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BUSINESS
Labor: A Year of Showdowns (Economy & Business)

1979's Bargaining Calendar (Economy & Business)

IBM for All (Economy & Business)


LAW
Against a Wife's Will?


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bottom-Line Time in Hollywood (Cinema)

YEAR'S BEST (Cinema)

A Flood of Film Biography (Show Business)

NO BIZ LIKE... (Show Business)

An International Bill of Fare (Books)

YEAR'S BEST (Books)

L'Amour (Books)

Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

Cradle of Rock (Music)

YEAR'S BEST (Music)

Girl Gets Boy (Theater)

YEAR'S BEST (Theater)


SPECIAL SECTION
Visionary of a New China (Man Of The Year)
Teng Hsiao-p'ing opens the Middle Kingdom to the world

Little Man in a Big Hurry (Man Of The Year)
An old revolutionary with scarcely a second to waste

QUOTATIONS FROM VICE CHAIRMAN TENG HSIAO-PING (Man Of The Year)

Beyond Confucius and Kung Fu (Man Of The Year)

A Country with a Long Way to Go (Man Of The Year)

The "Other China" Stands Fast (Man Of The Year)

Squall over Carter's Move (Man Of The Year)

Four Who Also Shaped Events (Man Of The Year / Four Who Also Shaped Events)


MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
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LETTERS
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ESSAY
The State of the Language, 1978 (Time Essay)

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