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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 123 No. 13
Read the Cover StoryNATION
The race between Hart and Mondale heads toward more showdowns
Making Hart Stew
Here Comes the Yumpies
Journey of a Small Town Boy
Showing His Stuff in Dixie
Where the Candidates Stand on the Issues
Fast Freights and Side Rails
Good Friends and Bad Memory
Step in the Right Direction
No Trespassing
FIST by a K.O.
Miami's Verdict
Boston's Honor
No Respect
Bad News for the Doomsayers (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
WORLD
Making Martial Noises
(EL SALVADOR) Democracy Among the Ruins
His Majesty Is Not Pleased (MIDDLE EAST)
'The Church Strives for Order" (POLAND)
The Winds of Peace (SOUTHERN AFRICA)
Tit for Tat (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Turner's Turn (CANADA)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Hold the Eggs and Butter
(Medicine / COVER STORY)
A One-in-a-Million Worst Case (Medicine)
Slow Death Without Fever (Medicine)
SOCIETY
In New York: Casting About for a Chorus
(American Scene)
PRESS
When News Becomes Voyeurism
Nixon Tapes
Coming to Grips with Reagan (Newswatch/Thomas Griffith)
Hoge Venture
RELIGION
Marian and the Elders
Vatican Warning
STYLE & DESIGN
Wild Beat of Memphis
(Design)
BUSINESS
Manufacturing Is in Flower
(Economy & Business)
In Quest of Quality (Economy & Business)
Card Sharks (Economy & Business)
Misgivings About Big Mergers (Economy & Business)
Prime Ribbing (Economy & Business)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Hollywood Catches the Rock Beat
(Show Business)
The Downhill Road from Troy (Books)
Diffident Owl (Books)
The Master Who Knew Too Much (Cinema)
A Melodrama of Failed Promise (Theater)
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
A Bouquet for Also-Rans

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