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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 114 No. 22
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Iran: The Test of Wills
(COVER STORIES) Khomeini orders the release of a few hostages, but the crisis continues
A Mullah's View: "No Deal, Sir"
An Ideology of Martyrdom
Who Will Get Blamed for What?
"The Old Rules Don't Apply"
The Economy Becomes a Hostage
Not Much Left to Seize
Will the Last Remain First?
"If You Don't Dance"
Finally, a Yes
The Chippewas Want Their Rights
Scotto: Out of the Dock
Foreign Bribes
WORLD
"It Seems Like a Miracle"
(ZIMBABWE RHODESIA) Britain's Pragmatic Patrician
Tinker, Tailor, Curator, Spy (BRITAIN)
Misquoted on a Massacre (ISRAEL)
"We Cannot Be Softhearted" (CHINA)
Fear of a Deadly Fog
SCIENCE
Georges Bank: Fish or Fuel?
(Environment)
A Glimpse of El Dorado
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The Big Squeeze
(Medicine)
SOCIETY
Those Uncaring Airlines
(Living)
The Score (Living)
Pink Clink (Behavior)
Getting that "DeSisto Glow" (Behavior)
RELIGION
Printed to Last
SPORT
Moeller High's Holy Rollers
BUSINESS
A Bit of Good Energy News
(Economy & Business)
Searching, Searching for Oil (Economy & Business)
Motown's Blues (Economy & Business)
How Communists Beat Inflation (Economy & Business)
Flower Power On the Plains (Economy & Business)
Premium Parity (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
Trouble in the Stacks
Getting Testy
LAW
Passing the Hat for the Provos
Briefs
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Only the Mozart Is Missing
(Cinema)
The Tempest in the Paint Pot (Art)
The Hearts of Darkness (Books)
Coin's Edge (Books)
Yankee Gothic (Books)
Editors' Choice (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
Art Bums (Theater)
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
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(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
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ESSAY
The Symbolism of the Siege
(Time Essay)

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