NATION How Reagan Decides (The Presidency / COVER STORIES) Intense beliefs, eternal optimism and precious little adaptability The Presidency: A Midterm Report Card (The Presidency) The Presidency: An Interview with Ronald Reagan (The Presidency) The Presidency: Job Specs for the Oval Office (The Presidency) Lame, but Lively, Ducks Yanqui on a Southern Swing Not a Launching but a Scuttling It Made Terrible Sense WORLD Middle East: Facing Drastic Choices (Middle East) Now the Enemy Is Winter Mexico: Bare Bones (Mexico) Britain: Bare Facts (Britain) Pakistan: Turnabout (Pakistan) I Am Still A Caretaker: Pakistan's Zia on the Soviets, the U.S. and Islam Thailand: Waiting in Hope and Despair (Thailand) Australia: Many Questions, Few Answers (Australia) Diplomacy: Deadly Dose (Diplomacy) China: Small Strides (China) HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: Living on Borrowed Time (Medicine) PRESS Press: Not Exactly the Proper Bostonian STYLE & DESIGN Design: Erte Irrepressible at 90 (Design) Design: Objet d'Heart (Design) TECHNOLOGY Computers: Power to the Disabled (Computers) BUSINESS Bad Tidings for the Jobless (Economy & Business) How Programmers Get Rich (Economy & Business) The Carbon-Paper Crime Wave (Economy & Business) Sponsormania (Economy & Business) Sunny Skies (Economy & Business) Uneasy Rider (Economy & Business) LAW Law: And Now, Gay Family Rights? ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Theater: Ignoble Dane (Theater) Books: Luxurious Museums Without Walls (Books) Books: Under $35 (Books) Video: VCRs Go on Fast Forward (Video) Cinema: Bewitching and Bewildering (Cinema) Music: Good Tunes from an Old Violin (Music) MILESTONES Milestones: Dec. 13, 1982 PEOPLE People: Dec. 13, 1982 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 13, 1982 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Dec. 13, 1982
How Reagan Decides (The Presidency / COVER STORIES) Intense beliefs, eternal optimism and precious little adaptability
