In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LXXIII No. 10
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE NATION: Test of Nerves
(National Affairs / THE NATION)
THE CONGRESS: Debate on Berlin (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS)
THE MILITARY: BERLIN: (National Affairs / THE MILITARY)
FOREIGN RELATIONS: Visit & Search (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
CAPITAL NOTES: Fears & Frustrations (National Affairs / CAPITAL NOTES)
LABOR: Plunder, Then Under (National Affairs / LABOR)
THE PRESIDENCY: Priority Topics (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY)
DEMOCRATS: Los Angeles in '60 (National Affairs / DEMOCRATS)
THE LAW: Plugs for the Loopholes (National Affairs / THE LAW)
FARMERS: Subsidized Size (National Affairs / FARMERS)
National Affairs: The Reluctant Refugee (National Affairs)
THE ADMINISTRATION: Patient's Progress (National Affairs / THE ADMINISTRATION)
ARMED FORCES: Big Ed's Goodbye (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
WORLD
COLD WAR: An Assist from Moscow
(Foreign News / COLD WAR)
Foreign News: The Message (Foreign News)
Foreign News: The Blowup (Foreign News)
Foreign News: Lonely & Ruined Man (Foreign News)
FRANCE: Pierre & Marthe (Foreign News / FRANCE)
Foreign News: The Lacaze Labyrinth (Foreign News)
WEST GERMANY: Elevating the Pilot (Foreign News / WEST GERMANY)
AUSTRIA: Another Crisis Heard From (Foreign News / AUSTRIA)
RUMANIA: The Exodus Continued (Foreign News / RUMANIA)
IRAN: Huff from the North (Foreign News / IRAN)
CYPRUS: Hero's Return (Foreign News / CYPRUS)
NYASALAND: Huggermugger Trouble (Foreign News / NYASALAND)
NIGERIA: A Box for Obodo (Foreign News / NIGERIA)
PAKISTAN: Laying Down the Law (Foreign News / PAKISTAN)
RED CHINA: Overdoing It (Foreign News / RED CHINA)
CUBA: Bullets! Ballots? (The Hemisphere / CUBA)
BRAZIL: Running Start (The Hemisphere / BRAZIL)
HAITI: In the Middle (The Hemisphere / HAITI)
EL SALVADOR: The Full Enchilada (The Hemisphere / EL SALVADOR)
SCIENCE
Science: Hot Clothes at Idlewild
Science: Drowned Cities
Science: How to Talk to a Tool
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: The Nonexecutive Ulcer
(Medicine)
Medicine: Rorschach in Reverse (Medicine)
Medicine: Checking the Additives (Medicine)
Medicine: Capsules, Mar. 9, 1959 (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Fix Is the Word
(The Press)
The Press: Alliance of Necessity (The Press)
The Press: The Columnist's Ball (The Press)
The Press: The Cool Square (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: Red China: Further Study
Religion: Cardinal in Asia
Religion: Unchanging Faith?
Religion: Decor: Discomfort
Religion: Halt the Harmonium
SPORT
Sport: Water Sprite
Sport: Jumping Man
Sport: Scoreboard, Mar. 9, 1959
BUSINESS
STATE OF BUSINESS: Three Months' Vacation
(STATE OF BUSINESS) Business: Health Chart
AGRICULTURE: The Pushbutton Cornucopia (AGRICULTURE)
OIL: Mandatory Controls? (OIL)
GOVERNMENT: Victory for the States (GOVERNMENT)
PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, Mar. 9, 1959 (PERSONNEL)
EDUCATION
Education: The Offensive Prayer
Education: Appointment of the Week
Education: Nematodes & Seaweed Gin
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
BOX OFFICE: Something to Sell
(Show Business / BOX OFFICE)
HOLLYWOOD: How to Write a Book (Show Business / HOLLYWOOD)
ROCK 'N1 ROLL: Eager, Gentle, Fury (Show Business / ROCK 'N1 ROLL)
TELEVISION: Legend of Manie (Show Business / TELEVISION)
Music: Thanks, Fritz (Music)
Music: House That Giovanni Built (Music)
Music: Premieres (Music)
Art: Wizard Lush (Art)
Art: New World of Shells (Art)
Cinema: The New Pictures, Mar. 9, 1959 (Cinema)
Books: Light & Impolite (Books)
Books: Old School Noose (Books)
Books: The New Man (Books)
Books: Tom Swift in Siberia (Books)
Books: Sex & Salvation (Books)
Time Listings: CINEMA (Time Listings)
MISCELLANY
Miscellany, Mar. 9, 1959
MILESTONES
Milestones, Mar. 9, 1959
PEOPLE
People, Mar. 9, 1959
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 9, 1959
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Mar. 9, 1959

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