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February 9, 1981 | Vol. 117 No. 6

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NATION

The Last Hurrah

Looking Back in Anger

Learning to Keep a Secret

A Change of Direction: Reagan Starts to Make His Aims Known

A Message for Moscow

The Presidency: A Sense of Privacy (The Presidency)

Land Rush in Washington

Stung Again

The Things She Did for Love

WORLD

Poland: A Fire in the Country (Poland)

The Sheltered Strangers

Iran: Quarreling over Ghosts (Iran)

Middle East: Extravagant Dissension (Middle East)

Spain: Bold Departure (Spain)

Britain: Splitting at the Seams (Britain)

El Salvador: Tactical Retreat (El Salvador)

South Africa: Stalled Reform (South Africa)

SCIENCE

Science: An Eye High in the Sky

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Doubts About Vasectomies (Medicine)

Medicine: Toxic Shock (Medicine)

SOCIETY

In Oregon: An Adman's Call of the Wild (American Scene)

Modeling the '80s Look: The Faces and Fees are Fabulous (Living / COVER STORIES)

Living: Big-League Stunner or Nice Kid? (Living)

PRESS

Press: Pack Protocol

Newswatch: Excluded from the Big Moment (Newswatch)

SPORT

Sport: The Wild Cards Run Wild

BUSINESS

Taming the Monster (Economy & Business)

A Bible for Supply-Siders (Economy & Business)

Battle in the Boardrooms (Economy & Business)

RCA's Whirling Merry-Go-Round (Economy & Business)

Flying Highest (Economy & Business)

The Man Behind the CIgar (Economy & Business)

LAW

Law: Blind Justice Gets a Seeing Eye

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Dance: Making Stravinsky Look Easy (Dance)

Theater: MATING CALL (Theater)

Television: Season of the Nightsoaps (Television)

Books: A Profligacy off Inference (Books)

Books: The New Music (Books)

Books: Black and White (Books)

Fiction: Best Sellers: Feb. 9, 1981 (Books / Fiction)

MILESTONES

Milestones: Feb. 9, 1981

PEOPLE

People: Feb. 9, 1981

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher: Feb. 9, 1981 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters: Feb. 9, 1981

ESSAY

Essay: States' Rights and Other Myths

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