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October 15, 1984 | Vol. 124 No. 16

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NATION

Prime Time Showdown

Spotlight on the Seconds

Tax and Spend

Time Out for the Defense

How to Indict

Session Without End, Amen

Trying to Shoot Straight

Spy vs. Spy Saga

The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Taking Gromyko's Measure (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)

The House: Pouring In the Money

WORLD

The Sicilian Connection (COVER STORY)

A Cautionary Tale

Blood, Business, Honor

Model Treaty

China: Snappy Birthday, Comrades (China)

Middle East: Money Walks, Nobody Talks (Middle East)

Britain: The Splits (Britain)

Central America: The Blitz (Central America)

Egypt: Circumstantial Evidence (Egypt)

Mozambique: Rebels Without a Clause (Mozambique)

Refugees: Storming the Palace (Refugees)

Greece: Having It Both Ways (Greece)

Switzerland: Women at the Top (Switzerland)

SCIENCE

Space: Racing to Win the Heavens (Space)

Environment: Mass Death at Two River Crossings (Environment)

SOCIETY

Behavior: Polling for Mental Health (Behavior)

PRESS

Press: Battle Lines Are Drawn

SPORT

Sport: The Tigers Lying in Wait (Sport)

TECHNOLOGY

Computers: War Games (Computers)

Computers: Family Living (Computers)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Investigations: Fatal Failure to Check the Gas (American Notes / Investigations)

Politics: Coming a Long Way (American Notes / Politics)

Homeless: Helter-Skelter Shelter (American Notes / Homeless)

Washington: Money-Saving Phone Calls (American Notes / Washington)

New York: A Stranger in the Night (American Notes / New York)

BUSINESS

A Beastly Question (Economy & Business)

Another Jolt from the Bankers (Economy & Business)

Baseball's Wild Cards (Economy & Business)

Sleep Capsules (Economy & Business)

California's Grape Depression (Economy & Business)

How Reyers Stays a Step Ahead (Economy & Business)

Extinguished (Economy & Business)

Directors: The Chrysler Board's Union Label (Directors)

Transportation: A Wing and a Prayer (Transportation)

Imports: One More for the Road (Imports)

Employee Relations: All Aboard for Racine (Employee Relations)

Advertising: Playing to a Trapped Audience (Advertising)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Art: Return of the Native (Art)

Cinema: The Adaptation as Antique Show (Cinema)

Books: Men and Women in Love (Books)

Excerpt: Books: Oct. 15, 1984 (Books / Excerpt)

Books: Charades (Books)

Books: Coming Clean (Books)

Theater: Wounds That Will Not Heal (Theater)

Theater: Tour de Farce (Theater)

MILESTONES

Milestones: Oct. 15, 1984

PEOPLE

People: Oct. 15, 1984

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 15, 1984 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters: Oct. 15, 1984

ESSAY

Essay: The Rugged Individual Rides Again

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