In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LV No. 5
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE ATOM: The Loaded Question
(National Affairs / THE ATOM)
TRIALS: The Reckoning (National Affairs / TRIALS)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: Change of M'ind (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
THE PRESIDENCY: The Devil's Dues (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
National Affairs: The Inscrutable Occidentals (National Affairs)
THE CONGRESS: The Revolt that Failed (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
LABOR: The Stomachs Decide (National Affairs / LABOR)
ARMED FORCES: Red Lights at the Yardarm (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
THE CABINET: Good-Times Charlie (National Affairs / THE CABINET)
NEW JERSEY: Souvenir from the Boss (National Affairs / NEW JERSEY)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Marching Through Charleston (National Affairs / SOUTH CAROLINA)
CRIME: A Cool Million (National Affairs / CRIME)
MANNERS & MORALS: The Drapes (National Affairs / MANNERS & MORALS)
WORLD
Report On Yugoslavia: A Search for Laughter
(Report On Yugoslavia)
GERMANY: Slam! (Foreign News / GERMANY)
Foreign News: From Over There (Foreign News)
GREAT BRITAIN: Red & White (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
FINLAND: Vote of Confidence (Foreign News / FINLAND)
POLAND: Now Is the Hour (Foreign News / POLAND)
FRANCE: Belated Truth (Foreign News / FRANCE)
Foreign News: The Illustrious Unknown (Foreign News)
RUSSIA: Jubilee (Foreign News / RUSSIA)
CEYLON: From Trotsky to Groucho (Foreign News / CEYLON)
Foreign News: RED INDIANS (Foreign News)
CHINA: If They Have the Heart (Foreign News / CHINA)
MEXICO: More Oil (The Hemisphere / MEXICO)
NICARAGUA: Last Man Out? (The Hemisphere / NICARAGUA)
SCIENCE
Science: 3,350,000,000 Years Old
Science: Double Danger
Science: The Diggers
Science: No. 97
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Busy Antibodies
(Medicine)
Medicine: Promising Prospect (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Nickel's Worth
(The Press)
The Press: Girl with Roses (The Press)
The Press: To Shoot or Not to Shoot (The Press)
The Press: Dishonest Abe (The Press)
The Press: Formula 14 W (The Press)
The Press: Mimosa, Moonbeams & Memory (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Unhappy Situation
Religion: Common Cause
Religion: Good, Clean Sport?
SPORT
Sport: Sam & the Little Man
Sport: Platoons of Crusaders
Sport: Reluctant G-Man
Sport: White Males Only?
Sport: Up from Under
BUSINESS
The Pension Bill
(STEEL) HIGH FINANCE: A Question of Faith (HIGH FINANCE)
Soap Opera (PERSONNEL)
AGRICULTURE: Over the Waves (AGRICULTURE)
AUTOS: The Big Parade (AUTOS)
Bringing Up Baby (RUBBER)
GOVERNMENT: Thorny Money (GOVERNMENT)
DIVIDENDS: Peace of Mind (DIVIDENDS)
EDUCATION
Education: Last Class
Education: Who's Qualified?
Education: Report from the Jungle
Education: Virginibus Puerisque
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Jan. 30, 1950
(The Theater)
The Theater: New Revues in Manhattan, Jan. 30, 1950 (The Theater)
Art: Record Breakers (Art)
Art: City Boy (Art)
Art: Grand Rapids Modern (Art)
Art: Warmth (Art)
Radio: Air Wave of the Future (Radio)
Radio: 30^ Conversion (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Jan. 30, 1950 (Radio)
Music: The Exile of Prades (Music)
Music: Old Cross (Music)
Cinema: Boffo (Cinema)
Cinema: Old Master, New Look (Cinema)
Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 30, 1950 (Cinema)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Jan. 30, 1950 (Cinema)
Books: Sermon for the Merciless (Books)
Books: Monica's Coming Out (Books)
Books: American Agitators (Books)
Books: Drops from a Rusty Spigot (Books)
MILESTONES
Milestones, Jan. 30, 1950
PEOPLE
People: Family Circles
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 30, 1950
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Jan. 30, 1950

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Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Short List: TIME's Weekly Critics' Picks
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