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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: March 30th, 1981 | Vol. 117, No. 13 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # March 30, 1981 | Vol. 117 No. 13March 30, 1981 | Vol. 117 No. 13  Issue name March 30th, 1981 | Vol. 117, No. 13 | U.S. Issue date March 30, 1981 Location U.S. Related categories [World](/vault/subject/world/) [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [Foreign Relations](/vault/subject/foreign-relations/) [Business](/vault/subject/business/) [Electronics](/vault/subject/electronics/) [Industry](/vault/subject/industry/) [Asia](/vault/subject/asia/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1981-03-30/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Rumbling Toward Ruin](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922487,00.html)[Can Anyone Fx Those Flxibles?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922488,00.html)[An Easy Poll-Axing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922489,00.html)[Going Reagan Billions Better](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922490,00.html)[The Presidency: An Army in Pinstripes and Guccis](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922491,00.html)[The Alexandrian Strategic View](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922492,00.html)[Piping Up from the NSC](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922493,00.html)[Politics Makes Strange Envoys](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922494,00.html)[Zealous Lord of a Vast Domain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922495,00.html)[The Next Hurrah](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922496,00.html)[Itchy Feet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922497,00.html)[The Last Days of Poletown](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922498,00.html)[Shuttle Tragedy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922499,00.html)[Americana: The Champ of Champlain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922500,00.html)[Americana: Going Out in Style](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922501,00.html)[Americana: Bad News Bears](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922502,00.html)[Hijacking: A Victory for Terrorism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922503,00.html)[Hijacking: Bound to Encourage Others](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922504,00.html)[El Salvador: We Are from These People](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922505,00.html)[Poland: Bad Day at Bydgoszcz](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922506,00.html)[France: A Campaign Catches Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922507,00.html)[West Germany: The Squatters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922508,00.html)[Armed Forces: A Half-Won War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922509,00.html)[Middle East: Facing Up to the Last Retreat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922510,00.html)[War Stories](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922512,00.html)[In California: The Life and Death of a Good Joke](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922486,00.html)[Living: Prickly but Imperiled Species](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922527,00.html)[Living: Peanut Envy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922528,00.html)[Newswatch: Interviews, Soft or Savage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922511,00.html)[Religion: And They Knew Not Joseph](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922526,00.html)[Sport: Boycott Blues](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922516,00.html)[Sport: Bye-Bye Boston](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922517,00.html)[How Japan Does It](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922519,00.html)[Consensus in San Diego](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922520,00.html)[A Daily Samurai Duel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922521,00.html)[Education: Crumbling the Pyramids](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922515,00.html)[Law: The Fastest Gun in the West](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922513,00.html)[Law: Expensive Time](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922514,00.html)[Theater: Lo and Hum as Ho and Hum](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922522,00.html)[Cinema: The New Hollywood: Dead or Alive?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922523,00.html)[Music: Viva Verdi! Viva Verdi!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922524,00.html)[Show Business: The Long Way to Broadway](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922525,00.html)[Books: A Moral, Exportable Sleuth](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922529,00.html)[Excerpt: Books: Mar. 30, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922530,00.html)[Books: Travelogue](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922531,00.html)[Fiction: Best Sellers: Mar. 30, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922532,00.html)[Milestones: Mar. 30, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922534,00.html)[People: Mar. 30, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922518,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher: Mar. 30, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922484,00.html)[Letters: Mar. 30, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922485,00.html)[Essay: Oops! How's That Again?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922533,00.html) March 30th, 1981 | Vol. 117, No. 13 | 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":"March 30th, 1981 | Vol. 117, No. 13 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3567785/march-30th-1981-vol-117-no-13-u-s/"}]}]} ```