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October 29, 1979 | Vol. 114 No. 18

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NATION

The Price of Power (COVER STORY)

Billions and billions—the Pentagon wants more and it has a strong case

Nation: How Costs Climb

Nation: He Is Exasperated with People About Half the Time

Nation: Now the Minsk

Nation: The President and the Phantom

Nation: The Wayward Warehouse

THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The Last of the Eisenhowers (THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY)

Nation: Sindona Returns

Nation: Ill-Considered Flirtations

Nation: Hit 'Em High

Americana: Zany Zach (Americana)

Americana: Soapy Sentence (Americana)

Americana: Rattling Andrus (Americana)

WORLD

ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: Breakthrough in London (ZIMBABWE RHODESIA)

World: Nkomo: We Are Not Villains

CHINA: From Peking to Paris (CHINA)

TURKEY: A Game of Musical Chairs (TURKEY)

MIDDLE EAST: Israel's Dayan Walks Out (MIDDLE EAST)

EL SALVADOR: A Coup Against Chaos (EL SALVADOR)

SOVIET UNION: Rumors of Death (SOVIET UNION)

SOUTH KOREA: Riots and Rights (SOUTH KOREA)

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Dump Slump (Medicine)

SOCIETY

In New Hampshire: Deeper Snow and Darker Horses (American Scene)

Living: Saggy Slacks Make a Debut (Living)

PRESS

Press: Duck Hunting

Press: All for ERA

SPORT

Sport: Pops Go the Pirates

BUSINESS

Business: More Woes on the Oil Front (Economy & Business)

Business: Where Is That Recession? (Economy & Business)

Business: The Day Wall Street Was Silent (Economy & Business)

Business: Bernie Cleared (Economy & Business)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Music: The Monster Season (Music)

Cinema: Correct Form (Cinema)

Cinema: Mild Tale (Cinema)

Theater: Life with Ma (Theater)

Show Business: Andy Hardy Comes Home (Show Business)

Television: Lost Souls (Television)

Books: Music Was His Final Refuge (Books)

Books: Radical Retreat (Books)

Books: Editors' Choice (Books)

FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

Books: S.J. Perelman (Books)

SPECIAL SECTION

The Nobel Prizes: That Winning American Style (The Nobel Prizes)

The Nobel Prizes: I Accept in the Name of the Poor (The Nobel Prizes)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Oct. 29, 1979

PEOPLE

People, Oct. 29, 1979

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 29, 1979 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, Oct. 29, 1979

ESSAY

Time Essay: Getting Dizzy by the Numbers (Time Essay)

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