November 19, 1979 | Vol. 114 No. 21

Blackmailing the U.S. (COVER STORY)

The lives of some 60 Americans hung in the balance in Tehran

Nation: The Marines Are Ruled Out

Nation: The Patient on Floor 17

Nation: We're Going to Kick Your Butts

Nation: Strong Currents of Change

Nation: Let's See Some Teeth

Nation: Kennedy Makes It Official

Nation: Thank God Almighty...

Nation: Soured SALT

Nation: The Klan Rides Again

Nation: Dating at West Point

Nation: Nuclear Freeze

THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Frank, I Pity You, He Said (THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY)

Nation: From Ireland with Love

CAMBODIA: A Devastating Trip (CAMBODIA)

SOUTH KOREA: Normality (SOUTH KOREA)

JAPAN: Bull Survives (JAPAN)

BOLIVIA: Next: No. 189? (BOLIVIA)

KENYA: Arap Moi Again (KENYA)

EAST BLOC: Your Cause Is Also Our Cause (EAST BLOC)

NORTHERN IRELAND: It is Clearly a War Situation (NORTHERN IRELAND)

WEST GERMANY: The Nazis' Forgotten Victims (WEST GERMANY)

Science: Middle America's Fault

Medicine: Comeback for Shock Therapy? (Medicine)

Behavior: Facing the Fear of Flying (Behavior)

Press: Mr. Dogpatch

NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: Soft on Issues, Sharp on Scores (NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith)

Religion: John Paul: Calling All Cardinals

Sport: The Redemption of Fouts