Vol. 121 No. 16
NATION
How the Defense Budget Crashed
Freeze No, Deployment Yes
Who's in Charge Here?
Arguing About Means and Ends
A Sorry Record
Furious Volley in a No-Win Match
Rigged for a Collision Course
Deluge in the Deep South
Mondale: "I Am Ready Now"
WORLD
Crackdown on Spies (ESPIONAGE)
Never at a Loss for Words (SOCIALISTS)
Freedom Flight (SOVIET UNION)
The Deadly Rite of Spring (KAMPUCHEA)
Blowup (BRAZIL)
Bloody Sunday (PERU)
A Glut That Is All Too Visible (PERSIAN GULF)
Seeking Safety in Numbers (MIDDLE EAST)
Ailing Schoolgirls
Black Spots (SOUTH AFRICA)
A Vigorous but Fragile Democracy (NIGERIA)
SCIENCE
New Day of the Condors (Environment)
SOCIETY
Turning Illness into a Way of Life (Behavior)
Thoroughly American Julia (Living)
PRESS
SPORT
BUSINESS
Service-Station Slugfest (Economy & Business)
Getting PIK-ed to Pieces (Economy & Business)
Mickey Mouse on Tokyo Bay (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
And Now, the Book (Books)
It Ain't Necessarily So (Music)
Misunderstood Master of Iron (Art)
Scheming Under the Spires (Cinema)
Trading Up (Cinema)
Loony Bin (Theater)
Mad House (Theater)