In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LVI No. 19
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE NATION: The Inscrutable Independent
(National Affairs / THE NATION)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: Just Trying to Get Along (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
THE PRESIDENCY: Shadowboxer (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
NATIONAL DEFENSE: A Career for Young Men (National Affairs / NATIONAL DEFENSE)
THE ADMINISTRATION: Producing Minds (National Affairs / THE ADMINISTRATION)
ARMED FORCES: Change of Heart (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
LABOR: C. I. O. Unwanted (National Affairs / LABOR)
THE CAMPAIGN: About 1/4 Inch (National Affairs / THE CAMPAIGN)
National Affairs: You Can't Win (National Affairs)
National Affairs: Sting (National Affairs)
POLITICAL NOTES: The Pot Boils, Nov. 6, 1950 (National Affairs / POLITICAL NOTES)
National Affairs: Wallerin' Bee (National Affairs)
National Affairs: For World Peace... (National Affairs)
MANNERS & MORALS: Ways of the World (National Affairs / MANNERS & MORALS)
HEROES: The Legacy (National Affairs / HEROES)
WORLD
THE NATIONS: Toward SHAPE
(International / THE NATIONS)
PROPAGANDA: Kremlin to White House (International / PROPAGANDA)
COMMUNISTS: Every Day's a Birthday (International / COMMUNISTS)
UNITED NATIONS: Back to Reality (International / UNITED NATIONS)
GREAT BRITAIN: Missing Fissionist (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: Renovated Bottle (Foreign News)
Foreign News: Deadlock (Foreign News)
ITALY: The Bear Must Die (Foreign News / ITALY)
POLAND: The Children's Friends (Foreign News / POLAND)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Male Call (Foreign News / CZECHOSLOVAKIA)
THE PHILIPPINES: Bristling Bankrupt (Foreign News / THE PHILIPPINES)
Foreign News: Three-Day Shift (Foreign News)
JAPAN: Keep Cool (Foreign News / JAPAN)
Saints & Sinners (The Hemisphere / THE AMERICAS)
BOLIVIA : Idea Man Florman and Chewing Gum (The Hemisphere / BOLIVIA,its of Bolivia's Indians, Florman suggested that carloads of U.S. chewing gum be shipped in for distribution to the Indi)
Florman suggested that carloads of U.S. chewing gum be shipped in for distribution to the Indi
CANADA: Joint Effort (The Hemisphere / CANADA)
BRAZIL: Not This Time (The Hemisphere / BRAZIL)
WAR & TERRORISM
BATTLE OF KOREA: Slight Delay?
(War / BATTLE OF KOREA)
War: Late Entry (War)
THE ALLIES: We Are Jealous (War / THE ALLIES)
BATTLE OF INDO-CHINA: Last Outpost (War / BATTLE OF INDO-CHINA)
DANGER ZONES: By Full Moonlight (War / DANGER ZONES)
BACKGROUND FOR WAR: Alaska: Airman's Theater (War / BACKGROUND FOR WAR)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Father to Son
(Medicine)
Medicine: The Wounded (Medicine)
Medicine: Research & Reward (Medicine)
Medicine: Dissolving Disease (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Die Monstersinger
(The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Union
Religion: New Dogma
Religion: Sacred Music
Religion: Fun & Fact
SPORT
Sport: Football for Fans
Sport: Tennis with a Twist
Sport: New Pride of the Yankees
Sport: Who Won, Nov. 6, 1950
BUSINESS
WALL STREET: A Satiating Effect
(WALL STREET) EARNINGS: Crest of the Wave (EARNINGS)
Dust Storm (STEEL)
How to Make a Buck (PRODUCTION)
GOVERNMENT: Out of Plumb (GOVERNMENT)
Business: Father of the Bride
Mike's Place (RESTAURANTS)
PRICES: In One Direction Only (Business & Finance / PRICES)
TAXES: Incentive (Business & Finance / TAXES)
EDUCATION
Education: Live Models
Education: Kilocycle Prexy
Education: Professor on Leave
Education: Cure for Chaos
Education: Carnegie Tech at 50
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art: Measles
(Art)
Art: Favorites (Art)
Art: Shouts (Art)
Art: Shoes (Art)
The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 6, 1950 (The Theater)
The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Nov. 6, 1950 (The Theater)
Music: Strictly for Pleasure (Music)
Music: Butterfly from Barcelona (Music)
Music: New Pitch in the Persian Room (Music)
Radio: Spiderlegs & History (Radio)
Radio: Program Preview, Nov. 6, 1950 (Radio)
Cinema: Import (Cinema)
The New Pictures, Nov. 6, 1950 (Cinema)
Cinema: Current & Choice, Nov. 6, 1950 (Cinema)
Books: Prophet, Card, Born Writer (Books)
Books: Cogs & Machines (Books)
Books: Victim of Publicity (Books)
Books: Recent & Readable, Nov. 6, 1950 (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Nov. 6, 1950
MILESTONES
Milestones, Nov. 6, 1950
PEOPLE
People: The Mixture as Before
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 6, 1950
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Nov. 6, 1950

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