In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 117 No. 5
Read the Cover StoryNATION
America's Incredible Day
A Real Hero
What to Watch For
New Beginnings, Old Anxieties
When a Fed Was a Friend (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
WORLD
"We Will Not Go Back"
(POLAND) Standoff at Rzeszow
Scrambling for Advantage (ISRAEL)
Pray You Are Right, Don Jose' (El Salvador)
Overcoming Antagonisms
Guilty Verdict: the Gang of Four (CHINA)
The President Opts for Mercy (SOUTH KOREA)
Tit-for-Tat Murder (NORTHERN IRELAND)
SOCIETY
C & W Nightclubs: Riding High
(Living)
"Don't Shoot the Bull-Ride It" (Living)
PRESS
"We'd Better Be Ready"
Murdoch's Risk
News Lockout
RELIGION
Two Altars, One Mass
SPORT
Bullets from the Boss
BUSINESS
How the Bankers Did It
(Economy & Business)
Midnight Deal (Economy & Business)
Reagan's Choice (Economy & Business)
LAW
Discrimination Begins at 40
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Power and Lust
(Theater)
Rake's Reform (Theater)
The Banality of Deceit (Books)
Read the story (Books)
Castaways (Books)
Editors' Choice (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
Napoleon: An Epic out of Exile (Show Business)
SPECIAL SECTION
An End to the Long Ordeal
(COVER STORIES) Tales off Torment and Triumph
The Man Behind the Blindfold
"I Thought I Was Dead"
How the Bargain Was Struck
Honorable Deal--or Ransom?
Algeria's Tireless "Postmen"
Unrest in Iran
Soviet Meddling
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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ESSAY
Learning Lessons from an Obsession

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The 50 Best Inventions of 2009
2012: End-of-World Disaster Porn
The Troubled Journey of Major Hasan
Photos: A Muslim Candidate's Unconventional Strategy
U.S. Crime Writer Tackles a Real Hong Kong Cold Case