'Khorosho,' Said Brezhnev (COVER STORIES)
That means good, and it marked the tone as he finally met Carter

Two Turtledoves.

The Next Summit Is in Tokyo

Vienna Query: Where's Walter? (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

On Who Will Whip Whom

Sanctions Stay

If You Can't Stand the Heat

Blaming the FAA

Cops' Co-Op

Doing It His Way

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Sandinistas vs. Somoza (NICARAGUA)

Maggie's Bold New Budget (BRITAIN)

Forum of Political Stars (EUROPE)

Fleeing Hunger And Death (SOUTHEAST ASIA)

Strange Way to Seek Peace (MIDDLE EAST)

After the Fall (UGANDA)

China's Worst Modern Quake


Odyssey of the Albatross


Puzzling Ailment (Medicine)

Speaking Again (Medicine)

Night Owls (Medicine)


More Spectacle Than Ritual (Living)

Doctors of the Death Camps (Behavior)


Whip His What?


The Spirit of St. Louis


Best Sellers (FICTION)

Teaming Up Against OPEC (Economy & Business)

Play It Again, Uncle Sam (Economy & Business)

GE's Bright Light (Economy & Business)

Forewarnings of Fatal Flaws (Economy & Business)

Flash and a Touch of Brash (Economy & Business)

Score One for Capitalism (Economy & Business)


Bird Watching


Duke: Images from a Lifetime (Show Business)

Plastic Jesus (Cinema)

Spinning Yarn (Cinema)

Bombs Away (Cinema)

Peasant Soup (Cinema)

Sonneteer of a World at Rest (Art)

Four Poets and Their Songs (Books)

Editor's Choice (Books)

Madcap Villain (Theater)

Singapore Sling (Theater)

Pipes of Pan (Theater)


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Are Vacations Really Necessary? (Time Essay)