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March 16, 1981 | Vol. 117 No. 11

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  • Cover Credit: DAVID HUME KENNERLY

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NATION

Playing for High Stakes

Supply Line for a Junta

Alexander Haig: The Vicar Takes Charge (COVER STORY)

Shaping foreign policy for a decade of risks and challenges

How a Policy Was Born

An Interview with Haig

A Bonanza for Defense

Thunderers on the Right

Another Body

Busing Blues

Americana: United We Stand Around (Americana)

Americana: Bathroom Brouhaha (Americana)

Americana: Extra Credit (Americana)

Americana: Charmed Robbery (Americana)

Americana: Busted Busman (Americana)

WORLD

East Bloc: Warsaw's New Crackdown (East Bloc)

Brezhnev: A One-Man Band

Saudi Arabia: Shoring Up the Kingdom (Saudi Arabia)

Spain: A Worry: The Next Coup (Spain)

Britain: Having a Party (Britain)

Did Fidel Push the Button?

SCIENCE

Science: Hideaways for Nuclear Waste

Environment: Enough with the Jokes, Already (Environment)

Science: Telltale Stars

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Totally Allergic (Medicine)

Medicine: Recycling Blood (Medicine)

Medicine: Capsules: Mar. 16, 1981 (Medicine)

SOCIETY

In North Dakota: View from a BUFF, A B-52 Bomber (American Scene)

RELIGION

Religion: Ablution Without Absolution

SPORT

Sport: Giving 'Em the Old One-Two

Sport: Triple Threat

BUSINESS

Big Profits in Big Bribery (Economy & Business)

Mum's the Word (Economy & Business)

No Search for Quick Results (Economy & Business)

Ads Aloft (Economy & Business)

Tough Tangle over Trade (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

Education: Putting Darwin Back in the Dock

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Television: The Latest Perils of PBS (Television)

Theater: Duke's Place (Theater)

Books: Beyond Pleasure and Pain (Books)

Books: Happy Hominid (Books)

Books: Black Diamond (Books)

Books: Editors' Choice: Mar. 16, 1981 (Books)

Fiction: Best Sellers: Mar. 16, 1981 (Books / Fiction)

MILESTONES

Milestones: Mar. 16, 1981

PEOPLE

People: Mar. 16, 1981

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher: Mar. 16, 1981 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters: Mar. 16, 1981

ESSAY

Time Essay: The Great Black and White Secret (Time Essay)

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