In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LII No. 22
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE PRESIDENCY: Play & Work
(National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
National Affairs: A New Feeling (National Affairs)
National Affairs: ON THE RECORD (National Affairs)
ARMED FORCES: Over the Hump (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
REPUBLICANS: A Place to Stand (National Affairs / REPUBLICANS)
LABOR: The Herdsman (National Affairs / LABOR)
National Affairs: To the Well Again (National Affairs)
THE WEATHER: Blue Norther (National Affairs / THE WEATHER)
MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Nov. 29, 1948 (National Affairs / MANNERS & MORALS)
GEORGIA: Ol' Gene's Boy (National Affairs / GEORGIA)
GREAT BRITAIN: Both Doing Well (National Affairs / GREAT BRITAIN)
BELGIUM: Two Heads for One (National Affairs / BELGIUM)
WORLD
THE NATIONS: Brutal Rebuff
(International / THE NATIONS)
COMMUNISTS: Not Worked Out (International / COMMUNISTS)
International: Great & Absurd Suspicions (International)
WAR CRIMES: The Score (International / WAR CRIMES)
International: THE STORIES THEY TELL, Nov. 29, 1948 (International)
CHINA: Or Cut Bait (Foreign News / CHINA)
Foreign News: Battle Piece (Foreign News)
Foreign News: Flee Where? (Foreign News)
MIDDLE EAST: The Will of Allah (Foreign News / MIDDLE EAST)
PUERTO RICO: God's Pamphleteer (Latin America / PUERTO RICO)
CUBA: Reverse Tourism (Latin America / CUBA)
MEXICO: Whom the Sergeant Adored (Latin America / MEXICO)
Latin America: Apostles at Work (Latin America)
SCIENCE
Science: Fastest of Them All?
Science: Better Housekeeping
Science: Highest Balloon
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Happy Ending
(Medicine)
Medicine: All Out? (Medicine)
Medicine: Chance for Elizabeth (Medicine)
Medicine: Senile Statistics (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: A Reprimand from Teacher
(The Press)
The Press: One & One (The Press)
The Press: The Rivals (The Press)
Press: Uncle Sam, Publisher
RELIGION
Religion: The Assumption of Mary
Religion: White Man's Culture
Religion: The Women Speak
Religion: Corrosive Influence
SPORT
Sport: The Big One
Sport: Too Close for Comfort
Sport: Broken Record
Sport: Red Tiger
BUSINESS
AUTOS: Under the Counter
(Business & Finance / AUTOS)
AGRICULTURE: Election Returns (Business & Finance / AGRICULTURE)
THE ECONOMY: Crystal Ball (Business & Finance / THE ECONOMY)
WALL STREET: Tell Me, Ouija ... (Business & Finance / WALL STREET)
SHOW BUSINESS: High-Priced Revolution (Business & Finance / SHOW BUSINESS)
FASHIONS: Over the Whimsies (Business & Finance / FASHIONS)
GOVERNMENT: New Yardstick (Business & Finance / GOVERNMENT)
STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Nov. 29, 1948 (Business & Finance / STATE OF BUSINESS)
EDUCATION
Education: Hello & Goodbye
Education: More Fun Than Arithmetic
Education: To Be Continued
Education: The Higher, the Worser
Education: Of Dates & Drags
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art: Far from Home
(Art)
Art: Close to Home (Art)
Radio: Free, Absolutely Free (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Nov. 29, 1948 (Radio)
Music: No Frowning (Music)
Music: Buttons & Bows (Music)
Music: New Records, Nov. 29, 1948 (Music)
The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 29, 1948 (The Theater)
The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway, Nov. 29, 1948 (The Theater)
Cinema: Step a Little Closer, Folks (Cinema)
The New Pictures, Nov. 29, 1948 (Cinema)
Cinema, Also Showing Nov. 29, 1948 (Cinema)
Books: The Compleat Boswell (Books)
Books: Hot Spots (Books)
Books: Cassandra from the Garden (Books)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Nov. 29, 1948 (Cinema)
MILESTONES
Milestones, Nov. 29, 1948
PEOPLE
People: People
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 29, 1948
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Nov. 29, 1948

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