In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LIV No. 9
NATION
THE NATION: The Human Thing To Do
(National Affairs / THE NATION)
THE CONGRESS: Half a Loaf (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
National Affairs: Hit or Strike Out (National Affairs)
National Affairs: The Embarrassment of Riches (National Affairs)
THE CAPITAL: That's All, Fellows (National Affairs / THE CAPITAL)
INVESTIGATIONS: What Woufd Harry Say? (National Affairs / INVESTIGATIONS)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: A Little Closer (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
LABOR: Little David, the Giant (National Affairs / LABOR)
ARMED FORCES: Sea Change (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
FARMERS: Potatoes & Gravy (National Affairs / FARMERS)
CRIME: Come In an' Git Me! (National Affairs / CRIME)
WORLD
THE NATIONS: Hard Hearts, Hard Facts
(International / THE NATIONS)
EUROPEAN UNION: What the Girl Looks Like (International / EUROPEAN UNION)
POLICIES & PRINCIPLES: Legal Actions? (International / POLICIES & PRINCIPLES)
ECONOMICS: Back to 1900 (International / ECONOMICS)
PERIPATETICS: Second Most Important (International / PERIPATETICS)
COMMUNISTS: The Fur Flies (International / COMMUNISTS)
CHINA: The Open Door (Foreign News / CHINA)
Foreign News: The Ideal City (Foreign News)
SIAM: The Land of Ihe Cheerful People (Foreign News / SIAM)
GREECE: Days of Victory (Foreign News / GREECE)
GREAT BRITAIN: Quota, The Goddess (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
FINLAND: Every Day, Every Hour (Foreign News / FINLAND)
CHILE: Fast Work (The Hemisphere / CHILE)
ARGENTINA: Buttons & Business (The Hemisphere / ARGENTINA)
CANADA: Flowing Gold (The Hemisphere / CANADA)
The Hemisphere: Polar Mission (The Hemisphere)
SCIENCE
Science: Short Cut?
Science: Deep Dip
Science: Stargazer
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Years of Grace
(Medicine)
Medicine: R.LF. (Medicine)
Medicine: The Case of Benjamin Twaddle (Medicine)
Medicine: Foul Talker (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Land of the Living Dead
(The Press)
The Press: Rumpus Raiser (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: In the Black
Religion: Troubled Africa
Religion: Churches on the Air
SPORT
Sport: Headaches
Sport: First at 15
Sport: World-Shaker
Sport: The Old Man
BUSINESS
THE ECONOMY: Muscle Flexing
(Business & Finance / THE ECONOMY)
BANKING: Good Risk (Business & Finance / BANKING)
RETAIL TRADE: Keedoozle Kerplunk (Business & Finance / RETAIL TRADE)
STEEL: See? (Business & Finance / STEEL)
Business & Finance: Moppets' Stampede (Business & Finance)
ADVERTISING: Sugar Slogans (Business & Finance / ADVERTISING)
AUTOS: As Predicted (Business & Finance / AUTOS)
FOOD: Shell Game (Business & Finance / FOOD)
GOVERNMENT: The Right to Sue (Business & Finance / GOVERNMENT)
SMALL BUSINESS: Too Big to Handle (Business & Finance / SMALL BUSINESS)
EDUCATION
Education: A Year Later
Education: Bucknell's Ninth
Education: Teen-Age Citizens
Education: Take It from Buzzy
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art: Red Plot?
(Art)
Art: Sneak Preview (Art)
Music: The Guy's Good (Music)
Music: Out of the Woodshed (Music)
Music: New Records, Aug. 29, 1949 (Music)
Radio: No Chance (Radio)
Radio: There'll Be Some Changes (Radio)
Radio: The Ghost Patrol (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Aug. 29, 1949 (Radio)
Cinema: The Deluge (Cinema)
Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 29, 1949 (Cinema)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 29, 1949 (Cinema)
Books: The Pennsylvania Story (Books)
Books: Everybody's Grandmother (Books)
Books: Wheeler's Progress (Books)
Books: Track of the White Whale (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Aug. 29, 1949
MILESTONES
Milestones, Aug. 29, 1949
PEOPLE
People: The Wagging Tongue
People: The Working Class
People: The Leisure Class
People: The Mixture as Before
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 29, 1949
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Aug. 29, 1949

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