In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LVI No. 5
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE NATION: Fifteen Years of War?
(National Affairs / THE NATION)
NATIONAL DEFENSE: Slowly Stirring (National Affairs / NATIONAL DEFENSE)
National Affairs: ... Unless Redeemed (National Affairs)
THE ECONOMY: Contrasts (National Affairs / THE ECONOMY)
THE PRESIDENCY: The Fabric of Peace (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: No Deliveries (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
THE CONGRESS: Men in Motion (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
ARMED FORCES: First in War . . . (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
INDIANA: The War In Cicero (National Affairs / INDIANA)
National Affairs: The Cities (National Affairs)
THE CENSUS: U.S.A. 1950 (National Affairs / THE CENSUS)
ESPIONAGE: No. 4 (National Affairs / ESPIONAGE)
COMMUNISTS: Boiling Over (National Affairs / COMMUNISTS)
LABOR: Without Any Doubletalk (National Affairs / LABOR)
IMMIGRATION: Unwelcome (National Affairs / IMMIGRATION)
NEW YORK: Gesture of Defiance (National Affairs / NEW YORK)
TERRITORIES: Ready & Waiting (National Affairs / TERRITORIES)
WORLD
EUROPE: Match the High Purpose
(Foreign News / EUROPE)
BELGIUM: A King Returns (Foreign News / BELGIUM)
GREAT BRITAIN: Ill-Defined Frontiers (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: The Trotters' Friend (Foreign News)
Foreign News: The Fledgling (Foreign News)
GERMANY: Including Comrade Frederick (Foreign News / GERMANY)
ARGENTINA: To the Rear--March! (The Hemisphere / ARGENTINA)
CANADA: Is This Enough? (The Hemisphere / CANADA)
The Hemisphere: The Record Holder (The Hemisphere)
WAR & TERRORISM
War: We Are There to Stay
(War)
Standing By (War / STRATEGY)
BATTLE OF KOREA: Retreat from Taejon (War / BATTLE OF KOREA)
War: This Gallant Officer (War)
War: In Earnest (War)
War: Kilroy Again (War)
COMMAND: Old Pro (War / COMMAND)
DANGER ZONES: Alert on Formosa (War / DANGER ZONES)
Hide & Seek (War / THE AIR WAR)
War: Terror (War)
War: Iran Is Threatening Us (War)
The Spontaneous Pandit (War / THE NATIONS)
Background For War: THREE TANKS OF THE KOREAN WAR (Background For War)
SCIENCE
Science: All Human Beings
Science: Comforting Tracks
Science: Exploring with Sound
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: From White to Khaki
(Medicine)
Medicine: From the Autumn Crocus (Medicine)
Medicine: A Choice for Becky (Medicine)
Medicine: A Sweeter Smell (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Anticlimax
(The Press)
The Press: Goodbye to Gideon (The Press)
The Press: Missing in Action (The Press)
The Press: Last Word (The Press)
The Press: No Compromise (The Press)
The Press: Man Overboard (The Press)
The Press: News of the Past (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Better Without Principles?
Religion: THE TOMB OF CHRIST
Religion: Signs of the Times
SPORT
Sport: Ready or Not?
Sport: Ninety Proof
Sport: Water Boy
Sport: Awfully Good Show
BUSINESS
Marching Orders
(STATE OF BUSINESS) EARNINGS: Through the Roof (EARNINGS)
How Much Is Enough? (STEEL)
AVIATION: The Heart of the Matter (AVIATION)
Second Wind (WALL STREET)
Here Comes Texas! (RETAIL TRADE)
FOOD: No Shortage (FOOD)
INSURANCE: The War Clause, Again (INSURANCE)
MANAGEMENT: You Can't Take It with You (MANAGEMENT)
EDUCATION
Education: The Root
Education: End in Sight
Education: E.R.P. at M.I.T.
Education: Needed: a System
Education: To Catch Up
Education: Complete Confusion?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Radio: The Living Room Front
(Radio)
Radio: Old Plot, New Angle (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Jul. 31, 1950 (Radio)
Music: Last of the Truly Civilized (Music)
Music: Whimpering In the Dark? (Music)
Music: Rained Out (Music)
Art: A New Rembrandt (Art)
Art: Antwerp Does Better (Art)
Art: Bigger Than Life (Art)
Art: Not Mine (Art)
Cinema: Wide Open (Cinema)
Cinema: Pirates' Gold (Cinema)
The New Pictures, Jul. 31, 1950 (Cinema)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Jul. 31, 1950 (Cinema)
Books: Jumbo in Burma (Books)
Books: From Hitler's Army (Books)
Books: A College Is a Prison (Books)
Books: Mr. Stalin, Meet Mr. Truman (Books)
Books: Kind Lady (Books)
Books: Recent & Readable, Jul. 31, 1950 (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Jul. 31, 1950
MILESTONES
Milestones, Jul. 31, 1950
PEOPLE
People: The Brimming Cup
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 31, 1950
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
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