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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 124 No. 5
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Now for the Real Fight
Mr. Inside vs. Mr. Outside (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
Drama and Passion Galore
The Life off the Party
Smiles, Tears and Goose Bumps
Friendly Advice, but Stern
Low-Profile Politics (Convention Notes / LABOR)
Voice from the Past (Convention Notes / LEGACY)
Sidestepping Ms.takes (Convention Notes / ETIQUETTE)
Saints, Sinners and Scientists (Convention Notes / PATRONS)
Harmony for a Diverse Party (Convention Notes / MUSIC)
WORLD
"I Have to Survive"
(FRANCE) A Long Summer of Discontent (BRITAIN)
Harboring Doubt (NEW ZEALAND)
Election Moves (NICARAGUA)
Warning Shot (SOVIET UNION)
Vicious Circle (KAMPUCHEA)
Duarte's Big Willkommen (World Notes,EL SALVADOR)
Letting Their People Go (POLAND)
An Explosive Warning (ANGOLA)
A Scion from the Kremlin (GREECE)
Pouch Without a Home (DIPLOMACY)
PRESS
One Giant TV Studio
Software Is for Sharing (Computers)
SPORT
Why We Play These Games
(Olympics)
As Los Angeles raises its Olympic banners and 2 billion viewers sit back to cheer, athletes from 140 nations of the world prepare to meet a human need
It's A Global Affair (Olympics)
No Limit to What He Can Do (Olympics)
Four golds: the incredible quest of Carl Lewis
Star-Spangled Home Team (Olympics)
Just Off Center Stage (Olympics)
In Search of the Angels (Olympics)
BUSINESS
All the World's a Bargain
(Economy & Business)
The Rescuer of Last Resort (Economy & Business)
War by Microcomputer (EAST-WEST TRADE)
Belfast Boondoggle (AUTOS)
Roar with a Latin Beat (AIRLINES)
Your Money or Your Company (TAKEOVERS)
Stock Around the Clock (WALL STREET)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Comic Exile in Three Worlds
(Books)
Excerpt (Books)
Compromiser (Books)
Beastly Affairs (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Music)
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
All Right, What Kind of People Are We?

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