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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 115 No. 18
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Debacle in The Desert
(COVER STORIES) The Chopper That Couldn't
Five Attempts
Days That Call for Daring (The Presidency)
Shock, Anger
"A" for Effort, "F" for Execution
For the Families, a New Concern
A Mother's Odyssey
John Anderson Breaks Away
The Day of the Underdogs
WORLD
Voyage from Cuba
(REFUGEES) Savage Hours (LIBERIA)
Big Stick, Small Carrot (EAST-WEST)
End of the Bogota Siege (COLOMBIA)
Bloodless Coup (SOUTH YEMEN)
Death Squads (BRAZIL)
Film Fallout (SAUDI ARABIA)
" I Quite Like Being Prime Minister" (BRITAIN)
SCIENCE
Ten Candles for Earth Day
(Environment)
Explosion of a Toxic Time Bomb (Environment)
SOCIETY
In Hartford: A Taxing Solution
(American Scene)
Lighting the Darkened Palaces (Living)
A Book Ignites an Indian Uprising (Behavior)
BUSINESS
Those Small Business Blues
(Economy & Business)
That New Santa Fe Travail (Economy & Business)
Inflation Stamp (Economy & Business)
No-Pinch Cutoff (Economy & Business)
Stunning Turnaround at Tarrytown (Economy & Business)
Sears Searches for Success (Economy & Business)
Oil's Gusher (Economy & Business)
LAW
"By and Large, We Succeed"
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Fabled Finish
(Television)
Divorce Jitters (Theater)
Last of the Old-School Maestros (Music)
Harlem Bash (Music)
Slo-Mo Farce (Cinema)
While the Parade Went By (Books)
Occasions (Books)
The Belle Jar (Books)
Editors'Choice (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
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
U.S. Prisons: Myth vs. Mayhem
(Time Essay)

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