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November 27, 1978 | Vol. 112 No. 22

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NATION

Nation: A Season for Taking Stock

Nation: Things You Never Asked

Nation: Superpower Smoke Signals

Nation: No Chip off the Old Block

THE PRESIDENCY: Recalling the Kennedys (THE PRESIDENCY)

Nation: Disco Beat in 1978 Politics

Nation: Re-Elected Leaders

Nation: After a Big Win, Carey Speaks Up

Nation: We Shall Go Forth

Nation: Killing for Smut

Nation: Cult Massacre

WORLD

IRAN: The Military Is in Charge (IRAN)

World: The Shah Is Not Giving Up

World: An Army with Two Missions

MIDDLE EAST: Close, Yet So Far Away (MIDDLE EAST)

CHINA: Teng's New Long March (CHINA)

SOVIET UNION: Who Is Dean Reed? (SOVIET UNION)

SCIENCE

Science: The Year of the Planets

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Risky Abortions (Medicine)

Medicine: Boxer's Ban (Medicine)

SOCIETY

On Long Island: The Lost Season (American Scene)

Behavior: Margaret Mead: 1901-1978 (Behavior)

America's New Manners (Living / COVER STORY)

Arbiter Tish Baldrige charts the changing body language of U.S. culture

Living: The Feminist tasteful Lady (Living)

Living: According to Emily (1922) (Living)

PRESS

Press: Final Tribute

SPORT

Sport: Upstarts and Upsets in the N.F.L.

BUSINESS

Business: The Saudis and the Dollar (Economy & Business)

Business: Economy & Business, Nov. 27, 1978 (Economy & Business)

Business: Mexican Gusher (Economy & Business)

Business: Fuel Forecast (Economy & Business)

Business: Clipped Wings (Economy & Business)

Business: Is the Store Becoming Obsolete? (Economy & Business)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Show Business: Here Comes Superman!!! (Show Business)

Cinema: Two-Timers (Cinema)

Cinema: Old Tricks (Cinema)

Art: The Master of the Anxious Eye (Art)

Books: Home Life at Valhalla (Books)

Books: Journeys (Books)

Books: Minor Master (Books)

Books: Home Burial (Books)

FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

Theater: Splinteresque (Theater)

Theater: Scoop (Theater)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Nov. 27, 1978

PEOPLE

People, Nov. 27, 1978

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 27, 1978 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, Nov. 27, 1978

ESSAY

Time Essay: The Rising Risks of Regulation (Time Essay)

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