In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 124 No. 15
Read the Cover StoryCOVER
Court at the Crossroads
(Cover Story / COVER STORY)
NATION
Holding Their Ground
The Heat of the Kitchen
Passing the Buck
Reagan's Youthful Boomlet
The Senate: Embattled Heartland Republicans
Next in Line for the Nine
F.D.R.'s Scheme
WORLD
Middle East: Friends and Enemies
(Middle East) Hong Kong: A Colony's Uncertain Future (Hong Kong)
Nicaragua: Sincerity, or Very Tricky? (Nicaragua)
France: Return of the Native (France)
The Koreas: An Enemy Bearing Gifts (The Koreas)
Soviet Union: Red Threat, No Sweat (Soviet Union)
Terrorism: Arms Coup on the High Seas (Terrorism)
South Africa: Work Before Politics (South Africa)
SCIENCE
Science: Striking It Rich in Wyoming
Science: Trapped in Time
SOCIETY
In Pennsylvania: The View from 80
(American Scene)
PRESS
Newswatch : Finding a Face for Fritz
(Newswatch/) RELIGION
Religion: U.S. Judaism's Man of Paradox
SPORT
Sport: Wait Until This Year
TECHNOLOGY
Computers: Play It Again, This Time in Color
(Computers)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Washington: Give Peace an Institute
(American Notes / Washington)
Space: Chart of the High Frontier (American Notes / Space)
Florida: Booty to the Top Bidder (American Notes / Florida)
Justice: Handling a Deadly Issue (American Notes / Justice)
The Military: Under Every Rock (American Notes / The Military)
BUSINESS
Battling It Out in the Skies
(Economy & Business)
A Plan, at Long Last a Plan (Economy & Business)
Big Blue Aims to Get Bigger (Economy & Business)
Labor: Smooth Sailing in Autos and Coal (Labor)
Investing: Here Comes EDGAR (Investing)
Financiers: Going Home the Hard Way (Financiers)
Regulators: Fightin', Feudin' and Fumin' (Regulators)
Restaurants: Flipping the 50 Billionth Burger (Restaurants)
EDUCATION
Education: Getting Off to a Quick Start
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: Going for the Grail at the Met
(Music)
Books: The Cassettes Go Rolling Along (Books)
Books: Battleground (Books)
Books: Journeys (Books)
COUNTRY: From Heartland to Heartthrobs (Cinema / COUNTRY)
Video: A Domestic Reign of Terror (Video)
MILESTONES
Milestones: Oct. 8, 1984
PEOPLE
People: Oct. 8, 1984
On the Record: Oct. 8, 1984
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 8, 1984
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters: Oct. 8, 1984

And the Person of the Decade Is ...
The Young Victoria: How a Queen Shapes Her Destiny
Climatoon: Sinking Islands and Copenhagen
Did You Hear How Bad The Morgans Is?
Eight Decades of Person of the Year
Tiger Woods' Sponsors: Will Any Stick by Him?
Joe Klein's Annual Teddy Awards
Person of the Year: Ben Bernanke
Iranian Cyber Army Takes Down Twitter, Sort Of
Portraits of Chinese Workers