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April 27, 1981 | Vol. 117 No. 17

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NATION

The Upstairs Presidency

The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: That Show-Must-Go-On Spirit (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

Time To Move From Sloganeering To Statesmanship: (Time to move from sloganeering to statesmanship)

Softly, with a Big Stick

Tehran Was Never Like This

A Break in the Investigation?

Drive Against 55

Americana: Poles Apart (Americana)

WORLD

France: Giscard Runs Scared (France)

In a close election, the President is the issue

Britain: Soul Searching in Scorched Ruins, Brixton Riots Stir Anguish (Britain)

Poland: Fighting for an Idea, A Farmers' Union (Poland)

El Salvador,Break In A Triple Murder: Arrests at Last (El Salvador)

Diplomacy,Rough Start In Africa: Bumpy Mission (DIPLOMACY,Rough start in Africa)

AFGHANISTAN: A Shroud of Insecurity (AFGHANISTAN)

Canada: Levesque Lives: Quebec re-elects a separatist (Canada)

Quebec re-elects a separatist

Defectors: Exit, con Brio (Defectors)

Soviet Union: Soap Opera (Soviet Union)

China: Mao's Mistakes (China)

SCIENCE

Touchdown, Columbia! (Space / COVER STORY)

Space: Battlestar Columbia? (Space)

Space: Meese's Mice (Space)

SOCIETY

In California: The Goose Lives! (American Scene)

Living: Now Playing: Sipping Cinemas (Living)

Behavior: Father Cares (Behavior)

PRESS

Press: A Fraud in the Pulitzers

Newswatch Thomas Griffith: Stuck with Labels (Newswatch/Thomas Griffith)

SPORT

Sport: Hockey's Great Gretzky

Sport: Requiem for a Heavyweight

BUSINESS

Time to Repair and Restore (Economy & Business)

A City That Still Works (Economy & Business)

Window Shopping with $3 Billion (Economy & Business)

Big Oil's Surprising Problems (Economy & Business)

Crooks, Conmen and Clowns (Economy & Business)

LAW

Law: Watergate Ghosts Rise Again

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cinema: Lights! Camera! Pittsburgh! (Cinema)

Show Business: The Duke and His Court (Show Business)

Art: Close, Closer, Closest (Art)

Music: Sounds from a White Room (Music)

Books: Beating the Sophomore Jinx (Books)

Books: Notable: Apr. 27, 1981 (Books)

MILESTONES

Milestones: Apr. 27, 1981

PEOPLE

People: Apr. 27, 1981

On the Record: Apr. 27, 1981

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher: Apr. 27, 1981 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters: Apr. 27, 1981

ESSAY

Essay: The Importance of Being Lucky

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