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May 28, 1979 | Vol. 113 No. 22

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HEALTH & MEDICINE

Health Cost: What Limit? (Medicine / COVER STORY)

Soaring bills create a political issue and prompt a search for a cure

May 28, 1979 | Vol. 113 No. 22

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NATION

WORLD

RHODESIA: The Zimbabwe Dilemma (RHODESIA)

IRAN: There Is a Contract on the Shah (IRAN)

MIDDLE EAST: The Rising Cost of Peace (MIDDLE EAST)

TAIWAN: Absorbing the Painful Blow (TAIWAN)

NORTH KOREA: Discipline and Devotion (NORTH KOREA)

LATIN AMERICA: Fidel Returns (LATIN AMERICA)

FRANCE: A Horse Opera (FRANCE)

SCIENCE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Health Cost: What Limit? (Medicine / COVER STORY)

Medicine: Those Expensive New Toys (Medicine)

Medicine: A M*A*S*H Note for Docs (Medicine)

PRESS

SPORT

BUSINESS

Business: Prices: Some Small Relief (Economy & Business)

Business: Carter vs. Corporations (Economy & Business)

Business: Sears Setback (Economy & Business)

Business: The Over-the-Thrill Crowd (Economy & Business)

Business: Amway's Way (Economy & Business)

Business: Electric Exxon (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

LAW

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Show Business: Laughter from the Toy Chest (Show Business)

Theater: Seared Soul (Theater)

Cinema: Hugs and Kisses (Cinema)

Cinema: Poor Likeness (Cinema)

Cinema: Banana Fields Forever (Cinema)

Books: The Country-Grown Candide (Books)

Books: Aficionado of Failure (Books)

Books: Deluded Idyll (Books)

FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

MILESTONES

PEOPLE

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, May 28, 1979 (A Letter From The Publisher)

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