NATION Coping with Nature Three Steps Forward, Two Back The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Silence as a Political Weapon (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey) Say Hi to Mick Jagger Wired Up Truth Tests Delaying Justice for 33 Years A Cure Worse than the Disease? Drug License Family Plan WORLD Chad: France Draws the Line (Chad) The Philippines: Bloody Welcome (The Philippines) Zimbabwe: Coming Home (Zimbabwe) Mexico: Speak Softly or Carry a Big Stick? (Mexico) No Danger of Being Polluted Israel: Waking Up in a Fool's Paradise (Israel) Brunei: A Prodigal Son Comes of Age (Brunei) Britain: Troubled Waters (Britain) West Germany: Kitty Cornered (West Germany) SCIENCE Space: NASA Readies a Nighttime Dazzler (Space) HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: Plague Again (Medicine) Medicine: Capsules: Aug. 29, 1983 (Medicine) Medicine: Gene Screen (Medicine) SOCIETY In New York: Last Stop for the Poor (American Scene) Risking It All (Living / COVER STORY) PRESS Press: Making Hostility a Media Event RELIGION Religion: A Shrine to Faith and Healing SPORT Sport: Here Come the Aussies! TECHNOLOGY Computers: The 414 Gang Strikes Again (Computers) BUSINESS Rough Times in the Rag Trade (Economy & Business) A Perky New Look (Economy & Business) How Sweet It Is (Economy & Business) The Big Sell-Off (Economy & Business) ROLLING ALONG RECOVERY ROAD (Economy & Business) Creative Zoning (Economy & Business) Never Mind (Economy & Business) Why So Many Banks Go Belly Up (Economy & Business) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Cinema: Romance of the Rosenbergs (Cinema) Cinema: Hot Summer II (Cinema) Theater: Broadway Out Of the Closet (Theater) Books: An Officer and a Gentleman (Books) Books: Levitation (Books) Books: Stop Press (Books) MILESTONES Lyrics by the Other One PEOPLE People: Aug. 29, 1983 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Aug. 29, 1983 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Aug. 29, 1983