NATION A Tie Goes to the Gipper (COVER STORIES) In a close debate, Mondale scores points but Reagan protects his lead Star Wars: Pro and Con A Partisan Gloss on the Globe Points for Style and Substance Debating the Debates The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: The Big Fight Syndrome (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey) Our Candidate Ourselves The Senate: Riding High with Reagan How to Neutralize the Enemy Is It Safe to Use the Phone? Case of the Classy Madam WORLD El Salvador: Giving Peace a Chance (El Salvador) I Was Really Worried Nicaragua: The Tin Kazoo (Nicaragua) China: Capitalism Comes to the City (China) Soviet Union: Soft Sell (Soviet Union) Britain: Delayed Shock (Britain) Israel: A $500 Million Misunderstanding (Israel) The Gulf: Situation: Stalemate (The Gulf) East-West: The Man Who Came to Bonn (East-West) Iceland: A Nation of Sleep (Iceland) Grenada: Disorder in the Court (Grenada) Disputes: Islands in the Stream (Disputes) SCIENCE Science: Treasure on the Nariokotome SOCIETY In Florida: Have a Drink, for Heaven's Sake (American Scene) Living: The New Bad Boys of Fashion (Living) PRESS Press: Days of Judgment for CBS RELIGION Religion: More Scriptures Without Sexism Religion: Reviving an Ancient Rite SPORT Sport: Huddling or Muddling? ALSO IN THIS ISSUE War Crimes: Ghosts from the Past (American Notes / War Crimes) Minnesota: Small-Town Horror Stories (American Notes / Minnesota) Denver: Mile High and Nine Inches Deep (American Notes / Denver) Los Angeles: Wild in the Streets (American Notes / Los Angeles) Justice: The Birdman of Leavenworth (American Notes / Justice) BUSINESS The Pause That Refreshes? (Economy & Business) Market Politics (Economy & Business) Oil Exporters on a Slippery Slope (Economy & Business) Border Skirmish (Economy & Business) Frauds: Shedding Light on Black Funds (Frauds) Fishing: Jumbo Disaster for Shrimpers (Fishing) Entrepreneurs: Foreground Music, Please (Entrepreneurs) Automobiles: The Limo for James Bond (Automobiles) Currency: A Colorful Look and a New Feel (Currency) EDUCATION Education: Bringing Colleges Under Fire Education: Campus Concern LAW Law: More Muscle For Crime Fighters ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Theater: The R.S.C.'s Rhapsody in Brown (Theater) Books: A Troubled Life with Father (Books) Books: Preacher (Books) Books: Highs and Lows (Books) Cinema: Dark Nights for the Libido (Cinema) Music: Champagne Time for Beverly Sills (Music) SPECIAL SECTION Nobel Prizes: Searching for New Worlds (Nobel Prizes) Nobel Prizes: PHYSICS: BOSONS' BOSSES (Nobel Prizes) Nobel Prizes: CHEMISTRY: MODEL T (Nobel Prizes) Nobel Prizes: MEDICINE: GUIDED MISSILES (Nobel Prizes) Nobel Prizes: ECONOMICS: ELEGANT NUMBERS (Nobel Prizes) MILESTONES Milestones: Oct. 29, 1984 PEOPLE People: Oct. 29, 1984 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 29, 1984 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Oct. 29, 1984
A Tie Goes to the Gipper (COVER STORIES) In a close debate, Mondale scores points but Reagan protects his lead