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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 115 No. 2
Read the Cover StoryNATION
"My Opinion of the Russians Has Changed Most Drastically..."
(COVER STORIES) "A Hell of a Lot of Vodka"
An Interview with Brzezinski
What Happens if SALT Dies
How the Soviet Army Crushed Afghanistan
Mission Impossible
The Death of a Moratorium
The Lionheads Revisited (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
One, Two, Three, Five...
From the Heart
Takes One to Know One
WORLD
"Zimbabwe, We Love You"
(ZIMBABWE RHODESIA) "This War Must End"
A New Year's Warning (TURKEY)
Communism with a Long Face (ITALY)
Trotsky Letters (HISTORICAL NOTES)
Posh Prison (GREECE)
The Woman Who Loved Lions (KENYA)
SCIENCE
Waiting for the Big One
(Environment)
SOCIETY
Was It Hypnosis or Hype?
(Behavior)
Eau de Sweat (Behavior)
Young Bacchus Comes of Age (Living)
Small Sellout Vineyards (Living)
BUSINESS
Gold and Silver Go Bonkers
(Economy & Business)
The Great Sell-Off (Economy & Business)
Bunker Hunt's Comstock Lode (Economy & Business)
Leading Lady (Economy & Business)
An Odd Free Market Success (Economy & Business)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Holiday Winners and Losers
(Show Business)
Gravity Defied (Cinema)
Misadventure (Cinema / CUBA)
Old Masters of the Modern (Art)
At London's Royal Academy, a giant show of post-impressionism
Blending Fantasy with Fact (Books)
Editors' Choice (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
Sounds for a Winter Night (Music)
He Sent Them Away Humming (Music)
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 World's Double Standard
(Time Essay)

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Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
Ask Your Questions: Garrison Keillor
Weekly Acoustic News: Thanksgiving Edition
The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
Can a Good Guy Fix College Football's Worst Thing?
The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak
Obama's First State Dinner
The Princess and the Frog: Big Fun on the Bayou
Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Takes the Stage