In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LIV No. 7
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE NATION: Raising Up & Tearing Down
(National Affairs / THE NATION)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: Petition in Bankruptcy (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
THE CONGRESS: To Do the Needful (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
National Affairs: Little Helper (National Affairs)
THE CAPITAL: Love Feast (National Affairs / THE CAPITAL)
OPINION: Truce (National Affairs / OPINION)
REPUBLICANS: Change of Command (National Affairs / REPUBLICANS)
VIRGINIA: Battle for Richmond (National Affairs / VIRGINIA)
TERRITORIES: Harry Looks Things Over (National Affairs / TERRITORIES)
NEBRASKA: Displaced Person (National Affairs / NEBRASKA)
NEW MEXICO: Cricket Coogler's Revenge (National Affairs / NEW MEXICO)
LABOR: I'm Awful Thankful (National Affairs / LABOR)
MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Aug. 15, 1949 (National Affairs / MANNERS & MORALS)
WORLD
STRATEGY: Traveling Show
(International / STRATEGY)
THE NATIONS: No One Is Astonished (International / THE NATIONS)
PROPAGANDA: On Condition (International / PROPAGANDA)
GERMANY: The Beginnings (Foreign News / GERMANY)
Foreign News: Battle Continued (Foreign News)
Foreign News: New Commander (Foreign News)
FRANCE: Soyez Braves (Foreign News / FRANCE)
GREAT BRITAIN: The Course of Love (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: Private Lives (Foreign News)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Private Loves (Foreign News / CZECHOSLOVAKIA)
HUNGARY: By His Own Hand (Foreign News / HUNGARY)
YUGOSLAVIA: Dare (Foreign News / YUGOSLAVIA)
ITALY: Reunion in Naples (Foreign News / ITALY)
SIAM: The Angry Dwarf (Foreign News / SIAM)
JAPAN: Entrepreneur (Foreign News / JAPAN)
CHINA: A Matter of Despair (Foreign News / CHINA)
ECUADOR: Death in the Andes (The Hemisphere / ECUADOR)
HONDURAS: Rustlers in the Sky (The Hemisphere / HONDURAS)
Treasure Hunt (The Hemisphere / PERU)
SCIENCE
Science: A Problem of Loyalties
Science: The Greek Pill
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Hope Deferred
(Medicine)
Medicine: A Question of Initiative (Medicine)
Medicine: Nature's Irony (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: A Castle for the Princess
(The Press)
The Press: New M. E. for LIFE (The Press)
The Press: Looking Backward (The Press)
The Press: Death of a Columnist (The Press)
The Press: Empty Chest (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: The inner Voice
Religion: The Warm War
Religion: International Christian
SPORT
Sport: The Durable Hypochondriac
Sport: Darkness & Dollars
BUSINESS
Business & Finance: Spotty
(Business & Finance)
THE ECONOMY: Risks & Taxes (Business & Finance / THE ECONOMY)
GOVERNMENT: A Shocking Situation (Business & Finance / GOVERNMENT)
RESTAURANTS: Food on the Fly (Business & Finance / RESTAURANTS)
SELLING: A Quarter a Day (Business & Finance / SELLING)
RAILROADS: New Hand on the Throttle (Business & Finance / RAILROADS)
RETAIL TRADE: PX Pruning (Business & Finance / RETAIL TRADE)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: Pearls on a String
(Music)
Music: Heard about Lilli? (Music)
Music: Change of Diet (Music)
Radio: Leaning Tower of Babel (Radio)
Radio: Female of the Species (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Aug. 15, 1949 (Radio)
Art: New Shells (Art)
Cinema: Off the Pedestal (Cinema)
Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 15, 1949 (Cinema)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 15, 1949 (Cinema)
Books: Poppa Could See in the Dark (Books)
Books: Quite High on a Mountaintop (Books)
Books: Handy Hexes (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Aug. 15, 1949
MILESTONES
Milestones, Aug. 15, 1949
PEOPLE
People: Off the Chest
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 15, 1949
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters: Shriners & Secrets

Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
Ask Your Questions: Garrison Keillor
The 10 Worst Things About the Worst Decade Ever
Weekly Acoustic News: Thanksgiving Edition
The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
Can a Good Guy Fix College Football's Worst Thing?
The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak
Obama's First State Dinner
The Princess and the Frog: Big Fun on the Bayou
Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Takes the Stage