NATION Going for a Knockout The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: The Preordainment of Mondale (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey) Faint Hints of an East-West Thaw Shultz for the Defense No Crime Poor Measures Bankruptcy as an Escape Hatch The Crime That Tarnished a Town: New Bedford's gang-rape case goes to trial Border Bungle: A boy mistakenly is deported WORLD Middle East: The Marines Leave Lebanon (Middle East) Arabs Who Look to the West Persian Gulf: Strait Talk (Persian Gulf) France: We'll Make Them Eat Rats! (France) Poland: Unrest in the Cardinal's Flock (Poland) El Salvador: The Man in the Middle (El Salvador) Open Election? Argentina: Courts and a Courtship (Argentina) Southern Africa: Mutual Feelings (Southern Africa) SCIENCE Space: New Pad for the Space Shuttle (Space) Environment: Asia's Lost Tribe of Aryans (Environment) HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: The Bubble Boy's Lost Battle (Medicine) SOCIETY In Virginia: A Convention for Inventions (American Scene) Living: The Challenge of Inner Space (Living) SPORT Sport: Fears for an Intrepid Explorer TECHNOLOGY Computers: The Stepchild Comes of Age (Computers) BUSINESS That Monster Deficit (Economy & Business / COVER STORY) Why Worry? (Economy & Business) A Bear of Bearish News (Economy & Business) LAW Law: The Heated Question of Parole ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Art: Haunting Collisions of Imagery (Art) Books: Everything for France (Books) Books: Borderline (Books) Books: Dead Souls (Books) Cinema: Warm Puppy (Cinema) Cinema: Cold Metal (Cinema) SPECIAL SECTION A Plan to Reshape NATO (World) MILESTONES Milestones: Mar. 5, 1984 PEOPLE People: Mar. 5, 1984 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Mar. 5, 1984 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Mar. 5, 1984 ESSAY Essay: What Should We Lead With?
Cover Credit: DAVID HUME KENNERLY
Cover Credit: DAVID HUME KENNERLY