In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. L No. 16
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE NATION: No Pig-in-a-Poke
(National Affairs / THE NATION)
THE CONGRESS: The Appraisers Come Home (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
National Affairs: Gentleman from Boston (National Affairs)
THE PEOPLE: Horatius at the Icebox (National Affairs / THE PEOPLE)
THE ADMINISTRATION: The Chicken & the Egg (National Affairs / THE ADMINISTRATION)
HISTORICAL NOTES: The Classic Tune (National Affairs / HISTORICAL NOTES)
RACES: Passing (National Affairs / RACES)
CONNECTICUT: The Third Socialist (National Affairs / CONNECTICUT)
LABOR: Narrow Squeak (National Affairs / LABOR)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: Pigeonhole for China (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
MANNERS & MORALS: What Was a Cop to Think? (National Affairs / MANNERS & MORALS)
POLITICAL NOTES: Full Steam (National Affairs / POLITICAL NOTES)
National Affairs: Reversal (National Affairs)
MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Oct. 20, 1947 (National Affairs / MANNERS & MORALS)
National Affairs: Cost of Victory (National Affairs)
WORLD
THE NATIONS: Prophylaxis
(International / THE NATIONS)
International: Prescription (International)
International: Diagnosis (International)
UNITED NATIONS: Smoke-Blue (International / UNITED NATIONS)
International: Prognosis (International)
IDEOLOGIES: Thank You, Thank You! (International / IDEOLOGIES)
GREAT BRITAIN: Enter the Technocrats (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: Logistics (Foreign News)
Foreign News: The Snoek (Foreign News)
GREECE: Eleven Miles from Athens (Foreign News / GREECE)
Foreign News: THE EARTH IS TOO NEAR THE GROUND (Foreign News)
CHINA: Autumn Offensive (Foreign News / CHINA)
PALESTINE: Be Seeing You? (Foreign News / PALESTINE)
CHILE: Crack Down (Latin America / CHILE)
ARGENTINA: No Plaques (Latin America / ARGENTINA)
Latin America: Donder & Blitzen (Latin America)
COLOMBIA: Power & Place (Latin America / COLOMBIA)
BRAZIL: Miracle Man (Latin America / BRAZIL)
Canada: THE DOMINION: Thanksgiving Day, 1947 (Canada / THE DOMINION)
Canada: Best Wishes (Canada)
Canada: NOVA SCOTIA: Boat Boom (Canada / NOVA SCOTIA)
SCIENCE
Science: Vicky
Science: American Face
Science: Quiet, Please!
Science: Bacteria & Sex
Science: Hooded Airline
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Manners Maketh Man
(Medicine)
Medicine: Pestilence in Egypt (Medicine)
Medicine: Fat & Unhappy (Medicine)
Medicine: Nobody Gets Any Younger (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Lifting the Curtain
(The Press)
The Press: Land of the Middlebrow (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Great Day
Religion: A Single, Pointed Power
SPORT
Sport: Larry Says Goodbye
Sport: Watch Michigan
BUSINESS
Where Are the Cars?
(RAILROADS) OIL: Alam Kabeh (OIL)
AGRICULTURE: Plan for Abundance (AGRICULTURE)
The Boy with Fair Hair (SHOW BUSINESS)
Facts & Figures, Oct. 20, 1947 (STATE OF BUSINESS)
AMUSEMENTS: Kid Stuff (AMUSEMENTS)
EDUCATION
Education: The First Progressive
Education: Markup
Education: Russian Catechism
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: Hurry On Down
(Music)
Music: Serenade in London (Music)
Music: Debuts in Manhattan (Music)
Art: The Good Old Drawings (Art)
Art: Eye-Burner (Art)
The Theater: The Careful Dreamer (The Theater)
The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Oct. 20, 1947 (The Theater)
The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Oct. 20, 1947 (The Theater)
Radio: Dizzy Blonde (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Oct. 20, 1947 (Radio)
The New Pictures, Oct. 20, 1947 (Cinema)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Oct. 20, 1947 (Cinema)
Books: Soul-Searcher (Books)
Books: He Got His Man (Books)
Books: Boston's Closed Corporation (Books)
Books: The Fruit Was Ripe ... (Books)
The Theater: Another New Musical (The Theater)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Oct. 20, 1947
MILESTONES
Milestones, Oct. 20, 1947
PEOPLE
People: People, Oct. 20, 1947
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 20, 1947
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Oct. 20, 1947

Sex, Please, We're British: London's Erotica Expo
A Brief History of White House State Dinners
Airline Bag Fees: As High as the Cost of a Seat?
Can the A380 Bring the Party Back to the Skies?
Junior Eurovision: Schoolyard Crushes with Glitter
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
Cartoons of the Week
The Weekly Acoustic News
Climate Central: Training Pilots to Land on Skis
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World