April 1980
In This Issue
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Articles
The Draft
Why the country needs it
The Draft
Why the army needs it.
Witness
The Rage to Know
The urge to “do” science is rather like the will to sculpt, or the determination to run faster and longer than anyone else, or the pride in building a bridge or repairing a human heart. Some scientists find their answers in dreams, others by dint of extraordinary perseverance. Here are a few of their stories.
The Great Confrontation
The Tibetan Book of Softball
The Fate of the Dollar
The Dream of the Golden Mountains
Life Before Man
Decade of Decision
Cold Storage
The Last Safari
God's Man
Fortune's Child
Orwell: The Transformation
The Life of Katherine Mansfield
The Weather in Africa
The Weather in Africa
Again Calls the Owl
Dreams in the Mirror
Stones of Silence
The Tree
Waterloo
Freddy's Book
The Atlantic Puzzler
The Baltic States: In Custody
The Soviet Union has wisely allowed national culture to flourish in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, but the people of these “captive” nations have little hope of increased independence.
The Wary Traveler: New Rules for Survival
A Foreword: Who Serves and Who Fights?
Why the Army Needs It
The Great Basin: First Casualty of the Mx?
If the MX missile is built, it will be the largest construction project in history—and it will have devastating consequences for the rangelands and small towns of Utah and Nevada.
Why the Country Needs It
A Hollywood Fable
1980 the International Travel Planner
Europe
Canada and Mexico
South America
Africa
The Middle East
Asia and the Far East
The Pacific
