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May 4, 1981 | Vol. 117 No. 18

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NATION

Flying into Trouble

All-Seeing Airborne Base

Now Comes the Hard Part

Right in the Breadbasket

Ideologue with Influence

Stirring in the Grass Roots

The Presidency: First Act in a Long Drama (The Presidency)

True Believer

Asking for It?

Epic Heist in Tucson

St. Louis Sings the Blues

WORLD

Lebanon: A Vengeful Three-Sided War (Lebanon)

Poland: From Russia with Suslov (Poland)

West Germany: Christiane F. Teen-age heroine in Berlin (West Germany)

El Salvador: Low Profile (El Salvador)

Uganda: Toward Ceaseless Chaos (Uganda)

South Korea: Morality Oaths (South Korea)

China: One Too Many (China)

Hey You, Sir: Proletarian Politeness in China

SCIENCE

Environment: The Wild Dogs of Little Egypt (Environment)

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Making Skin from Sharks (Medicine)

SOCIETY

Living: The High Cost of Loving (Living)

PRESS

Newswatch: The Pulitzer Hoax-Who Can Be Believed? (Newswatch)

RELIGION

Religion: Let a Hundred Churches Bloom

SPORT

Sport: In Oakland, a Record Blast-Off

Sport: The Longest Game

BUSINESS

The Money Chase (Economy & Business / COVER STORY)

How the Bosses Rate Them (Economy & Business)

Harvard's Waffle Case (Economy & Business)

A New Financial Supermarket (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

Education: Rah! Rah! SELL! SELL!

LAW

Law: Patients' Rights

Law: Lawyer Roundup in Jeff City

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Theater: Swamp Rats (Theater)

Show Business: Saga of a Saloon Singer (Show Business)

Show Business: CBS Wins (Show Business)

Dance: Baryshnikov Remodels the A.B.T. (Dance)

Books: Six Lives, Two Centuries (Books)

Cinema: Hollywood Harakiri: Take 2 (Cinema)

MILESTONES

Milestones: May 4, 1981

PEOPLE

People: May 4, 1981

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher: May 4, 1981 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters: May 4, 1981

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