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May 5, 1980 | Vol. 115 No. 18

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NATION

Debacle in The Desert (COVER STORY)

Nation: The Chopper That Couldn't

Nation: Five Attempts

THE PRESIDENCY: Days That Call for Daring (THE PRESIDENCY)

Nation: Shock, Anger

Nation: A for Effort, F for Execution

Nation: For the Families, a New Concern

Nation: A Mother's Odyssey

Nation: John Anderson Breaks Away

Nation: The Day of the Underdogs

WORLD

REFUGEES: Voyage from Cuba (REFUGEES)

LIBERIA: Savage Hours (LIBERIA)

EAST-WEST: Big Stick, Small Carrot (EAST-WEST)

COLOMBIA: End of the Bogota Siege (COLOMBIA)

SOUTH YEMEN: Bloodless Coup (SOUTH YEMEN)

BRAZIL: Death Squads (BRAZIL)

SAUDI ARABIA: Film Fallout (SAUDI ARABIA)

BRITAIN: I Quite Like Being Prime Minister (BRITAIN)

SCIENCE

Environment: Ten Candles for Earth Day (Environment)

Environment: Explosion of a Toxic Time Bomb (Environment)

SOCIETY

In Hartford: A Taxing Solution (American Scene)

Living: Lighting the Darkened Palaces (Living)

Behavior: A Book Ignites an Indian Uprising (Behavior)

BUSINESS

Business: Those Small Business Blues (Economy & Business)

Business: That New Santa Fe Travail (Economy & Business)

Business: Inflation Stamp (Economy & Business)

Business: No-Pinch Cutoff (Economy & Business)

Business: Stunning Turnaround at Tarrytown (Economy & Business)

Business: Sears Searches for Success (Economy & Business)

Business: Oil's Gusher (Economy & Business)

LAW

Law: By and Large, We Succeed

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Television: Fabled Finish (Television)

Theater: Divorce Jitters (Theater)

Music: Last of the Old-School Maestros (Music)

Music: Harlem Bash (Music)

Cinema: Slo-Mo Farce (Cinema)

Books: While the Parade Went By (Books)

Books: Occasions (Books)

Books: The Belle Jar (Books)

Books: Editors'Choice (Books)

FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

MILESTONES

Milestones, May 5, 1980

PEOPLE

People, May 5, 1980

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, May 5, 1980 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, May 5, 1980

ESSAY

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