NATION A Yankee Doodle Day The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Chip on His Shoulder (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey) The Vulnerability Factor All the President's Teamsters Fear of Flying: FAA Acts to Calm the Jitters Blueprint for Fighting Crime Americana: Sting Gets Stung (Americana) Americana: Knells for a Preppie Hotel: The Biltmore (Americana) Americana: Nickel-Dime Raid (Americana) WORLD Libya: Shootout over the Med (Libya) Dedicated Troublemaker Middle East: The End of the U.S. Embargo (Middle East) Soviet Union: Trouble Down On the Farm (Soviet Union) Northern Ireland: A New Voice (Northern Ireland) Poland: Pressing On (Poland) South Africa: Terror and Repression (South Africa) Venezuela: Good Will from Petropower (Venezuela) SCIENCE Environment: Black Friday, Then Brown Rot (Environment) HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: Mother's Quest (Medicine) Medicine: A Son's Rite (Medicine) SOCIETY In South Dakota: Buffalo Burgers at Wall Drug (American Scene) Behavior: Corporations on the Couch (Behavior) PRESS Press: Survival Story SPORT Sport: Baseball's Sputtering Restart Sport: Flying Feet Sport: Football Booty BUSINESS OPEC's Geneva Debacle (Economy & Business) Heady Days for the Dollar (Economy & Business) Expense-Account Living for Less (Economy & Business) Lending Low (Economy & Business) Name Game (Economy & Business) A Greek Drama at the Polls (Economy & Business) Two-Career Conundrum (Economy & Business) Keys to Curbing Crime (Economy & Business) Armchair Air Controllers (Economy & Business) EDUCATION Education: Survivor of the Budget Cuts ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Life into Art: Novelist John Irving (Books / COVER STORY) Art: When Europe Began in Naples (Art) Art: MOMA's Pope (Art) Show Business: Wizards of Goo and Gadgetry (Show Business) Theater: Still Loverly (Theater) Cinema: Rushes: Aug. 31, 1981 (Cinema) MILESTONES Milestones: Aug. 31, 1981 PEOPLE People: Aug. 31, 1981 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Aug. 31, 1981 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Aug. 31, 1981 ESSAY Essay: Where Have All the Insults Gone?
Cover Credit: SHYLA IRVING
Cover Credit: SHYLA IRVING