NATION Mission Impossible No Whitewash Here Waving Goodbye to UNESCO A Reagan Crony on the Line Old Skeletons: Legal Woes Dog a Budget Cutter Paul Thayer An Act of Dubious Diplomacy: Jesse Jackson Goes to Syria Unseasonably, Unreasonably Cold Combat Couture Under Fire Free at Last WORLD Pope John Paul II Forgives His Would-Be Assassin (COVER STORY) Echo of an Ancient Rite Soviet Union: Under an Invisible Hand (Soviet Union) Middle East: Of Bombs and Strikes (Middle East) Beardless in Giza AFGHANISTAN: Four Years in Purgatory (AFGHANISTAN) The Philippines: Stepping Out of the Shadows (The Philippines) Nigeria: Radio Coup (Nigeria) Argentina: Cleaning Up (Argentina) SCIENCE Environment: Turning Green into Yellow (Environment) Science: Keeping Warm, Boston Style SOCIETY In Vermont: Keeping Up with Keeping Inns (American Scene) Living: Here Come the Yuppies! (Living) PRESS Press: Unfriendly Fire Newswatch Thomas Griffith: When the Game Is Name (Newswatch/Thomas Griffith) SPORT Sport: The Team with All of Everything BUSINESS The Billion-Dollar Boys (Economy & Business) Grim Tradition: More U.S. Steel Layoffs (Economy & Business) Aiming for a Brighter Picture (Economy & Business) Fresh Plantings: Villa Banfi builds on success importing Italian Wine (Economy & Business) Tale of the Tape (Economy & Business) Dividends: Battle over the CMA Clones (Economy & Business / Dividends) Godiva, Dogiva and Cativa (Economy & Business) Savings Bond Bounceback (Economy & Business) LAW Law: Death Agonies Law: Suicide Payoff ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Show Business: Giving Hollywood the Chills (Show Business) Video: Who's Who in Outer Space (Video) Art: Painting's Vocabulary Builder (Art) Art: The Last of the Forefathers (Art) Books: To Be or Not To Be (Books) Books: Roots (Books) Books: Cornucopia (Books) Books: Editors' Choice: Jan. 9, 1984 (Books) Books: Best Sellers: Jan. 9, 1984 (Books) Books: Poor Little Research (Books) MILESTONES Milestones: Jan. 9, 1984 PEOPLE People: Jan. 9, 1984 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Jan. 9, 1984 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Jan. 9, 1984 ESSAY Essay: Of Words That Ravage, Pillage, Spoil