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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 124 No. 17
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Getting a Second Look
(COVER STORIES) The debate gives Mandate a boost-but not a bonanza
Mondale's Whipping Boy
Co-Stars on Center Stage
Questions of Age and Competence
Growing Old in Office (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
Charms and Maledictions
Proving Lincoln Was Right (Newswatch/Thomas Griffith)
Free at Last, Free at Last
The Senate: Rising Democratic Stars
Cheat Sheet
Whose Home Is This?
A Horsey Holiday for Her Majesty
WORLD
Appointment in La Palma
(CENTRAL AMERICA) Dark Clouds, Bright Beginnings (PANAMA)
The Heart of the Matter (THE PHILIPPINES)
Mr. Peres Goes to Washington (DIPLOMACY)
"We Spent Too Much"
Determined House Guests (SOUTH AFRICA)
Splitting the Difference (DISPUTES)
Death on the Superstructure (THE GULF)
Mission with a Message (CARIBBEAN)
Sweet and Deadly (JAPAN)
SCIENCE
"A Fully Mature Spaceplane"
(Space)
Report Card for William Clark (Environment)
SOCIETY
In Texas: Wrestling with Good and Evil
(American Scene)
It's That Old Short Story Again (Living)
PRESS
In Search of Questioners
Manipulation
State of Mind
SPORT
A Not-So-Classic Fall Classic
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
With Labor, That Will Be...
(American Notes / WHISTLE BLOWERS)
Comandante in mufti (American Notes / PUBLIC RELATIONS)
Big Splash over a Small Pool (American Notes / BATTLEFRONTS)
Copy-Cat Crimes of the Heart (American Notes / TELEVISION)
And If Elected (American Notes / ECCENTRICS)
BUSINESS
Raking In the Chips
(Economy & Business)
The View from Hot Springs, Va. (Economy & Business)
Rich Is Poorer (Economy & Business)
Hall of Shame (Economy & Business)
One Yeah, One Nay, One Maybe (LABOR UNIONS)
Big Companies, Small Bills (TAXES)
Scotch on the Rocks (BEVERAGES)
Only 69 Shopping Days Left (RETAILING)
Sony Shifts Electronic Gears (COMPANIES)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Marching to a Muffled Beat
(Cinema)
Thinking Big (Cinema)
Terms of Enchantment (Theater)
A Highly Creditable Curriculum (Video)
Eavesdropping on History (Books)
Canal Caper (Books)
Editors' Choice (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
Prague's Indomitable Spirit (Books)
The Visionary, Not the Madman (Art)
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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Fashion Week in Pakistan
Top 10 Sesame Street Moments
Somali Refugees in Nepal: Stuck in the Waiting Room
Young and Uninsured: Cartoonist Julia Wertz
Stephen King on His 10 Longest Novels
Reagan's Speech That Ended the Cold War
The Weekly Acoustic News
The Rise of Manny Pacquiao