NATION Nation: Eight for the Cabinet Nation: A Team Player for the Pentagon Nation: A Broker for Treasury Nation: A Missionary For OMB Nation: A Brahmin for Justice Nation: An Idea Man For CIA Nation: A Trio for Tough Departments THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Reading the Portents (THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY) Nation: Final Payments Nation: Gambits in the Hostage Game The Last Day in the Life (COVER STORY) Nation: Always a Pun up His Sleeve Nation: A Lethal Delusion WORLD POLAND: Poised for a Showdown (POLAND) DIPLOMACY: Parleys About Peace and Power (DIPLOMACY) EL SALVADOR: Aftermath of Four Brutal Murders (EL SALVADOR) ZIMBABWE: Ironic Justice (ZIMBABWE) UGANDA: Unruly Vote (UGANDA) GUYANA: Magic Majority (GUYANA) FRANCE: Not So Funny (FRANCE) ISRAEL: The Struggle of Peres and Rabin (ISRAEL) SCIENCE Science: A New Life for a High-Flying Bird Science: Dwindling Breed SOCIETY In Georgia: Plains Revisited (American Scene) PRESS Press: The Man Who Would Be King NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith: A Sinking Feeling About Leaks (NEWSWATCH by Thomas Griffith) SPORT Sport: Splendor Among the Potted Palms BUSINESS Energy: The Seven Lean Years (Energy) Energy: Some Blunt Talk from OPEC (Energy) Energy: Oil for the Lamps of Reagan (Energy) Energy: Nukes: Not Nice, but Necessary (Energy) Energy: Hollywood Finds a Plot (Energy) Energy: The New Conservation Chic (Energy) Energy: Proof It Works (Energy) Energy: Backyard Fuel (Energy) Energy: Strike It Rich (Energy) Energy: Pinching Power (Energy) EDUCATION Education: Preschool Pays Education: Five Figures! LAW Law: Toward More Uniform Sentences Law: Ample Penalty Law: Weekly Ration ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Art: Muriel's $12 Million Sublimation (Art) Cinema: Comics into Film: Bam! Pow! Eek! (Cinema) Cinema: Atonement (Cinema) Cinema: Stenos, Anyone? (Cinema) Theater: Viet Nam Vaudeville (Theater) Books: A Room of Their Own (Books) Books: Notable (Books) Music: Sounds for the Solstice (Music) MILESTONES Milestones, Dec. 22, 1980 PEOPLE People, Dec. 22, 1980 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 22, 1980 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Morning Shows ESSAY Time Essay: Time to Reflect on Blah-Blah-Blah (Time Essay)