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September 18, 1978 | Vol. 112 No. 12

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NATION

Nation: The Sealed-Lips Summit

Nation: Lone Assassins

Nation: Winning on Alien Ground

THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: He'll Let Us Know (THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY)

Nation: An Aide Aids

Nation: The Defense Is Not Ironclad

Nation: Jimmy Hoffa's Last Ride

WORLD

IRAN: The Shah's Divided Land (IRAN)

Turmoil in Tehran brings martial law and a threat to the dream

World: The Gentle Scholar of Qum

World: An Interview with the Shah

World: CENTO: A Tattered Alliance (COVER STORY)

Playing the great game in a geopolitical disaster area

RHODESIA: Seeds of Political Destruction (RHODESIA)

BRITAIN: Passing a Patch of Blue Sky (BRITAIN)

SOVIET UNION: Ruble Rumble (SOVIET UNION)

WEST GERMANY: Trapping of a Terrorist (WEST GERMANY)

SCIENCE

Science: Creating Insulin

Science: Warming Earth?

Science: Sonic Doom

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Living Disease (Medicine)

Medicine: Dying Autopsy (Medicine)

SOCIETY

In Florida: A Contest Winner's Road to Shoppertunity' (American Scene)

PRESS

Press: The Prisoners of Thurmont

Press: Gold Coast Gambling

BUSINESS

Business: A Stage Two with Teeth? (Economy & Business)

Business: The Tepid Temptation of TIP (Economy & Business)

Business: Big Casino on Wall Street (Economy & Business)

Business: Pan Am U.S.A.? (Economy & Business)

Business: America's South African Dilemma (Economy & Business)

Business: Denim Blues (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

Education: Back-to-School Blues

LAW

Law: Robin Hood Of the Bench

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Music: Country's Platinum Outlaw (Music)

Cinema: Night of the Locust (Cinema)

Television: Small-Screen Star Wars (Television)

Television: New Season: II (Television)

Theater: Telling Triumph (Theater)

Books: Welcome to Hard Times (Books)

Books: Galloping Gourmand (Books)

Books: Irving's World (Books)

Art: Architect for Dreams (Art)

Books: Excerpt (Books)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Sep. 18, 1978

PEOPLE

People, Sep. 18, 1978

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Sep. 18, 1978 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, Sep. 18, 1978

ESSAY

Time Essay: On Crime and Much Harder Punishment (Time Essay)

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