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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 118 No. 3
Read the Cover StoryNATION
The Brethren's First Sister
(COVER STORY) Answers to Some Accusations
Foot Soldiers of the Law
Citadel on a Hill (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
Heading Toward a Quiet Summit
A Wealth of Tax Objections
Pen Pal from Plains
Sparring over Social Security
Sick and Inglorious Transit
Reinforcements in the Drug War
The Cheap New Killer
MX'ed Feelings About Missiles
Those Flies in Brown's Ointment
lipping the Ante
WORLD
They Were Not Kidding
(FRANCE) Back to Normal (MIDDLE EAST)
Enemies of the Clergy (IRAN)
More Renewal (POLAND)
Minus Zero (NICARAGUA)
Living with Ghosts (ARGENTINA)
SCIENCE
Icarus Would Have Loved It
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Surgical Trauma in California
(Medicine)
SOCIETY
Feminist Folk and Fairy Tales
(Sexes)
RELIGION
A Historic Barrier Drops
Hot Seat
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
"Dead, Underground or Abroad"
BUSINESS
History's Biggest Merger
(Economy & Business)
An Early Takeoff at Pan Am (Economy & Business)
Transatlantic Money Squabble (Economy & Business)
Tough Traders (Economy & Business)
Prices Plunge (Economy & Business)
Alternate Attic (Economy & Business)
The Wunderwagen (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
How to Pick a Private School
LAW
Tarzan Goes to Court
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Isle of Blight
(Theater)
Mozart Debuts at the White House (Music)
Lenin's Rockers (Music)
And Now, the Netherlanders (Dance)
The Great Era Of Walt Disney (Cinema)
The New Generation Comes of Age (Cinema)
He Was His Own Best Whodunit (Books)
Resister (Books)
Foolish Grit (Books)
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
There Must Be a Nicer Way

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