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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 120 No. 3
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Sending in the Marines
Second Thoughts on the Pipeline
Insincerely Yrs.
Torpedo for the Seabed Treaty
An Election-Year Tax Increase?
"I Thought I Was in Hell"
The Sheiks Who Shake Up Florida
WORLD
A Fortress Under Heavy Fire
(Beirut / COVER STORIES)
Reagan makes an offer—and issues a warning
A Man for All Reasons (Beirut)
Looking Past the Embassy Garden (Beirut)
Seven Days in a Small War (Beirut)
Drums Along the Border (PERSIAN GULF)
An Interview with Saddam Hussein
Pay Rage (SOUTH AFRICA)
Postwar Blues (ARGENTINA)
Leading Man (MEXICO)
A Realistic Neighbor
SCIENCE
The Once and Future Shuttle
(Space)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Ultra-Bite
(Medicine)
Capsules (Medicine)
SOCIETY
In New Hampshire: Splotched in the Woods
(American Scene)
PRESS
TV News: Is More Better?
RELIGION
Dear Rabbi - Why Me?
STYLE & DESIGN
The Greening of Skid Row
(Design)
TECHNOLOGY
Dealing with Terminal Phobia
(Computers)
BUSINESS
What in the World Is Wrong?
(Economy & Business)
Europe's Outlook Darkens (Economy & Business)
Oklahoma K.O. (Economy & Business)
Moon Wars (Economy & Business)
LAW
The Potshot That Backfired
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Hollywood's Hottest Summer
(Cinema)
Tremors on Dopey Drive (Cinema)
El Greco's Arrogant Genius (Art)
Daring Rectitude (Books)
City Boy (Books)
Editors' Choice (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
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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