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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 116 No. 19
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Hope for the Hostages
Year of Torment
Now, a Few Words in Closing
Wham, Zonk and Gurgle (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
Oh, what a Tangled Web
Biggest Catch
Racist Rifleman
A Place to Hate and Love
Two Ex-Presidents Assess the Job
WORLD
A Bloody Stalemate
(PERSIAN GULF) Voting Under the Gun (JAMAICA)
Moscow Cracks the Whip (POLAND)
Fractious Land of Promise (ZIMBABWE)
Mugabe: A "Practical" Marxist
Mystery Blast (TERRORISM)
"We Learned from Our Suffering" (CHINA)
What Students Believe In
Trudeau vs. the Premiers (CANADA)
SCIENCE
Close Encounter with Saturn
Playing God, and Noah, at Zoos (Environment)
SOCIETY
Looking Ahead by Cutting Back
(Living)
BUSINESS
Harvests Down, Prices Up
(Economy & Business)
The Auto Industry Sees Red (Economy & Business)
An $8 Billion Dilemma (Economy & Business)
Harvard Inc.? (Economy & Business)
Bankers' Banker (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
Bull Market for Engineers
LAW
Fresh Start
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Dark Alley
(Cinema)
242nd Street (Cinema)
Vile Bodies (Cinema)
A Glorious, Bubbly Finale (Music)
Dancing down the Middle (Music)
The Twenties' Bleak New World (Art)
Two Serious Comic Writers (Books)
Russia's Giant (Books)
Complex Justice (Books)
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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