In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 112 No. 17
Read the Cover StoryNATION
The Tax-Slashing Campaign
(COVER STORY) Money worries and a mood of irritation mark the election season of 1978
Nation: A Burning Question
Nation: Wishing for More for Less
Nation: Congress Gets the Antitax Message
Nation: Abroad: A Gentle Milking
Nation: Cutting Through a Thicket
Nation: Carter vs. Congress
Nation: Too Few Men
Nation: Saga of a Decadent Defector
Nation: The Snake in the Mailbox
Americana: All Cooped Up (Americana)
Americana: Wrenching Sears (Americana)
Americana: Apt Abe Prophecy (Americana)
Americana: Hell's Kitchen (Americana)
Americana: Luckless Irishman (Americana)
WORLD
MIDDLE EAST: Imagine: A Lofty Summit
(MIDDLE EAST) LEBANON: The Christians Under Siege (LEBANON)
RHODESIA: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (RHODESIA)
World: We Gave Them What They Wanted
KENYA: A New Father (KENYA)
CHINA: Chopping Off the Rat's Tail (CHINA)
RUMANIA: Bear Fact (RUMANIA)
BRITAIN: Sealicide (BRITAIN)
SCIENCE
Science: Six New Eyes On the Sky
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Medicine, Oct. 23, 1978
(Medicine)
Medicine: Those Amazing Chemical Scissors (Medicine)
SOCIETY
Living: The Unveiling of a New Ford
(Living)
Behavior: The Man with Ten Personalities (Behavior)
PRESS
Press: All the News That's Fun to Print
SPORT
Sport: Two Paths to Glory
BUSINESS
Business: Dealers in Illogic
(Economy & Business)
Business: Of Climb, Crunch and Slump (Economy & Business)
Business: Easy Speculation (Economy & Business)
Business: Rough Ride for Conrail (Economy & Business)
Business: Coca-Cola's Full Court Press (Economy & Business)
Business: Bed Sheets Bonanza (Economy & Business)
Business: California Cool (Economy & Business)
Business: Scary Strike (Economy & Business)
Executive View: The Surest Social Security (Economy & Business / Executive View)
LAW
Law: Uncle Sam's Attorney
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Cinema: Behind the Wall
(Cinema)
Cinema: Slow Boil (Cinema)
Music: A Bayreuth at Brno (Music)
Books: A Turbot de Force (Books)
Books: Looking Backward (Books)
Books: Like It Was (Books)
Books: Editors' Choice (Books)
FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
Theater: Putting the Earth on Wheels (Theater)
Theater: Love in Limbo (Theater)
SPECIAL SECTION
Special Report: China Says: Ni hao!
(Special Report)
Special Report: The Trip by Ship (Special Report)
Special Report: A Tale of Two Families (Special Report)
PEOPLE
People, Oct. 23, 1978
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 23, 1978
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Oct. 23, 1978
ESSAY
Time Essay: The Menace of Fanatic Factions
(Time Essay)

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The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
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