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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: May 25th, 1981 | Vol. 117, No. 21 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # May 25, 1981 | Vol. 117 No. 21May 25, 1981 | Vol. 117 No. 21  Issue name May 25th, 1981 | Vol. 117, No. 21 | U.S. Issue date May 25, 1981 Location U.S. Related categories [Society](/vault/subject/society/) [Faith](/vault/subject/faith/) [Military](/vault/subject/military/) [Terrorism](/vault/subject/terrorism/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1981-05-25/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Hand of Terrorism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924742,00.html)[After a Grueling Operation, Hope](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924743,00.html)[Carrying On](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924744,00.html)[A Slash at Social Security](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924745,00.html)[Act II, Scene 1, Form 1040](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924746,00.html)[Trying to Build a Foreign Policy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924747,00.html)[Tough Response](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924748,00.html)[The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Right Time for Boldness](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924749,00.html)[A Friend in the White House](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924750,00.html)[The 27th Victim](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924751,00.html)[A Sailor's Death](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924752,00.html)[That Sinking Feeling...](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924753,00.html)[France: Now for the Hard Part](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924754,00.html)[No Editorializing, Please](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924755,00.html)[Inner Circle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924756,00.html)[Francois Mitterrand and his Socialists:Minuet A La Francaise](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924757,00.html)[Mitterrand on Mitterrand](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924758,00.html)[The Pen and the Voice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924759,00.html)[West Berlin: Losing City Hall](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924760,00.html)[Sweden: Falldin's Fall](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924761,00.html)[Middle East: Bracing for the Worst](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924762,00.html)[El Salvador: New Strategy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924763,00.html)[Medicine: Helping Babies in the Womb](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924770,00.html)[In New York: Mortar and the Cathedral](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924741,00.html)[Living: In Europe, the Dollar Talks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924764,00.html)[Press: The Pope's Been Shot!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924769,00.html)[Sport: What's Green and Goes Swish?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924772,00.html)[Those Bad News Bears](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924765,00.html)[Hard Times at Harvester](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924766,00.html)[In Search of Stable Markets](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924767,00.html)[Landless Gentry](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924768,00.html)[Education: Brains Plus Something More](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924774,00.html)[Law: Blackjack Buckaroo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924773,00.html)[Show Business: Comedy's Post-Funny School](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924776,00.html)[Art: A View of The Infinite](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924777,00.html)[Books: A Million-Dollar Misunderstanding](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924778,00.html)[Books: Notable: May 25, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924779,00.html)[Books: Mirror Writing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924780,00.html)[Cinema: Muddling Along in Middle Age](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924781,00.html)[Cinema: Rushes: May 25, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924782,00.html)[Lena Horne on Broadway](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924783,00.html)[Milestones: May 25, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924771,00.html)[People: May 25, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924775,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher: May 25, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924739,00.html)[Letters: May 25, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924740,00.html) May 25th, 1981 | Vol. 117, No. 21 | 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":"May 25th, 1981 | Vol. 117, No. 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