1980 January – June

Visit to Forbidden Tibet { In Long- Forbidden Tibet}
Few outsiders - - and only a handful of Western journalists - - have visited that remote, little- known land locked behind the high Himalayas. Fred Ward describes and photographs a people and a way of life slowly emerging from the past.
The White Mountain Apache { Seeking the Best of Two Worlds}
A white man who married into a White Mountain Apache family, tells of the tribe's achievements and frustrations on their modern- day reservation in Arizona.
The White Mountain Apache { A Maiden Comes of Age; Coming of Age the Apache Way}
A White Mountain Apache woman describes her Sunrise Dance, the tribe's traditional celebration marking the passage from girlhood to womanhood.
The White Mountain Apache { Their Past and Future; At Peace With the Past, In Step With the Future}
An Indian struggle to retain traditional ways in today's world is recounted by tribal leader Ronnie Lupe; by a young woman coming of age, Nita Quintero; and by a white reporter- photographer who married into the tribe, Bill Hess.
The Pesticide Dilemma
America's bounty from farm and forest rests on careful use of a billion pounds a year of insect and weed killers. How great are the risks of poisoning ourselves and our environment? Allen A. Boraiko and photographer Fred Ward document a crucial and gro;
Tunisia: Sea, Sand, Success
A North African Arab republic without much oil relies on education and human energy in the uphill battle faced by all developing nations. By Mike Edwards and David Alan Harvey, with a double supplement map of Africa.

The St. Lawrence: Canada's Highway to the Sea { The St. Lawrence River}
The bounty of two nations moves on one of the world's great rivers. But in winter, ice locks the gate. By William S. Ellis and Bruce Dale. A supplement map spotlights the region.
Thailand: Refuge From Terror
A million desperate people have fled from armed persecution and virtually certain death in Laos, Kampuchea ( Cambodia) , and Vietnam. Associate Editor W. E. Garret visits Thai border camps and talks with survivors.
Cheetahs of the Serengeti { The Cheetah's Race for Survival; Cheetahs: In a Race for Survival}
This swiftest of all mammals, savage in defense of its territory, faces possible extinction because of man's pressure in Africa. George W. and Lory Herbison Frame assess the peril.
Long Island's Quiet Side
Haven for farmer, fisherman, the rich and the famous, the isle's eastern end guards its past and its privacy, Jane Snow and Sam Abell find.
Billion- Dollar Gamble in Brazil { Jari: A Billion- dollar Gamble}
For a vast new enterprise in Brazil's rain forest, a pulp mill and a power plant are floated halfway around the world from Japan to the Amazon. Story and photographs by Loren McIntyre.
Walking the Ocean Deep { A Walk in the Deep}
Research gains a new tool as marine biologist Sylvia A. Earle dons an innovative diving suit and steps onto the seafloor 1, 250 feet down. Photographs by Al Giddings and Chuck Nicklin.
One Family's Odyssey to America
Australian photojournalist John Everingham accompanies a Hmong family across a cultural gulf between their village life in the Laos mountains and a small Wisconsin farm town.