--- title: September 21st, 1981 | Vol. 118, No. 12 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/3567849/september-21st-1981-vol-118-no-12-u-s/ og:title: September 21st, 1981 | Vol. 118, No. 12 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf028b0c3c90d1668/69876697e53ababbb44d5ace/15503011-e1505940435560.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # September 21, 1981 | Vol. 118 No. 12September 21, 1981 | Vol. 118 No. 12  Issue name September 21st, 1981 | Vol. 118, No. 12 | U.S. Issue date September 21, 1981 Location U.S. Related categories [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/) [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Economy](/vault/subject/economy/) [Business](/vault/subject/business/) [Wall Street](/vault/subject/wall-street/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1981-09-21/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Rolling Back on Defense](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953062,00.html)[A Strategic Alliance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953063,00.html)[Mysterious Peace Plan for Lebanon](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953064,00.html)[Here Comes La Judge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953065,00.html)[The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Heresy from a Man of Action](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953066,00.html)[Draft Dodgers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953067,00.html)[Goodbye to the Old Guard](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953068,00.html)[He Overcame](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953069,00.html)[Let the Buyers Beware](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953070,00.html)[Steps on the Road to Realism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953071,00.html)[Once More, with Aplomb](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953072,00.html)[God and Mammon in Chicago](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953073,00.html)[Egypt: Democracy with a Bite](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953074,00.html)[Back to the Fundamentals](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953075,00.html)[Poland: Baiting the Soviet Bear](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953076,00.html)[Iran: More Martyrs, More Blood](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953077,00.html)[Northern Ireland: Uneasy Calm](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953078,00.html)[Return of the Last Exile](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953079,00.html)[China: Let a Hundred Flowers Wilt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953080,00.html)[A Voice from Peking's Gulag](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953081,00.html)[Environment: Love Among the Condors](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953096,00.html)[Environment: Whale of a Child](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953097,00.html)[Medicine: Look-Alikes: a New Drug Danger](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953094,00.html)[Medicine: Testes Test](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953095,00.html)[Behavior: Socko Performances on Campus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953092,00.html)[Living: Vino Veritas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953103,00.html)[Living: A Comeuppance for Cats](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953104,00.html)[Press: Stooping to Conquer in Boston](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953086,00.html)[Press: Family Affair](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953087,00.html)[Religion: New Grounding for the Bible?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953100,00.html)[Religion: An Ancient City Lives](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953101,00.html)[Sport: Bring in the Relief Manager!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953108,00.html)[Making It Work](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953082,00.html)[Wall Street Says: Show Me](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953083,00.html)[Profiting from High Rates](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953084,00.html)[Education: A Playground for the Brain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953089,00.html)[Education: Portents of Future Learning](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953091,00.html)[Before the Bench Behind Bars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953085,00.html)[Theater: Summer of 1940](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953090,00.html)[Video: Get High on Yourself](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953093,00.html)[Cinema: Winning Race](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953098,00.html)[Cinema: Losing Face](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953099,00.html)[Books: Galloping Lust, Crawling Remorse](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953105,00.html)[Books: Green Flies](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953106,00.html)[Books: Like a Camel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953107,00.html)[Milestones: Sep. 21, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953102,00.html)[People: Sep. 21, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953088,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher: Sep. 21, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953060,00.html)[Letters: Sep. 21, 1981](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953061,00.html)[Essay: The Burnout of Almost Everyone](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953109,00.html) September 21st, 1981 | Vol. 118, 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