In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LXIV No. 25
Read the Cover StoryNATION
FOREIGN RELATIONS: Unity Among Allies
(National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
THE CONGRESS: The Disbcmder (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
THE PRESIDENCY: The Progressive Moderate (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
DEMOCRATS: The Thin Man (National Affairs / DEMOCRATS)
LABOR: Lesson One (National Affairs / LABOR)
National Affairs: Dropped (National Affairs)
THE ADMINISTRATION: Snake Charmer (National Affairs / THE ADMINISTRATION)
ARMED FORCES: Dreamboat (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
HISTORICAL NOTES: Boots & Saddles (National Affairs / HISTORICAL NOTES)
DEFENSE: The Supersonic Shield (National Affairs / DEFENSE)
WORLD
JAPAN: The Man Who Came Back
(Foreign News / JAPAN)
CHINA: Badgered Man (Foreign News / CHINA)
POLAND: Let's Try Again (Foreign News / POLAND)
FRANCE: The Quick and the Dead (Foreign News / FRANCE)
ITALY: Immobilismo (Foreign News / ITALY)
SCOTLAND: Proud Nation (Foreign News / SCOTLAND)
GREAT BRITAIN: The Silent Treatment (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
Foreign News: More Prang for the Pound (Foreign News)
SPAIN: The Midget & the Elephants (Foreign News / SPAIN)
INDIA: Suttee Boom (Foreign News / INDIA)
CANADA: Freed Prisoner (The Hemisphere / CANADA)
ARGENTINA: If I Were Dictator (The Hemisphere / ARGENTINA)
URUGUAY: Mister President (The Hemisphere / URUGUAY)
BRAZIL: The Climate of Reform (The Hemisphere / BRAZIL)
HONDURAS: Reluctant Strongman (The Hemisphere / HONDURAS)
GUATEMALA: Come & Get It (The Hemisphere / GUATEMALA)
SCIENCE
Science: Meteorite's Return
Science: The Unmentionable Subject
Science: The Fertile Farmers
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Capsules, Dec. 20, 1954
(Medicine)
Medicine: Rights for Epileptics (Medicine)
SOCIETY
MODERN LIVING: Help in the Kitchen
(Modern Living / MODERN LIVING)
PRESS
The Press: Trouble in New York
(The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Patient Improved
Religion: Defeat in Chicago
Religion: No Living Room for Sin?
SPORT
Sport: Yankee Blue
Sport: 24 Seconds to Shoot
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Judgments & Prophecies, Dec. 20, 1954
(Judgments & Prophecies)
BUSINESS
STATE OF BUSINESS: Holiday Cheer
(STATE OF BUSINESS) RAILROADS: Als Miracle (RAILROADS)
Time Clock, Dec. 20, 1954 (Time Clock)
GOVERNMENT: Green Light for Truckers (GOVERNMENT)
BUSINESS ABROAD: BUSINESS ABROAD (BUSINESS ABROAD)
Business: CREDIT & THE BUDGET
UTILITIES: Whirlpool on the Columbia (UTILITIES)
Business: Financing Dixon-Yates
EDUCATION
Education: The Bite
Education: The Need for Law
Education: Report Card
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Art: Haiti's Best
(Art)
Art: Small But Enduring (Art)
Art: International Laughter (Art)
Radio: The Tall Gambler (Radio)
Radio: Review of the Week (Radio)
TELEVISION: Program Preview, Dec. 20, 1954 (Radio / TELEVISION)
Cinema: IN FAIR VERONA (Cinema)
Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 20, 1954 (Cinema)
Music: Next to Godliness (Music)
Music: The Brave Bells (Music)
Music: Nights in Shinbone Alley (Music)
The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Dec. 20, 1954 (The Theater)
Books: Books, Dec. 20, 1954 (Books)
Books: FICTION (Books)
Books: BIOGRAPHY (Books)
Books: HISTORY (Books)
Books: WORLD WAR II & KOREA (Books)
Books: GENERAL NONFICTION (Books)
Books: POETRY (Books)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Dec. 20, 1954
MILESTONES
Milestones, Dec. 20, 1954
PEOPLE
People, Dec. 20, 1954
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 20, 1954
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Dec. 20, 1954

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