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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: April 16th, 1984 | Vol. 123, No. 16 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # April 16, 1984 | Vol. 123 No. 16April 16, 1984 | Vol. 123 No. 16  Issue name April 16th, 1984 | Vol. 123, No. 16 | U.S. Issue date April 16, 1984 Location U.S. Related categories [Society](/vault/subject/society/) [Technology](/vault/subject/technology/) [Science](/vault/subject/science/) [Computers](/vault/subject/computers/) [Business](/vault/subject/business/) [Electronics](/vault/subject/electronics/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1984-04-16/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Fritz Hits One Out of the Park](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954233,00.html)[The Great Equalizer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954234,00.html)[What Does Jesse Really Want?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954235,00.html)[Punish the Traitor: Milton Coleman](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954236,00.html)[An East-West Cold Front](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954237,00.html)[The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: At the Elbow of Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954238,00.html)[What's Fair?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954239,00.html)[Blame Sharing: Reagan Accuses Congress](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954240,00.html)[Juggler's Act: A Prosecutor to Probe Meese](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954241,00.html)[The Nixon Tapes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954242,00.html)[Cheap Turncoat: A Double Agent Sells Out](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954243,00.html)[Flunking Out: Senate Candidates Muff a Quiz](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954244,00.html)[Violence in Vegas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954245,00.html)[Trail of Death](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954246,00.html)[River of Blood: A Murder Spree Shakes Seattle](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954247,00.html)[East-West: Moscow's Muscle Flexing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954248,00.html)[Breaking Camp at Greenham: Britain ends a protest over missile deployment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954249,00.html)[France: An Ugly Backlash in Lorraine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954250,00.html)[Central America: Last Exit to Costa Rica](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954251,00.html)[Colombia: In a Clearing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954252,00.html)[Israel: Returning Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954253,00.html)[AFRICA: Coup Fever](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954254,00.html)[The Philippines: Official Verities](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954255,00.html)[India: Killing Spree](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954256,00.html)[Human Rights: Torture: a Worldwide Epidemic](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954257,00.html)[Environment: A Sharpshooter at Interior](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954259,00.html)[Living: Art for Wine's Sake](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954271,00.html)[Newswatch Thomas Griffith: Washing Dirty Linen in Public](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954280,00.html)[Religion: Matters of Faith and Death](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954258,00.html)[Sport: Hoops and Huggable Hoyas](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954269,00.html)[Sport: Mountains High](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954270,00.html)[The Wizard Inside The Machine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954266,00.html)[Computers: Forty Days and Forty Nights](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954267,00.html)[Computers: A Hard-Core Technoid](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954268,00.html)[The Talk of the Money World](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954260,00.html)[Tax Ideas from Flat to VAT](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954261,00.html)[Slipped Disc](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954262,00.html)[Top Dollar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954263,00.html)[Mir. Rich Estate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954264,00.html)[Power Lunches](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954265,00.html)[Video: A Romance of the Raj](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954272,00.html)[Art: Poisoned Innocence, Surface Calm](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954274,00.html)[Books: Songs of Exile and Return](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954275,00.html)[Books: Charlie's Sister](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954276,00.html)[Books: Wanderings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954277,00.html)[Cinema: The Spring Collection from Paris](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954278,00.html)[Milestones: Apr. 16, 1984](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954279,00.html)[People: Apr. 16, 1984](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954273,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher: Apr. 16, 1984](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954231,00.html)[Letters: Apr. 16, 1984](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954232,00.html)[Essay: The powers of Racial Example](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954281,00.html) April 16th, 1984 | Vol. 123, No. 16 | 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":"April 16th, 1984 | Vol. 123, No. 16 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3568163/april-16th-1984-vol-123-no-16-u-s/"}]}]} ```