War on Inflation: Stage II
Carter proclaims his new plans—and starts an uphill fight

Good Riddance

The Kind of Guy the President Likes

Cooking Brooke
The Senator is hurt by bookkeeping difficulties

Jake Butcher: Another Lance?

Griffin's Gaffe
"Senator No Show"

Percy's Problem
Alligators lying by the river

Is a Woman's Place in the House?
The feminist movement falters at Capitol Hill

Ghosts and Pecan Bars (The Presidency)

SALT'S Last (Big) 5%
Or, everyone going around in circles

Americanology
A Moscow view

Playing the China Card
Carter wants to recognize Peking, but it won't be easy

A Jury Sets Dr. X Free
But the Farber case is still unsettled

A Gothic Romance in Old Virginia
The "suicide" of the ambassador's daughter is a mystery


Prize and Provocation (MIDDLE EAST)
The Nobel Committee shares the award for bad timing with Begin

Saints and Statesmen

Grasping at Levers
West Bank moderates grapple with the peace accords

China and Japan Hug and Make Up (ASIA)
Teng cuts a triumphant swath through Tokyo

Survival (IRAN)
The Shah reassesses, the opposition gets tougher

The Great Railway Disaster (ZAMBIA)
A Chinese-built export lifeline is all choked up


A Fateful Test (Medicine)
Can interferon fight cancer?


In Massachusetts: A Hot Line to Tragedy (American Scene)


Without Newspapers, Less Happens (Newswatch)


John Paul II Charms the Crowds
And gives signs of being a strong-minded Pope

The New American Farmer (Economy & Business / COVER STORY)
As a bin-busting harvest rolls in, the rule is: Get big or get out

Advice and Dissent (Economy & Business)


A Community of Scientists
Caltech lures an Easterner to be its president


"As American as Jesse James"
A searching new book sees no easy cure for criminal violence


The Tame West (Cinema)

Doubled Up (Cinema)

Dylan and Young on the Road (Music)

There's a Small Hotel (Television)
The Duchess of Duke Street, PBS

The Rabbi and the Moving Blur (Art)
At the Guggenheim Museum, a Rothko retrospective

Passages of a Buried Life (Books)

Secular Grace (Books)

Pendulum Left (Books)

Editors' Choice (Books)

Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)


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On the Record


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What Might Have Been (Time Essay)