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December 22, 1980 | Vol. 116 No. 25

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NATION

Nation: Eight for the Cabinet

Nation: A Team Player for the Pentagon

Nation: A Broker for Treasury

Nation: A Missionary For OMB

Nation: A Brahmin for Justice

Nation: An Idea Man For CIA

Nation: A Trio for Tough Departments

THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Reading the Portents (THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY)

Nation: Final Payments

Nation: Gambits in the Hostage Game

The Last Day in the Life (COVER STORY)

Nation: Always a Pun up His Sleeve

Nation: A Lethal Delusion

WORLD

POLAND: Poised for a Showdown (POLAND)

DIPLOMACY: Parleys About Peace and Power (DIPLOMACY)

EL SALVADOR: Aftermath of Four Brutal Murders (EL SALVADOR)

ZIMBABWE: Ironic Justice (ZIMBABWE)

UGANDA: Unruly Vote (UGANDA)

GUYANA: Magic Majority (GUYANA)

FRANCE: Not So Funny (FRANCE)

ISRAEL: The Struggle of Peres and Rabin (ISRAEL)

SCIENCE

Science: A New Life for a High-Flying Bird

Science: Dwindling Breed

SOCIETY

In Georgia: Plains Revisited (American Scene)

PRESS

Press: The Man Who Would Be King

NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: A Sinking Feeling About Leaks (NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith)

SPORT

Sport: Splendor Among the Potted Palms

BUSINESS

Energy: The Seven Lean Years (Energy)

Energy: Some Blunt Talk from OPEC (Energy)

Energy: Oil for the Lamps of Reagan (Energy)

Energy: Nukes: Not Nice, but Necessary (Energy)

Energy: Hollywood Finds a Plot (Energy)

Energy: The New Conservation Chic (Energy)

Energy: Proof It Works (Energy)

Energy: Backyard Fuel (Energy)

Energy: Strike It Rich (Energy)

Energy: Pinching Power (Energy)

EDUCATION

Education: Preschool Pays

Education: Five Figures!

LAW

Law: Toward More Uniform Sentences

Law: Ample Penalty

Law: Weekly Ration

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Art: Muriel's $12 Million Sublimation (Art)

Cinema: Comics into Film: Bam! Pow! Eek! (Cinema)

Cinema: Atonement (Cinema)

Cinema: Stenos, Anyone? (Cinema)

Theater: Viet Nam Vaudeville (Theater)

Books: A Room of Their Own (Books)

Books: Notable (Books)

Music: Sounds for the Solstice (Music)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Dec. 22, 1980

PEOPLE

People, Dec. 22, 1980

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 22, 1980 (A Letter From The Publisher)

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