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December 29, 1980 | Vol. 116 No. 26

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NATION

Nation: Reagan Sticks With Haig

Nation: Welcome to an Impossible Job

Nation: The General's Views

Nation: The Watergate Role

Nation: A Negotiator For Labor

Nation: The Endless Election

Nation: Where We Are

Nation: Bayou Bypass

Nation: Trouble at the Tea Party

Nation: Fatter City

Americana: Our Town (Americana)

Americana: Fallen Angel (Americana)

Americana: Hail to the Dukes (Americana)

Americana: The Egg and Eye (Americana)

WORLD

We Want a Decent Life (COVER STORY)

World: Queues and More Queues

World: East Bloc: Illusions of Unity

World: He Gave Us Hope

HOSTAGES: A Somber Holiday Vigil (HOSTAGES)

SOUTH AFRICA: Voting for Puppethood (SOUTH AFRICA)

UGANDA: Nation in Ruins (UGANDA)

CHAD: One for Gaddafi (CHAD)

NORTHERN IRELAND: An End to a Dangerous Fast (NORTHERN IRELAND)

CHINA: Missing Leader (CHINA)

World: Lonely Death of a Survivor

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Are Some Patients Being Done In? (Medicine)

Medicine: Folk Remedy (Medicine)

SOCIETY

Joyful Christmas Sounds and Sites (American Scene)

Living: Now, a First Decorator (Living)

RELIGION

Religion: This Is a God I Can Trust

SPORT

Sport: Baseball's $20 Million Man

BUSINESS

Business: Outlook '81: Recession (Economy & Business)

Business: New Faces on the Board (Economy & Business)

Business: Bali High for Oil Prices (Economy & Business)

Business: Chrysler Goes Back to the Well (Economy & Business)

LAW

Law: Closing an FBI Crime Case

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Theater: Blood Feud (Theater)

Theater: Bleak House (Theater)

Cinema: Invasion of the Mind Snatcher (Cinema)

Cinema: Calculations (Cinema)

Cinema: Off the Wall (Cinema)

Books: A Lively, Profitable World of Kid Lit (Books)

Books: Tops for Tots (Books)

Books: The Land of the Young (Books)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Dec. 29, 1980

PEOPLE

People, Dec. 29, 1980

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 29, 1980 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, Dec. 29, 1980

ESSAY

Essay: Is Reagan Dutch or O & W?

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