ISSUE DATE: JANUARY 17, 1983; Vol. CI, No. 3

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COVER: PORTRAIT of AMERICA, the Hidden Revolution at home and on the Job. Cover: Steve Phillips, illustration by Isadore Seltzer.

TOP OF THE WEEK:
A PORTRAIT OF AMERICA: WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE ARE CHANGING: America enters the new year knowing more about itself than ever before. The 1980 de- cennial census-along with data provi d by a host of other agencies-pro- vides an intriguing statistical por- trait of where and how we live and die, the ways our living patterns are changing and what lies ahead. Al- though the statistics may be flawed, they govern how the nation defines its prob- lems, how it sets policy and how it plans for the future. This week, NEWSWEEK puts them together for a look at America in the '80s. Page 20. This week's cover story, "A Portrait of America," is the first in a series of special reports on American life and the issues facing the nation that the magazine will publish in 1983 to celebrate its 50th anniversary. A special issue on "The American Dream" will be mailed to all subscribers and go on sale at newsstands across the country in late February.

A FEAR OF FORECLOSURE-ONCE AGAIN: As the number of home and farm foreclosures soared to the highest levels in decades, eerie echoes of the Great Depression were heard in the land. In Springfield, Cob., the auction of one farm became a club-swinging, tear-gas-clouded melee. And near Pittsburgh (right), a county sheriff and a local judge imposed their own moratorium on residential foreclosures to keep the jobless from becoming homeless as well. Page 12.

SPANISH ART IN TEXAS: Some of the finest Spanish art in the world can now be seen in Texas. Besides El Greco and Goya exhibits in Dallas, the first retrospective of the work of the great 17th-century painter Jusepe de Ribera is being presented at Ft. Worth's Kimbell Art Museum. Ribera's subjects include an array of saints, a bearded lady and a clubfooted boy. Page 66.

SOMBER WAVES OF GRAIN: Ronald Reagan is considering a controversial plan to encourage farmers to limit their planting in exchange for government-surplus grain. The aim is to force prices higher, reduce the grain glut-and save thousands of farmers from ruin. Page 52.

YOUNG FU: Adults beware: those innocent-looking tots may be capable of throwing you to the floor. Kids as young as three are flocking to martial-arts schools to fortify themselves against muggers and improve their concentration. Page 50.

[FULL NEWSWEEK LISTINGS]:
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
Again, the fear of foreclosure.
Reagan: "He's listening now".
Meet the Power Couple.
Hard times at the statehouses.
The pizza is coming.
Fathers, sons and the FBI.
New York: a suspect in the FALN bombings.

INTERNATIONAL:
Andropov's double game.
A dying spy in the sky.
Albania: Hoxha's people.
Israel: putting the squeeze on Begin.
Thatcher in the Falklands.
The sprat war.
El Salvador: Ochoa's revolt.

SPECIAL REPORT:
A portrait of America (the cover).
Lands of our fathers.
Matters of life and death.
Death of the family.
The work revolution.
Crime and punishment.
Looking ahead.

BUSINESS:
Farmers feel the pinch.
The push for a jobs program.
Dialing for data-illegally.
Where diamonds are forever.
Sailing through the recession.
Slamming the brakes on GM's X cars.

EDUCATION: Raising the grade for athletes TECHNOLOGY: Las Vegas: electronics on parade.
NEWS MEDIA: The Big Mac of newspapers; Where sponsors fear to tread.
LIFE/STYLE: Young fu for the junior league.
RELIGION: Rendering unto Caesar.
JUSTICE: The McSurelys: judgment day; Riding the school bus is strictly voluntary.
SPORTS: The Bruins' masked marvel.
THE COLUMNISTS:
My Turn: Robert W. Hogan.
Milton Friedman.
George F. Will.

ART: Ft. Worth's retrospective.
DANCE: Firing up the Joffrey Ballet.
TELEVISION: Rx for "St. Elsewhere".
THEATER: "Quartermaine's Terms": a near faultless production.
"Whodunnit": whydunnit?.
BOOKS:
"The Last Hero: Wild Bill Donovan," by Anthony Cave Brown.
"A Boy's Own Story," by Edmund White.
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