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Table of Contents: September 4, 1978
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Edition: U.S.
Vol. 112 No. 10
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NATION
Dizzy Days for the Dollar
Foreign tourists invade U.S. while Americans go broke abroad

Rafting in the Rockies
The Carters, like anyone else, enjoy a vacation

Victory for D.C.
It gets seats in Congress

Postal Strike?
Unions reject a contract

"Who Do You Want Next?"

Death in the Desert
An Arizona man hunt succeeds, but too late

Ten Years Later

Proposition Zero (Americana)

Finders Keepers (Americana / Americana)

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (Americana)

Foul Call (Americana)

Fantastic Fall (Americana)


WORLD
Triumph of the Sandinistas (NICARAGUA)
A daring guerrilla attack ends peacefully but bodes ill for Somoza

Hua Moves On (DIPLOMACY)

Power in Derry (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Two sides working together

More Terror (MIDDLE EAST)
The P.L.O. tries to make up

After the Abadan Fire (IRAN)
The mullahs and the modernists collide

The Old Man Dies at Last (KENYA)
And the struggle to preserve Kenyatta's legacy begins

Viet Nam Today: Looking for Friends (INDOCHINA)
Hanoi's affable leaders want lots of help—from their former foe


SCIENCE
Those Baffling Black Holes
Astronomers think these invisible non-objects may help explain the universe

Soaring Across Space and Time


SOCIETY
In Montana: Rolling North with the "Wheaties" (American Scene)

Boston's Bartholomew Fair (Living)


PRESS
Filling the Inkless Void (The Press)
New York's way: strike papers, skywriters, sandwich boards


RELIGION
A Swift, Stunning Choice
In an "instant conclave, "the Cardinals elect a new Pope: John Paul I

Compassionate Shepherd


SPORT
Return of the Water Sprites
America's girl swimmers avenge a defeat by beating everybody

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BUSINESS
Labor Comes to a Crossroads (Economy & Business)
The choice: new directions or a path of further decline

A Whale of a Deal in the Air (Economy & Business)
Pan Am's $300 million bid to go National

Oust Women? (Economy & Business)
Yes, say the Jaycees

The Rise of Rukeyser, Inc. (Economy & Business)
A bull market for Wall Street Week

Confrontation in Ohio (Energy)

Oil Compromise in California (Energy)
A $78 million end to a regulatory horror story


EDUCATION
Parents' Prep
Orientation for moms and dads


LAW
Pay Now, Sue Later
Under group insurance plans, legal services are affordable


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Malignant Eye (Show Business)

Lassie's Back (Show Business)
And she/he is drawing crowds

Re-Creation of the Way It Was (Books)

Pursuit of the Really Real (Books)

Bitter Wit (Books)

Editors' Choice/Best Sellers (Books)

A Duo of Duchesses (Music)
John Webster's doomed heroine gets not one opera but two

Excerpt (Books)


MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
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LETTERS
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