A Homecoming at Last

Wrestling with Social Security

Interpreting the New Moderation

Deadly Smoke

Locking Eyes at the Top (The Presidency)


A Mix of Caution and Opportunism (The Soviets)

An Unwinnable Game (POLAND)

A Deal in the Pipeline

The Spotlight Shifts to Begin (MIDDLE EAST)

The Molester (ESPIONAGE)

Mixed Signals (EL SALVADOR)

Tunnel Tragedy (AFGHANISTAN)

Half a World Lies Open (The Soviets)

Changing the Guard (The Soviets)
After Brezhnev's 18-year rule, the U.S.S.R. gets an enigmatic new leader

A Top Cop Takes the Helm (The Soviets)
Yuri Andropov becomes the first KGB boss to run the country

Also-Rans Who Still Have Clout (The Soviets)

One Quota That Was Overfulfilled (The Soviets)

Sinking Deeper into a Quagmire (The Soviets)

Trying to Influence Moscow (The Soviets)

Coups and Killings in Kabul (The Soviets)


Looking and Listening in the Heavens (Space)

Dropout Drops In (Space)


Which Life Should Be Saved? (Medicine)


A Tilt Called Cynicism (Newswatch)


"Everything I've Done Is Unique"

Generals of Shrinking Armies (Economy & Business)

Grim Reapings (Economy & Business)

To Buy or Rent (Economy & Business)

Entertaining Enterprise (Economy & Business)

High Noon for an Oil Tax (Economy & Business)

Tuning In to Jobs (Economy & Business / Dividends)


"Lightning Before My Eyes"


Ghosts Walk in Appalachia (Theater)

Hitchhiking the Mean Streets (Cinema)

Jolly Contempt (Cinema)

New Menus for All Seasonings (Books)

No More Mr. Nice Guy (Music)

A Sense of Female Experience (Art)


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