Includes index.

January : Islamic parleys on Afghan crisis -- Report on smoking by women -- State of the Union address, accompanying message -- Sakharov banishment -- Carter's budget messages -- Defense posture report -- President's economic report; Economic Advisers' report ; February : State department report on human rights -- Court on employees' rights in dangerous workplaces -- Joint economic report ; March : U.S. vote at United Nations on Israeli settlements -- Carter anti-inflation package -- Court on political firings from public jobs ; April : Coup in Liberia -- Court on arrests in supsects' homes -- Court on immunity of municipalities -- Zimbabwe independence -- Cuban boatlift -- Iran rescue attempt -- Queen Beatrix coronation ; May : Quebec separatist vote -- Pope's order on Drinan -- Report on coal resources -- Court on 'interrogation' in criminal cases -- Chromosome report on Love Canal residents -- Court on death penalty ; June : Vance speech at Harvard -- Censure of Rep. Wilson -- Court on patenting of living organisms -- Venice economic summit -- Court on public funding of abortions. July : Court on minority set asides in federal contracts -- Republican party platform -- Reagan, Bush acceptance speeches -- The Global 2000 Report ; August : Kennedy convention speech -- Democratic party platform -- Carter, Mondale acceptance speeches -- Polish workers' demands ; September : Military takeover in Turkey -- Report on economic impact of Mount St. Helens eruptions -- Death sentence for Kim in South Korea -- U.S.-China agreements -- Anderson-Reagan debate -- Synod of Catholic bishops -- IMF-World Bank Conference ; October : Myers' expulsion from House -- Senate probe report on Billy Carter's activities -- Carter-Reagan debate ; November : Mao's widow on trial in China -- Election victory and concession statements ; December : Pope's encyclical and travels -- Court on double jeopardy -- Flight of Voyager I -- OPEC oil price actions -- Negotiations with Iran on release of hostages.