December 25, 1978 | Vol. 112 No. 26

Carter Stuns the World (COVER STORY)

Thwarted in the Middle East, he suddenly plays the China card

Nation: Taiwan: Shock and Fury

Nation: What Brzezinski Sees

Angry Words Over a Deadlock (COVER STORY)

Egyptian, Israeli and U.S. negotiators miss a crucial Deadline

THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Time Is Running Thin (THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY)

Nation: Dennis Defaults

Cleveland cannot pay

Nation: Robbing the Red Baron

Master thieves make off with a record $5 million in cash

Nation: Jail 'Em Yourself

Revenge for $28 a day

Nation: Shaking the Money Tree

Old-fashioned vote selling in Louisiana

Nation: Roots' Roots

Haley settles out of court

AMERICANA: Birth of a Nation (Americana / AMERICANA)

Americana: Stereo Boom (Americana)

Americana: Taps for C Rations (Americana)

Americana: What's My Line? (Americana)

Americana: Her Honor vs. Chicago (Americana)

IRAN: Hard Choices in Tehran (IRAN)

Like his base of support, the Shah's options are narrowing fast

World: Back to the Chador

World: A Case of Warring Perceptions

Some voices, pro-and anti-Shah, in Iran's internal debate

AFRICA: By George, a New Angola (AFRICA)

In Neto's land, McGovern gets a not-so-red carpet treatment

BRITAIN: Still Sunny Jim (BRITAIN)

But April may be showery

World: Seychelles Guns

Who needs all those rifles?

PORTUGAL: Right Turn (PORTUGAL)

After socialism, reformism

SOVIET UNION: Rock Arrives (SOVIET UNION)

But not Rasputin

Science: Einstein's Wave

News of utmost gravity

Science: Idaho Blowdown

Staging a nuclear accident

Medicine: A Russian Cure? (Medicine)

Medicine: Yalow's Lament (Medicine)

Chimera of a cure

Grand Tidings of Comfort and Joy (American Scene)

American Scene

Behavior: Trouble in an Affluent Suburb (Behavior)

Behavior: Parental Line (Behavior)

Same old birds and bees

Sport: His Own Worst Enemy (Sport)

Tennis Phenom McEnroe has only one weakness: a temper