Looking For a Way Out

An Officer and a Gentleman Comes Home: Lieut. Robert O. Goodman

Stepping on Mondale's Lines

Whew!

Burned Wick

The Presidency: Using Hope Against Adversity (The Presidency)

Mass Transit Makes a Comeback

Life with Paul and Billy Bob

Uneasy Freedom


The Light That Failed: Nigeria (COVER STORIES)
A military coup brings an abrupt end to Nigeria's democratic experiment

A Continent Gone Wrong

I Am Not Discouraged:Leopold Senghor, former President of Senegal

Sweating It Out in Abidjan

Central America: Battling on Two Fronts (Central America)

Tunisia: Bourguiba Lets Them Eat Bread (Tunisia)

China: Enter Smiling (China)

France: Is Carlos Back? (France)

Cuba: From Spontaneity to Stagnation (Cuba)


Environment: Heat over Wood Burning (Environment)


Medicine: Confusion over Infant Herpes (Medicine)


Living: Designers Get Down to Work (Living)


Press: Newsweek's Outsider Bows Out

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Economy & Business)

What a Way to Start a Year! (Economy & Business)
Bullish tidings gladden both moneymen and the Administration

Texaco and Getty Oil: History's Biggest Takeover? (Economy & Business)
Giant Texaco offers $9.9 billion to Getty Oil's feuding owners

The Grand Acquisitor's New Prey : Rupert Murdoch and Warner (Economy & Business)
Does Rupert Murdoch really mean to grab Warner?

Mr. Smith Shakes Up Detroit (Economy & Business)

Max Troubles for Betamax (Economy & Business)


Law: Drunk Drivers Turn to the Bar


Theater: Stoppard in the Name of Love (Theater)

Books: The Astronomer's Daughter (Books)

Books: Excerpt (Books)

Books: Black Arts (Books)

Books: Family Ordeal (Books)

Show Business: Why Do Movies Seem So Long? (Show Business)


Mining Familiar Territory

Milestones: Jan. 16, 1984


People: Jan. 16, 1984


A Letter From The Publisher: Jan. 16, 1984 (A Letter From The Publisher)


Letters: Jan. 16, 1984


Essay: A Dying Art: The Classy Exit Line