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February 12, 1979 | Vol. 113 No. 7

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NATION

Nation: Teng's Triumphant Tour

Nation: Old Acquaintance at First Sight

Nation: Virtually Everything Needs to Be Done

Nation: Kicked Out

THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: It's Best to Be the Visitor (THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY)

Nation: Kentucky's Shrewd Lady

Nation: Up in Arms

Nation: The Cuban Coffee Caper

Nation: A Battle over Cancer Care

Nation: It Was Monday

Nation: Patty Is Free And Older

Nation: Rocky Recalled

Americana: Losing Your Head Shop (Americana)

Americana: Catch-21 (Americana)

Americana: Small Potatoes (Americana)

Americana: Weighty Issue (Americana)

Americana: Live Free or Don't (Americana)

WORLD

The Khomeini Era: Iran Becomes a Theocracy (COVER STORY)

There is hope for peaceful change as the Ayatullah returns from exile

World: They Are Trying to Kill

World: The Ayatullah's Hit Parade

World: Washington's Caviar Coup

MIDDLE EAST: Iraq and Syria: A New Axis for Unity (MIDDLE EAST)

ALGERIA: New Leader (ALGERIA)

ITALY: The 40th Fall (ITALY)

BRITAIN: Peace at a Price (BRITAIN)

RHODESIA: One Step Closer to Black Rule (RHODESIA)

EAST-WEST: Advice on Dissent (EAST-WEST)

RUMANIA: Butting In (RUMANIA)

SOCIETY

A Hippie Bus from Coast to Coast (American Scene)

Living: Paris Fashions Go to Peking (Living)

PRESS

Press: Fantastic! Beautiful!

Press: Split Personality

NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: When Seeing Isn't Believing (NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith)

RELIGION

Religion: John Paul vs. Liberation Theology

SPORT

Sport: Steve's Slump

BUSINESS

Business: Now It Is Yankee, Don't Go! (Economy & Business)

Business: Lines at the Pumps Again? (Economy & Business)

Business: Trying to Measure Hardship (Economy & Business)

Business: Ben's Bad Calculation (Economy & Business)

Business: Savers' Bonanza (Economy & Business)

Business: Pinto Ruling (Economy & Business)

Business: Amexco Stalled (Economy & Business)

Business: Clearance Sale (Economy & Business)

Business: Erasable You (Economy & Business)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cinema: Adrift in a Winter Wonderland (Cinema)

Cinema: La Diff (Cinema)

Cinema: Stir Fry (Cinema)

Music: Good Rocking in Store (Music)

Art: Dismantling an Opulent Fossil (Art)

Television: Recasting the Public System (Television)

Television: Longest Run (Television)

Books: Fifty Years of Total Waugh (Books)

Books: Lonely Cosmos (Books)

Books: Chiller (Books)

Books: Best Sellers (Books)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Feb. 12, 1979

PEOPLE

People, Feb. 12, 1979

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 12, 1979 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, Feb. 12, 1979

ESSAY

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