NATION Nation: Out to Stop Kennedy Nation: I've Got to Keep Trying THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The Compulsion to Excel (THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY) Nation: Battling over the Brigade Nation: Not Yes Men Nation: Air Scares Nation: Preparing for the Pope Nation: The Straw That Broke... WORLD AFGHANISTAN: Murder in the Mountains (AFGHANISTAN) MIDDLE EAST: A Troubled First Anniversary (MIDDLE EAST) World: Seeking Peace amid the Rubble IRAN: Forced March Backward (IRAN) ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: Edging toward each other (ZIMBABWE RHODESIA) AFRICA: Three Down (AFRICA) SWEDEN: A Vote for Instability (SWEDEN) EAST-WEST: The Great Balloon Escape (EAST-WEST) SCIENCE Science: The Mysterious Celestial Twins Science: Ore Detector SOCIETY In South Dakota: Gold Diggers of '79 (American Scene) PRESS Press: Letter Bomb Press: Now! or Then!? NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: Telling the News vs. Zapping the Cornea (NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith) RELIGION Religion: Politicizing the Word STYLE & DESIGN Architecture: Vancouver's Dazzling Center (Architecture) BUSINESS Business: The Glitter That Is Gold (Economy & Business) Business: Changeover Time at Chrysler (Economy & Business) Business: Playing Chicken with Currencies (Economy & Business) Business: Gas Deal (Economy & Business) Business: Grounded Grain (Economy & Business) Business: Stinging Nuns (Economy & Business) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Dance: Brouhaha at the Bolshoi (Dance) Music: A New Triumph for The Who (Music) Cinema: Winter of '42 (Cinema) Cinema: Policeman's Lot (Cinema) Books: When Worlds Collide (Books) Books: Acting Up (Books) Books: The Insecure Laureate (Books) Television: Celebrating Broadway's Best (Television) FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION) SPECIAL SECTION Special Section: SUMMONS TO POWER Special Section: THE SOVIET RIDDLE Special Section: Leonid Brezhnev Special Section: Aleksei Kosygin Special Section: Andrei Gromyko Special Section: Anatoli Dobrynin Special Section: Babblers and Bugs Special Section: A Nose for News Special Section: CRUDE TRICKS AT CIENFUEGOS Special Section: Antics of the Advance Men Special Section: Mao Tse-tung Special Section: Chou En-lai Special Section: NIXON: LONELY, TORMENTED (COVER STORY) Special Section: Next Week Special Section: THE CHINA CONNECTION (COVER STORY) Special Section: KISSINGER (COVER STORY) MILESTONES Milestones, Oct. 1, 1979 PEOPLE People, Oct. 1, 1979 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 1, 1979 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters, Oct. 1, 1979 ESSAY Time Essay: Coping with the Soviets' Cuban Brigade (Time Essay)