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October 18, 1982 | Vol. 120 No. 16

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NATION

Murder by Remote Control

Portrait of a Poisoner

Beating Gloom to the Punch

Two Can Play

The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: A Flash of Irish Flint (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

Mortal Sins

Waking Up to the Gender Gap

Senators: Among the Mavericks

The House: In the Minority

WORLD

Poland: Requiem for a Dream (Poland)

Middle East: A Step Toward Freedom (Middle East)

West Germany: Mixed Reviews for the New Man (West Germany)

El Salvador: Slow Justice (El Salvador)

Sweden: Run Silent, Run Where? (Sweden)

PRESS

Press: Bitter Ending

SPORT

Sport: The Year Everyone Won

STYLE & DESIGN

Design: Heraldry for the Industrial Age (Design)

TECHNOLOGY

Computers: Are Whizzes Washed Up at 35? (Computers)

BUSINESS

Bulls Are Stampeding Again (Economy & Business)

The Growing Bankruptcy Brigade (Economy & Business)

Fast-Film Coup (Economy & Business)

Thumbs Down (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

Education: Little Room to Negotiate

LAW

Law: Back to Business - and Lots of It

Law: Future Funding

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Perennial Promises Kept (Books / COVER STORY)

Theater: O That Anthropomorphical Rag (Theater)

Video: The Blackboard Jumble (Video)

Cinema: DPs (Cinema)

Cinema: DTs (Cinema)

SPECIAL SECTION

Jimmy Carter: 444 Days Of Agony

Speaking Out for Human Rights

Giving Away The Canal: Jimmy Carter on Panama

The Final Day

The Moral Equivalent of War

MILESTONES

Milestones: Oct. 18, 1982

PEOPLE

People: Oct. 18, 1982

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 18, 1982 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters: Oct. 18, 1982

ESSAY

Essay: The Maniac in the Balance

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