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October 8, 1979 | Vol. 114 No. 15

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NATION

Nation: Search for a Way Out

Nation: John Paul's Triumphant Tour

Nation: Once Again, Chappaquiddick

Nation: A Giant Retires

Nation: President Who?

Nation: Tom and Jane vs. Big Business

WORLD

Mexico's Macho Mood (COVER STORY)

Oil brings confidence—and a new relationship with the U.S.

World: The Desperate Ones

MIDDLE EAST: Battles, Plans and Travels (MIDDLE EAST)

DIPLOMACY: Some Elemental Differences (DIPLOMACY)

AFRICA: French Fiddling (AFRICA)

SOVIET UNION: Scooting Away on Skates (SOVIET UNION)

ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: Give and Take (ZIMBABWE RHODESIA)

ITALY: Mystery Photo (ITALY)

SCIENCE

Environment: The Tritium Chocolate Cake (Environment)

Environment: Tellico Triumph (Environment)

SOCIETY

In New York: Reading Between the Lions (American Scene)

Sexes: Flaming Youth (Sexes)

Sexes: The Military Is Pregnant (Sexes)

PRESS

Press: High Wire Act

Press: A Star Is Shorn

SPORT

Sport: Those High-Flying Angels

Sport: The Fan from San Clemente

BUSINESS

Business: Those Fear-of-Freezing Blues (Economy & Business)

Business: Recession: Deeper and Longer (Economy & Business)

Business: Dethroning the Dollar (Economy & Business)

Business: Now for NOW? (Economy & Business)

Business: Lee lacocca's Hard Sell for Help (Economy & Business)

Executive View by Marshall Loeb: Managing those Medical Costs (Economy & Business / Executive View by Marshall Loeb)

Business: Executive Sweet (Economy & Business)

LAW

Law: A Tale of Pot and Politics

Law: Wife Rape

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Theater: Vogue of the Age: Carrion Chic (Theater)

Cinema: Clayburgh's Double Feature (Cinema)

Cinema: Stolen Hours (Cinema)

Television: Big Game (Television)

Books: Lost in the Funhouse (Books)

Books: Torch Song (Books)

Books: The Sting (Books)

Books: Editors' Choice (Books)

FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

Music: The Met, the Moor and the Eye (Music)

SPECIAL SECTION

Special Section: Where'd That Buffalo Go?

Special Section: Uniform Impression

Special Section: Melvin Laird

Special Section: Building a Bridge

Special Section: Chagrined Cowboy

Special Section: John Connally

Special Section: WHITE HOUSE YEARS: PART 2 THE AGONY OF VIETNAM

MILESTONES

Milestones, Oct. 8, 1979

PEOPLE

People, Oct. 8, 1979

LETTERS

Letters, Oct. 8, 1979

Letters, Oct. 8, 1979

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