In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 115 No. 8
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Hostages Near Freedom
In New Hampshire, They're Off!
"Cynical, Self-Serving, False"
"He Wasn't in Touch"
An Unmistakable Footprint (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
Greetings...
Abscam (Contd.)
"Where Is My Country?"
Record Breakers (Americana)
Bank Deposit (Americana)
No Bull in the China Shop (Americana)
What Makes Jane Burn? (Americana)
WORLD
Moscow's Murky Morass
(AFGHANISTAN) Syria Tries a Shock Treatment (MIDDLE EAST)
War in a Barren Wasteland (SOMALIA)
Such a Difficult Ally (FRANCE)
The Potemkin Factory
SCIENCE
And Now It Is Pond Power
Fleeing the Whirlwind
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The Cow-Lung Concoction
(Medicine)
Capsules (Medicine / Capsules)
SOCIETY
Tale of 45 Cities
(Living / Tale of 45 Cities)
Odds & Trends (Living / Odds & Trends)
PRESS
Numbers Game
The Well-Balanced Fight Card (Newswatch)
RELIGION
Swords and P.L.O.-shares
(Swords and P.L.O.-shares) Tidings (Tidings)
SPORT
Only the Lake Was Placid
(Olympics)
Finished Before They Began (Olympics)
Bring Your Own Balloon (Olympics)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Letter from the Publisher
BUSINESS
The Hesitant Recession
(Economy & Business)
Infatuation with Controls (Economy & Business)
How Much Did Bill Miller Know? (Economy & Business)
Amoco Pays Up (Economy & Business)
Grain Waves (Economy & Business)
Hutch Trouble (Economy & Business)
A Guide to Taking Charge (Economy & Business / Executive View/Marshall Loeb)
Solid Gold Tub (Economy & Business)
LAW
Questioning the Bar Exams
Legal Lucre: $37,000 Beginners
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Pinkies on the Wing
(Music)
The Sound and the Fury (Cinema)
Grossed Out (Cinema)
Cross Talk (Cinema)
Street Scene (Theater)
Love Match (Theater)
The New Face of TV News (Television / COVER STORIES)
Now Here's the News... (Television)
The Houston Hurricane (Television)
Angel of the Arts (Books)
Marital Blahs (Books)
Barbed Bait (Books)
Editors' Choice (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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LETTERS
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A Muslim Candidate's Unconventional Strategy
Joe Cada, Poker's New Champion
What's Behind Sammy Sosa's Lighter Skin?
Volunteer Vets: Returning Troops Still Want to Serve
Fashion Week in Pakistan
Top 10 Sesame Street Moments
Somali Refugees in Nepal: Stuck in the Waiting Room
Young and Uninsured: Cartoonist Julia Wertz
Stephen King on His 10 Longest Novels