / INVESTIGATIONS)

THE PRESIDENCY: A Hard Man to Package and Label (The Nation / THE PRESIDENCY)

CLIMATE: Weather with a Vengeance: Heat, Storm and Flood (The Nation / CLIMATE)

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Jimmy, the Bible (The Nation / FOREIGN RELATIONS)

AMERICAN SCENE: Yazoo City: South Toward Home (The Nation / AMERICAN SCENE)

THE BLACKOUT: Counting Losses in the Rubble (The Nation / THE BLACKOUT)


MIDDLE EAST: Revenge in the Desert (The World / MIDDLE EAST)

DIPLOMACY: From Geneva Up to Geneva Down (The World / DIPLOMACY)

CHINA: The Second Comeback for Comrade Teng (The World / CHINA)

RHODESIA: Ian Smith's Last Stand? (The World / RHODESIA)

The World: Taking the Chicken Run (The World)

SPAIN: The Mayor Who Came Out of the Cellar (The World / SPAIN)


Science: The Stalled Leap Forward

Science: The Roots of Writing


Medicine: Relieving the Analgesic Headache (Medicine)


Living: Fitness in Flight (Living)

Living: Hercule Pawret (Living)

Why You Do What You Do (Behavior / COVER STORY)
SOCIOBIOLOGY: A New Theory of Behavior

Behavior: Sociobiology and Sex (Behavior)


Sport: Bluegrass Auctions for Bluebloods

BYPLAY: Gentlemen, Your Brakes (BYPLAY)

AUTOS: Password for '78: 'Downsize' (Economy & Business / AUTOS)

INDUSTRY: Profiting from Misery (Economy & Business / INDUSTRY)

OUTLOOK: Slower, but No 'Pause' (Economy & Business / OUTLOOK)

Business: A High Price for Full Employment (Economy & Business)

SOVIET UNION: Computer Games (Economy & Business / SOVIET UNION)

CORPORATIONS: A Bothersome Billion (Economy & Business / CORPORATIONS)

OIL: A Pipeline To Nowhere? (Energy / OIL)

Energy: The Lower 48 (Energy)


Education: Research: Alive and Well in N.C.

Education: Lost Loophole


Art: Rubens: 'Fed upon Roses' (Art)

Show Business: Onward and Upward with the New Superman (Show Business)

Books: W. W. II: Up Front and Back Home (Books)

Books: Examined Lives (Books)

Books: Best Sellers (Books)


Milestones, Aug. 1, 1977


People, Aug. 1, 1977


A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 1, 1977 (A Letter From The Publisher)


Letters, Aug. 1, 1977


Time Essay: Of Abortion and the Unfairness of Life (Time Essay)