NATION Space Shuttle Columbia: Aiming High in '81 (COVER STORIES) Like the U.S., the space shuttle Columbia is looking up as the year begins Milk Run To the Heavens How to Pilot the Hottest Ship in the Skies The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Haunting Music of the Spheres (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey) Time Out in Washington Vice-President Bush: A Low Profile Salary Ceilings Burning up the Snowbelt Physicians' Plea: Ban the Bomb! No Risk WORLD Hostages: Trying One Last Time (Hostages) China: A Leader's Rise, a Widow's Fall (China) Poland: Straining for Harmony (Poland) Middle East: Henry's Hegira (Middle East) The Community: Greece's Gain (The Community) Europe: Reassessing the Welfare State (Europe) Italy: In a Trough of Trouble Again (Italy) France: Vandals of Vitry (France) Germany: Shadows from the past (Germany) SCIENCE Science: Superzapping in Computerland HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: A Baffling Coronary Puzzle (Medicine) Medicine: Capsules: Jan. 12, 1981 (Medicine) SOCIETY Living: Babel in the Ionosphere (Living) Behavior: Off the Couch and into the Tub (Behavior) PRESS Press: I Read the News Today, Oh Boy Press: Exodus at Quest Newswatch Thomas Griffith: Trouble in Paradise. Yes, Trouble (Newswatch/Thomas Griffith) RELIGION Religion: Suing Clergymen for Malpractice SPORT Sport: Vince Dooley's 17-Year Itch BUSINESS The Embargo's Bitter Harvest (Economy & Business) A Call for Interstate Banking (Economy & Business) Ryder vs. Ryder (Economy & Business) Long Workdays (Economy & Business) Slippery Roads (Economy & Business) Discreet Chic (Economy & Business) EDUCATION Education: Guillotining the Grad Schools Education: Wayward Bus? LAW Law: Three Wrongs That Were Righted Law: Refugee Rights ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Television: Prophet of Cool (Television) Cinema: Comedy: Big Bucks, Few Yuks (Cinema) Art: Sculpture's Queen Bee (Art) Art: The Sayings of Mrs. N. (Art) Books: Adventures in Greeneland (Books) Books: Bad Boy (Books) Books: Editor's Note: Jan. 12, 1981 (Books) Books: Jan. 12, 1981 (Books) MILESTONES Milestones: Jan. 12, 1981 PEOPLE People: Jan. 12, 1981 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Jan. 12, 1981 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Jan. 12, 1981
Space Shuttle Columbia: Aiming High in '81 (COVER STORIES) Like the U.S., the space shuttle Columbia is looking up as the year begins