In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LXIV No. 23
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE NATION: Best Foot Forward?
(National Affairs / THE NATION)
THE PRESIDENCY: Feet on the Ground (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
National Affairs: Duffer's Holiday (National Affairs)
THE CONGRESS: Doing Nicely (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
National Affairs: Censure upon Censure (National Affairs)
SEQUELS: Ordeal of Living (National Affairs / SEQUELS)
National Affairs: Death Among Thieves (National Affairs)
ORGANIZATIONS: Selected Guests (National Affairs / ORGANIZATIONS)
National Affairs: Enter the IBM (National Affairs)
ARMED FORCES: The Versatile Voodoo (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: U.S. Prisoners in China (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
National Affairs: Greeter to the World (National Affairs)
THE ADMINISTRATION: Shuffle (National Affairs / THE ADMINISTRATION)
INVESTIGATIONS: River of No Return (National Affairs / INVESTIGATIONS)
THE VICE-PRESIDENCY: Dog Story (National Affairs / THE VICE-PRESIDENCY)
COLORADO: The Front-Range Pessimist (National Affairs / COLORADO)
JUDGMENTS & PROPHECIES: COEXISTENCE DEFINED (National Affairs / JUDGMENTS & PROPHECIES)
WORLD
GREAT BRITAIN: Scrappy Birthday
(Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
UNITED NATIONS: Unanimous Atoms (Foreign News / UNITED NATIONS)
WEST GERMANY: Adenauer Under Attack (Foreign News / WEST GERMANY)
Foreign News: Achtung! (Foreign News)
JAPAN: The Struggle for Power (Foreign News / JAPAN)
ITALY: Red's Labor Lost (Foreign News / ITALY)
RUSSIA: Devil's Advocate (Foreign News / RUSSIA)
FRANCE: Home Is the Hero (Foreign News / FRANCE)
Foreign News: A Bottle of Aspirin (Foreign News)
Foreign News: The Guilty Party (Foreign News)
GREECE: The General's Revenge (Foreign News / GREECE)
KENYA: Turning Tide (Foreign News / KENYA)
PAKISTAN: Tightened Control (Foreign News / PAKISTAN)
YUGOSLAVIA: Night Must Fall (Foreign News / YUGOSLAVIA)
EGYPT: Snapping the Trap (Foreign News / EGYPT)
AUSTRALIA: The Bad Word (Foreign News / AUSTRALIA)
BRAZIL: The Giant at the Bridge (The Hemisphere / BRAZIL)
COSTA RICA: Communique (Brazil / COSTA RICA)
THE AMERICAS: Congressman v. Secretary (Brazil / THE AMERICAS)
SCIENCE
Science: Death of a Navigator
Science: Moon Markings
Science: The Erudite Faker
Science: The New Chemistry
Science: TheFall-OutandC 14
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Rebels or Psychopaths?
(Medicine)
Medicine: Bequests (Medicine)
Medicine: Beginning of the End (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: The Letter
(The Press)
The Press: Catholic Press Lord (The Press)
The Press: Boring from Within (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Heart First
Religion: Breathless Confession
SPORT
Sport: A Team Named Desire
Sport: Momma Loves Poppa
Sport: Deadly Race
Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 6, 1954
BUSINESS
WALL STREET: Over the Top
(WALL STREET) Time Clock, Dec. 6, 1954 (Time Clock)
RETAILING: Freedom for Prices (RETAILING)
SHARING THE PROFITS: Businessmen Get a New Religion (SHARING THE PROFITS)
CORPORATIONS: Say It with Dividends (CORPORATIONS)
LABOR: Peace in Pittsburgh (LABOR)
COMMUNICATIONS: The T.N.T. Man (COMMUNICATIONS)
PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Dec. 6, 1954 (PERSONNEL)
GOODS & SERVICES: The Bottomless Hat (GOODS & SERVICES)
EDUCATION
Education: The Scholarship Racket
Education: Field Trip
Education: The Brushoff
Education: Report Card
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: Fast Hit
(Music)
Music: Puffed-Rice Cantata (Music)
Music: New Records, Dec. 6, 1954 (Music)
Radio: The Week in Review (Radio)
TELEVISION: Program Preview, Dec. 6, 1954 (Radio / TELEVISION)
Art: What's My Line? (Art)
Art: Fool-the-Eye Realism (Art)
Art: PUBLIC FAVORITE IN A PALACE (Art)
Cinema: Newsreel, Dec. 6, 1954 (Cinema)
Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 6, 1954 (Cinema)
Cinema: An Actor's Best Friend (Cinema)
Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 6, 1954 (Cinema)
Books: Six Dime Novels (Books)
Books: Scented Fountain (Books)
Books: Good to Look At (Books)
Books: Recherche (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Dec. 6, 1954
MILESTONES
Milestones, Dec. 6, 1954
PEOPLE
People, Dec. 6, 1954
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 6, 1954
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Dec. 6, 1954

Cartoons of the Week
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
The Weekly Acoustic News
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World
Photos: Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Short List: TIME's Weekly Critics' Picks
Piecing Together Nabokov's Last Novel
Photos: Peru's Sacred Glacier Is Melting
New Moon Review: Team Jacob Ascending