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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 123 No. 17
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Explosion over Nicaragua
(COVER STORIES) COVER STORY: Congress bitterly rebukes Reagan after reports of CIA-directed minelaying
A Court Without Authority
How to Block a Harbor
Mysterious Help from Offshore?
Sorting Out a High-Stakes Game
Reverses and End Runs
"Tested in Heavy Combat"
Facing the Fatigue Factor
In Shape for the Marathon
Getting Ready for the Challenge
Extra Cheese
Send Him Your Checks (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
WORLD
Surprise: The Ayes Have It
(SOVIET UNION) A Threat to the Olympics
Drama on Two Disparate Fronts (ISRAEL)
Waking the Sleeping Giant (BRAZIL)
The Great Toyota War (CHAD)
Hard Soap (JAPAN)
Hitting Home (FRANCE)
Bridge over an Infamous Wall (EAST GERMANY)
SCIENCE
Capturing an Errant Satellite
(Space)
SOCIETY
In West Virginia: Comradeship
(American Scene)
The Message: Hands Off (Behavior)
Fall Fashions: Buying the Line (Living)
RELIGION
John Paul Completes His Team
BUSINESS
Letting Loose Some Monsters
(Economy & Business)
A Touch of Tomorrowland (Economy & Business)
Fire Sale (Economy & Business)
Unaccountable (Economy & Business)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Economy & Business)
Copacomputer (Economy & Business)
The Good Life (Economy & Business)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Night off the Great Prom
(Show Business)
Gadfly Glory, Martyr's Farce (Books)
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Openers (Books)
The Greening of the Box Office (Cinema)
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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Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
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Weekly Acoustic News: Thanksgiving Edition
The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
Can a Good Guy Fix College Football's Worst Thing?
The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak