--- --- Back to the vault # August 18, 1980 | Vol. 116 No. 7August 18, 1980 | Vol. 116 No. 7  Issue name August 18th, 1980 | Vol. 116, No. 7 | U.S. Issue date August 18, 1980 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1980-08-18/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Nation: Assessing a Presidency](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948928,00.html)[New York, New York, It's a ...](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948929,00.html)[Nation: The Apple's Big Polisher](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948930,00.html)[First Billy, Then Teddy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948931,00.html)[Nation: No Need for Welfare](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948932,00.html)[Nation: Scramble for Black Votes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948933,00.html)[Nation: New Hurdle for the Hostages](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948934,00.html)[Nation: A Monster from the Caribbean](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948935,00.html)[ZIMBABWE: The First Test](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948936,00.html)[World: Frustrated Revolutionary](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948937,00.html)[MIDDLE EAST: The Shin Bet Affair](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948938,00.html)[ITALY: Bologna's Grief](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948939,00.html)[BRITAIN: Romp and Circumstance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948940,00.html)[CENTRAL AMERICA: The Land of the Smoking Gun](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948941,00.html)[World: New Breed of Activist Envoys](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948942,00.html)[Science: Farewell to the Red Planet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948947,00.html)[Science: Bye Columbus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948948,00.html)[Medicine: Cardiac Shocks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948949,00.html)[In Arizona: A City Has to Be Built](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948927,00.html)[Sexes: Sin Subsidy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948963,00.html)[Living: Planning for the Apocalypse Now](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948966,00.html)[Living: 115 Rms, Ocn Vu](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948967,00.html)[Living: Priceless Menu](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948969,00.html)[NEWSWATCH: The Year of the Pragmatists](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948962,00.html)[Sport: Less Swash in His Buckle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948964,00.html)[Business: The Bulls of Summer 1980](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948951,00.html)[Business: Peak Performers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948952,00.html)[Business: New Game in Town](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948953,00.html)[Business: A Turn at Coke](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948954,00.html)[Business: Hammer Stroke](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948955,00.html)[Business: The Tourist Tide Changes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948956,00.html)[Business: To End the Public-Private War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948957,00.html)[Business: Patent Medicine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948958,00.html)[Law: To Shoot or Not to Shoot](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948943,00.html)[Law: Compact Sum](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948944,00.html)[Show Business: Lights! Camera! Inaction!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948945,00.html)[Cinema: No, but I Saw the Rough Cut](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948959,00.html)[Cinema: Time Traveler](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948960,00.html)[Cinema: Threesome](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948961,00.html)[Art: Charm, Yes; Inspiration, No](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948965,00.html)[Dance: Golden Apples of the Sun](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948968,00.html)[Books: Just a Cowboy Making Love](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948970,00.html)[Books: False Friend](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948971,00.html)[Books: Resistance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948972,00.html)[Milestones, Aug. 18, 1980](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948950,00.html)[People, Aug. 18, 1980](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948946,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 18, 1980](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948925,00.html)[Letters, Aug. 18, 1980](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948926,00.html)[Time Essay: The Decline and Fall of Oratory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948973,00.html) August 18th, 1980 | Vol. 116, No. 7 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"August 18th, 1980 | Vol. 116, No. 7 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3567705/august-18th-1980-vol-116-no-7-u-s/"}]}]} ```