NATION Battling Down the Stretch (COVER STORY) THE PRESIDENCY: More to the Job Than Acting (The Nation / THE PRESIDENCY) The Nation: The Future Begins on Nov. 4 (The Nation / COVER STORY) Nation: WHY THEY ARE FOR CARTER Nation: Danger: Killing SALT Forever Nation: Right Now: a Dead Heat Nation: Best of a Bad Bargain Nation: Praising with Faint Damns The Senate: Issues on the Sidelines (The Senate: Issues on the Sidelines) The House: Personalities on Stage (The House: Personalities on Stage) Nation: Another Contrary Congress WORLD PERSIAN GULF: The Hostage Drama (PERSIAN GULF) World: Plans for a Pilgrimage World: Slim Pickings SOVIET UNION: And Then There Was One (SOVIET UNION) ESPIONAGE: Living on Burrowed Time (ESPIONAGE) World: From Russia, with Interest EASTERN EUROPE: Chilly Time for D (EASTERN EUROPE) FRANCE: Off and Running (FRANCE) ITALY: Back at Work (ITALY) PHILIPPINES: No to Marcos (PHILIPPINES) SOUTH KOREA: Yes to Chun (SOUTH KOREA) SCIENCE Environment: Is the Taj Mahal Doomed? (Environment) Environment: Skeptical View (Environment) HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: Fit for the Presidency? (Medicine) SOCIETY In New Mexico: Voices from Trinity (American Scene) PRESS Press: Election Night Razzle-Dazzle Press: Thunder in the Rockies Press: UNESCurbs RELIGION Religion: The Bishops and Birth Control Religion: Smiting the Mighty Right SPORT Sport: Scratching a 98-Year Itch BUSINESS Business: The Pre-Election Pulse (Economy & Business) Business: Trying to Measure Misery (Economy & Business) Business: Honda Discord (Economy & Business) Business: Stevens Accord (Economy & Business) Business: Tampon Tussle (Economy & Business) Business: The Third Man Theme (Economy & Business) Business: Defiant Saigon (Economy & Business) EDUCATION Education: Updating John's Sockdolager LAW Law: Terror on Atlanta's South Side ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Theater: Ghostly Cry (Theater) Music: Sweet Harmony (Music) Television: The Bodies in Question (Television) Cinema: Miracle Worker (Cinema) Cinema: Scream Queen (Cinema) Cinema: Fractured Freud (Cinema) Books: Life, with a Touch of the Comic (Books) Books: Silent Prophet (Books) Books: Taxman's Ax (Books) MILESTONES Milestones, Nov. 3, 1980 PEOPLE People, Nov. 3, 1980 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 3, 1980 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters, Nov. 3, 1980 ESSAY Time Essay: The Scariest Time of the Year (Time Essay)