In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LIV No. 8
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THE ADMINISTRATION: The Deep Freeze Set
(National Affairs / THE ADMINISTRATION)
THE VICE-PRESIDENCY: The Merry Widower (National Affairs / THE VICE-PRESIDENCY)
ARMED FORCES: Man for the Job (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
THE CONGRESS: The Empire Builders (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
OPINION: Progress Without Dynamite (National Affairs / OPINION)
UNEMPLOYMENT: Sulphur & Molasses (National Affairs / UNEMPLOYMENT)
INVESTIGATIONS: Experts & Explanations (National Affairs / INVESTIGATIONS)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: Empty Hands, Full Heart (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
COMMUNISTS: The Field Day Is Over (National Affairs / COMMUNISTS)
ILLINOIS: Society Is Wonderful People (National Affairs / ILLINOIS)
GEORGIA: The Bareface Look (National Affairs / GEORGIA)
THE WEATHER: The Heat (National Affairs / THE WEATHER)
WORLD
UNITED NATIONS: No Time for Prayer
(International / UNITED NATIONS)
EUROPEAN UNION: More than Monogamy (International / EUROPEAN UNION)
ECONOMICS: A Look at 2049 (International / ECONOMICS)
COMMUNISTS: No Words Left? (International / COMMUNISTS)
GERMANY: Eyes Right (Foreign News / GERMANY)
Foreign News: Bleibtreu (Foreign News)
SAN MARINO: Bolshevism In Yellow Gloves (Foreign News / SAN MARINO)
BELGIUM: Royal Deadlock (Foreign News / BELGIUM)
GREECE: By Summer's End (Foreign News / GREECE)
INDIA: Uncertain Freedom (Foreign News / INDIA)
SYRIA: What the Army Desired (Foreign News / SYRIA)
CHINA: Again the Black Horseman (Foreign News / CHINA)
GREAT BRITAIN: For the Defense (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: Specs for the Osu (Foreign News)
Foreign News: Sociology on the Wing (Foreign News)
ARGENTINA: Six Tries & Out (The Hemisphere / ARGENTINA)
CUBA: Pr (The Hemisphere / CUBA)
BOLIVIA: Murder in the Vineyard (The Hemisphere / BOLIVIA)
BRAZIL: Cops on the Campus (The Hemisphere / BRAZIL)
CANADA: Test Flight (The Hemisphere / CANADA)
Caudillo from Texas (The Hemisphere / PARAGUAY)
SCIENCE
Science: Insects' Homer
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Tricky Enemy
(Medicine)
Medicine: A Bargaining Position (Medicine)
Medicine: Velvet Tongue (Medicine)
Medicine: Rustic Menace (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Beat Him When He Sneezes
(The Press)
The Press: With a Capital L (The Press)
The Press: Love on a Dime (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Red Hats?
Religion: The God-Haters
Religion: Oil for Hinges
SPORT
Sport: Heiresses Apparent
Sport: Straight Heats
Sport: Snooks Wins
Sport: The Two Tortoises
BUSINESS
RAILROADS: Danger Signal
(Business & Finance / RAILROADS)
Business & Finance: Smoke Rings (Business & Finance)
Business & Finance: Italian Invasion (Business & Finance)
STEEL: An Industrial Revolution (Business & Finance / STEEL)
PERSONNEL: No. 12 (Business & Finance / PERSONNEL)
Business & Finance: At 52 (Business & Finance)
NEW PRODUCTS: Three-Way Vision (Business & Finance / NEW PRODUCTS)
AGRICULTURE: Candy King Reaches Out (Business & Finance / AGRICULTURE)
SELLING: Warming Up (Business & Finance / SELLING)
EDUCATION
Education: Arkansas Travelers
Education: New Pater
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: Master Cooking
(Music)
Music: Britten's Week (Music)
Cinema: Big Dig (Cinema)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 22, 1949 (Cinema)
Art: Last Stop (Art)
Art: Circulation (Art)
Art: Behind the Glass (Art)
Radio: Giveaway Fadeaway (Radio)
Radio: Who's Blacklisted? (Radio)
Radio: Flirtation (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Aug. 22, 1949 (Radio)
Books: Towering Grandfather (Books)
Books: Education of a Rich Boy (Books)
Books: Anatomy of Jealousy (Books)
Books: Railsplitter as Logroller (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Aug. 22, 1949
MILESTONES
Milestones, Aug. 22, 1949
PEOPLE
People: People, Aug. 22, 1949
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 22, 1949
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Aug. 22, 1949

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