NATION Nation: A Holiday of Hope Nation: Choosing for the Chairman Nation: Toe to Toe THE PRESIDENCY: Ready to Pledge Allegiance (THE PRESIDENCY) Nation: New Resolve by the New Right Nation: Racism Flares on Campus Nation: Sifting the Ashes in Las Vegas Nation: The Winds of Autumn WORLD ITALY: Death in the Mezzogiorno (ITALY) POLAND: Playing Russian Roulette (POLAND) EAST-WEST: Moscow Sends Some Signals (EAST-WEST) World: Sow Today, Reap Tomorrow CHINA: The Empress Takes the Stand (CHINA) PERSIAN GULF: Split at the Arab Summit (PERSIAN GULF) TURKEY: Strong Army Medicine (TURKEY) EL SALVADOR: Brazen Murder (EL SALVADOR) SCIENCE Science: Predicting Quakes: a Shaky Art Environment: Indoor Pollution (Environment) SOCIETY In Tennessee: The Last Garden (American Scene) PRESS Press: Some closing words from Jody Press: Royal Pain NEWSWATCH: Guessing Disguised as News (NEWSWATCH) RELIGION Religion: Unmanning the Holy Bible SPORT Sport: iNo M BUSINESS The Robot Revolution (Economy & Business / COVER STORY) Business: Demons and Monsters (Economy & Business) EDUCATION Education: For ROTC, the War Is Over LAW Law: Those Sue-It-Yourself Manuals Law: Fresh Faces ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Books: Readings of the Season (Books) Music: The Bus Boys Are Moving In (Music) Dance: A New Sunbeam, Traveling Fast (Dance) Theater: Romans in the Gloamin' (Theater) Cinema: The Brain Game (Cinema) Music: A Resurrection (Music) Cinema: Pile of Zs (Cinema) MILESTONES Milestones, Dec. 8, 1980 PEOPLE People, Dec. 8, 1980 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 8, 1980 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Awaiting Reagan ESSAY Time Essay: The Sad Truth About Big Spenders (Time Essay)