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February 26, 1979 | Vol. 113 No. 9

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NATION

Nation: Surprise and Confusion

Nation: The Battle of Toasts

Nation: Church and State

THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The White-Haired Hawk (THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY)

Nation: Startling Salvo

Nation: DINA's Children

Nation: ERA Runs into a Roadblock

Nation: Artful Crime

Nation: Closing the Tap

AMERICANA: Our Beasts and Burdens (Americana / AMERICANA)

WORLD

Guns, Death and Chaos (COVER STORY)

Amid the fallout from revolution, the U.S. evacuates Iran

World: Yankee, We've Come to Do You In

World: Sullivan--Cool Salesman

World: Death Behind a Keyhole

World: Reassuring Some Friends

World: The Sick Man Suffers a Relapse

SOUTHEAST ASIA: Brinkmanship on a Hot Border (SOUTHEAST ASIA)

RHODESIA: Again, Death on Flight SAM-7 (RHODESIA)

CHAD: Desert Coup (CHAD)

BRITAIN: Peace Treaty (BRITAIN)

SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Food (SOUTH KOREA)

ITALY: Love Story (ITALY)

SCIENCE

Science: A Matter of Night and Day

Science: Living Fossil

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Clear Skin (Medicine)

SOCIETY

In Virginia: Taking On a Dam Site (American Scene)

Behavior: Remembering Mama Too Much (Behavior)

PRESS

Press: All the Nudes Fit to Print

Press: The Right to Edit

RELIGION

Religion: Weighing Words

SPORT

Sport: Pure Gold in The Corn Belt

Sport: Armageddon in the Superdome

BUSINESS

Business: The Price of Stormy Petrol (Economy & Business)

Business: Still a Fuelish Paradise (Economy & Business)

Business: Big Boom in a Barbarous Relic (Economy & Business)

Business: Economy & Business, Feb. 26, 1979 (Economy & Business)

Executive View by Marshall Loeb: Strength in the Midsection (Economy & Business / Executive View by Marshall Loeb)

Business: Voting for Pay (Economy & Business)

LAW

Law: Rough Justice in Mississippi

Law: Playing Boswell to the Bar

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Art: Roundup at the Whitney Corral (Art)

Cinema: Restoration (Cinema)

Cinema: Dead End (Cinema)

Books: What Makes Isaac Write? (Books)

Books: Editors' Choice (Books)

Theater: Love in Bloom (Theater)

Theater: That's My Baby (Theater)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Feb. 26, 1979

PEOPLE

People, Feb. 26, 1979

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 26, 1979 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, Feb. 26, 1979

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