NATION Gromyko Comes Calling (COVER STORY) Who's Running the Show? Suspended Conversations The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Just Like Old Times (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey) Poised for the Big Move Up Christmas on the Hustings Debating the Debates Good News for Meese Breaking the Defense Deadlock Faulty Hardware The Senate: Hugging Reagan's Coattails The House: Women at Work WORLD Lebanon: Again, the Nightmare (Lebanon) A Time of Terror Where Roots of Violence Grow: Lebanon, In the Israeli-occupied South High Seas: Sub Flub (High Seas) Israel: Tighter Belts (Israel) Hungary: Living Within the Limits (Hungary) Argentina: Documenting a Tragedy (Argentina) Hong Kong: Let's Make a 1997 Deal (Hong Kong) South Africa: Compromise, Then Violence (South Africa) India: Happy Ending for a Movie Star (India) Chad: The Taming of a Radical (Chad) SCIENCE Environment: The Orange Flames of Florida (Environment) Science: Davy Jones Meets the Computer HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: Ali Fights a New Round (Medicine) SOCIETY Living: Hot Toys with a Special Twist (Living) Behavior: The Most Powerful Bond of All (Behavior) PRESS Press: Breaking the Liberal Pattern RELIGION Religion: Confidence and the Clergy SPORT Sport: Excellence by the Yard ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Ethics: An Inquiry Clears Hatfield (American Notes / Ethics) San Diego: Indicting a Mayor (American Notes / San Diego) United Nations: More UNESCO trouble (American Notes / United Nations) New Orleans: Foul Times for a Fair (American Notes / New Orleans) Viet Nam: Suicide of a Veteran (American Notes / Viet Nam) BUSINESS Labor's Hard Day's Night (Economy & Business) A Little Unexpected Optimism (Economy & Business) Half an Ingot for the Steel Industry (Economy & Business) Dear Mr. President . . . Advice from the Time Board of Economists (Economy & Business) Breaking Through to Big Profits (Economy & Business) Savings And Loans: Soft Landing for a High Flyer (Savings And Loans) Divestitures: Reynolds Returns to Its Roots (Divestitures) Regulation: A Gala Goodbye to the CAB (Regulation) Personnel: High-Tech Recruiting (Personnel) Excursions: Low Fares on the High Seas (Excursions) EDUCATION Education: Life Before the Preppies Education: Testing, Testing ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Cinema: Blues for Black Actors (Cinema) Books: A Winning Rebel with a Lost Cause (Books) Books: Time Lapse (Books) Books: Style Out of Life (Books) Books: The Golden Hoax Book (Books) MILESTONES Milestones: Oct. 1, 1984 PEOPLE People: Oct. 1, 1984 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 1, 1984 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Oct. 1, 1984