In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LV No. 4
Read the Cover StoryNATION
FOREIGN RELATIONS: Appointment in Peking
(National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
National Affairs: The Defense Rests (National Affairs)
National Affairs: GUIDE TO GIVING (National Affairs)
National Affairs: The Forgotten Word (National Affairs)
THE PRESIDENCY: Nice Work (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
THE CONGRESS: Old King Alcohol (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
ARMED FORCES: Dinner Is Served (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
HEROES: Five-Star Hap (National Affairs / HEROES)
NEW YORK: Faceless Warrens (National Affairs / NEW YORK)
LABOR: Wolf in Creep's Clothing (National Affairs / LABOR)
POLITICAL NOTES: After You (National Affairs / POLITICAL NOTES)
TRIALS: Some People Can Taste It (National Affairs / TRIALS)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Uh (National Affairs / SOUTH CAROLINA)
MANNERS & MORALS: Sorrows (National Affairs / MANNERS & MORALS)
MISSISSIPPI: Shooter's Chance (National Affairs / MISSISSIPPI)
WORLD
UNITED NATIONS: At Lake Flamingo
(International / UNITED NATIONS)
CONFERENCES: Pals (International / CONFERENCES)
COMMUNISTS: The Mao Who Came to Dinner (International / COMMUNISTS)
FLORA & FAUNA: Coconuts & Sausage Meat (International / FLORA & FAUNA)
POLICIES & PRINCIPLES: Still Negative (International / POLICIES & PRINCIPLES)
REFLECTIONS: Culture from America? (International / REFLECTIONS)
GREAT BRITAIN: Slow Starter (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: Off Shivering Sand (Foreign News)
GERMANY: Under Four Eyes (Foreign News / GERMANY)
GERMANY: Hope on the Elbe (Foreign News / GERMANY)
ITALY: Red Fog (Foreign News / ITALY)
ITALY: A Tale of Two Villages (Foreign News / ITALY)
SOUTH AFRICA: The Sphinx Warns (Foreign News / SOUTH AFRICA)
BOLIVIA: Siege (The Hemisphere / BOLIVIA)
COSTA RICA: Vaccinated & Feeling Fine (The Hemisphere / COSTA RICA)
Spanish Omelet (The Hemisphere / VENEZUELA)
NICARAGUA: A Matter of Opinion (The Hemisphere / NICARAGUA)
MEXICO: Souvenir (The Hemisphere / MEXICO)
CANADA: Airlines & Wheat (The Hemisphere / CANADA)
BRAZIL: Operational Accident (The Hemisphere / BRAZIL)
SCIENCE
Science: The Thinking Machine
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: A Needle for the Doctors
(Medicine)
Medicine: Deadly Strain (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Fine Line
(The Press)
The Press: Block Party (The Press)
The Press: Worse Than Crime? (The Press)
The Press: Snap the Whip (The Press)
The Press: The Whistle That Didn't (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Church of the Future?
Religion: Beachhead
Religion: Practical Pastor
SPORT
Sport: Communication
Sport: Back to the Tables
Sport: What Price Football?
BUSINESS
BANKING: Those Funny V.P.s
(BANKING) Blueprint for Balance (THE ECONOMY)
Business & Finance: Jet-Powered Glider (Business & Finance)
Business & Finance: Mid-Air Collision (Business & Finance)
MANAGEMENT: Cocktails for Two (MANAGEMENT)
AVIATION: IATA-ta, IATA-ta (AVIATION)
CARRIAGE TRADE: The Long Voyage Home (CARRIAGE TRADE)
Gored Bull (WALL STREET)
AGRICULTURE: Fresh from Old Monterrey (AGRICULTURE)
INSURANCE: Sign Here (INSURANCE)
AUTOS: Cheap But Not Easy (AUTOS)
GOVERNMENT: A Question of Size (GOVERNMENT)
EDUCATION
Education: Four or Two?
Education: 50 Years of Small Victories
Education: Dirt Farmer Gone Wrong
Education: Slide Rule
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art: Battleground
(Art)
Art: Spacemaker (Art)
Radio: Prize (Radio)
Radio: TV In Europe (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Jan. 23, 1950 (Radio)
Music: Run Like a Good Boy (Music)
Music: Shortage at La Scala (Music)
Music: The Idiom Is Advanced (Music)
Cinema: Conflicting Report Cards (Cinema)
Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 23, 1950 (Cinema)
Cinema: British Import (Cinema)
Cinema: Anything for Laughs (Cinema)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Jan. 23, 1950 (Cinema)
Books: The Old Trapeze (Books)
Books: Vault to Freedom (Books)
Books: Terror in the Streets (Books)
Books: Childe Rosie in Italy (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Jan. 23, 1950
MILESTONES
Milestones, Jan. 23, 1950
PEOPLE
People: People, Jan. 23, 1950
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 23, 1950
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Jan. 23, 1950

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