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October 20, 1980 | Vol. 116 No. 16

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NATION

Nation: A Vow to Zip His Lip

Nation: Meet the Real Ronald Reagan

Nation: Keeping It in the Family

THE PRESIDENCY: Majesty, Poetry and Power (THE PRESIDENCY)

Nation: A Rowdy Campaign of Personalities

Nation: Two High-Tone Contests of Issues and Ideology

Nation: Point Man Harold Brown

Nation: Pot Shots in California

Nation: Two Down

WORLD

PERSIAN GULF: Choosing Up Sides (PERSIAN GULF)

World: Giving Muslims a Lift

World: Loser on the Sidelines

ALGERIA: The Tragedy of El Asnam (ALGERIA)

FRANCE: Repercussions from the Blast (FRANCE)

BRITAIN: Crowing Tories (BRITAIN)

WEST GERMANY: Business as Usual for a Big Winner (WEST GERMANY)

JAPAN: Treasure off Tsushima (JAPAN)

SCIENCE

Science: The Cosmic Explainer (COVER STORY)

Science: A Gift for Vividness

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Pioneers of the Supergene (Medicine)

Medicine: Furtive First (Medicine)

SOCIETY

In Texas: the Uses of Yesterday (American Scene)

Living: A Morning to Remember (Living)

SPORT

Sport: Supercolt Outruns Controversy

BUSINESS

Business: The Great 1980 Non-Debate (Economy & Business)

Business: Investors Dream of Genes (Economy & Business)

Business: Melancholy Mall (Economy & Business)

Business: Tiffs on Trade (Economy & Business)

Business: Riding the Wind (Economy & Business)

Business: Bendix Battle (Economy & Business)

LAW

Law: Richard Nixon's Tangled Web

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Television: Video Venom (Television)

Music: Opera Is Still Alive in New York (Music)

Dance: Makarova: New Whirl in Town (Dance)

Cinema: Desert Dream (Cinema)

Cinema: Black Milk (Cinema)

Cinema: Love and Death (Cinema)

Cinema: Funny Smell (Cinema)

Books: Interest in Bugs, Not Humbugs (Books)

Books: Fine Red Dirt (Books)

Books: Editors' Choice (Books)

FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

Books: Honoring a Pole Apart (Books)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Oct. 20, 1980

PEOPLE

People, Oct. 20, 1980

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 20, 1980 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, Oct. 20, 1980

ESSAY

Time Essay: The Busting of American Trust (Time Essay)

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