NATION Signals over the Abyss The Gentle Persuader Staying the Collision Course Precious Parts Look! Up in the Sky! At Last! Running Pot Where It's Not as Hot Gunrunner Too Selective Highball Express Massachusetts Economy: Getting Back in the Chips Tingle's Law WORLD Soviet Union: The Andropov Era Begins (Soviet Union) Tammany Hall, Soviet-Style Poland: A Portrait in Light and Shadows (Poland) Italy: Factions Feud (Italy) China: Quick Shuffle (China) Middle East: The Spreading Pall of Gloom (Middle East) Persian Gulf: A Costly, Bloody Stalemate (Persian Gulf) Brazil: Free Ballots and Big Headaches (Brazil) Argentina: Taboo Topics (Argentina) El Salvador: Step Forward (El Salvador) Poland: Showing who is Boss (Poland) SCIENCE Space: Drydock for a Used Spaceship (Space) SOCIETY In New Orleans: A Jazz Odyssey (American Scene) PRESS Press: Double Jeopardy in the Newsroom RELIGION Bishops and the Bomb (COVER STORY) Religion: I Am Just a Symbol SPORT Sport: The Owners Hang Tougher Sport: Boxing Shadows BUSINESS Hooked on Growth (Economy & Business) Hong Kong Sweepstakes (Economy & Business) Border Trouble (Economy & Business) Black-Gold Rush (Economy & Business) A Steely No (Economy & Business) Lifting the Lid (Economy & Business) The Enchilada Millionaires (Economy & Business) EDUCATION Education: Wanted: More Kremlinologists LAW Law: No Longer Best or Brightest ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Show Business: Where Have All the Movies Gone? (Show Business) Music: Verdi: In His Own Write (Music) Art: A Peeper into Paradises (Art) Books: The Making of a President (Books) Books: Ambushes (Books) Video: Cable's Rock Round the Clock (Video) MILESTONES Milestones: Nov. 29, 1982 PEOPLE People: Nov. 29, 1982 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Nov. 29, 1982 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Nov. 29, 1982 ESSAY Essay: Why There Is No Place Like It