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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 123 No. 26
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Over the Top, Barely
(COVER STORIES) Claiming victory, Mondale tries to unify the Democrats
Tackling the Teflon President
Looking Out for No. 2
A Heartbeat Away
Final Accounts
Teamster Talk
Plight of a Millionaire Farmer
Wiped Right Off the Map
It Meant to Kill Us
WORLD
A Most Exclusive Club
(SUMMITRY) The New Style of Exposure
Tributes and Tears
Feeling the Stigma
Slaughter at the Golden Temple (INDIA)
Pushing the Saudis Too Far (THE GULF)
Tense Trip to Kharg
Borderline (MEXICO)
Serving Notice (CENTRAL AMERICA)
Poison Gossip (THE VATICAN)
No News Is Bad News (THE PHILIPPINES,ARGENTINA,BOLIVIA,SOVIET UNION,JAPAN)
SOCIETY
Access Reinvents the Guidebook
(Living)
RELIGION
Looking Toward a New Era
TECHNOLOGY
Home Is Where the Heartbreak Is
(Computers)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
The Fat Man's Song
(American Notes / TRIALS)
Stick-'Em-Ups Head Down (American Notes / CRIME)
A Sobering Debate (American Notes / CONGRESS)
Uncle Sam Wants You, Fido (American Notes / THE MILITARY)
A Senator Tries to Explain (American Notes / ENCOUNTERS)
BUSINESS
Going for the Green
(Economy & Business)
A Prickly Dilemma for the Banks (Economy & Business)
Cut and Tax (Economy & Business)
Corporate Angels of Mercy (Economy & Business)
How Does This (Economy & Business)
Merrill Lynch's New Herdsman (WALL STREET)
Nationalization--American Style (GOVERNMENT)
Unlocking a 130-Year-Old Firm (GOING PUBLIC)
Sir Jimmy's $2 Billion Move (TAKEOVERS)
Mad Dog on the Run (TRADEMARKS)
EDUCATION
Words of Hope and Warning
LAW
Reining In Juveniles and Aliens
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Pleasures of the Iron Butterfly
(Art)
The Long and the Short of It (Cinema)
Witness for the Prosecution (Books)
Butchery (Books)
Less a Movie than a Cause (Video)
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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