In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LXXVI No. 24
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE NATION: Picking the Team
(National Affairs / THE NATION)
NEW ADMINISTRATION: First Frontiersmen (National Affairs / NEW ADMINISTRATION)
National Affairs: Cabinetry (National Affairs)
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT: Life with Father (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENT-ELECT)
REPUBLICANS: Nixon's Future (National Affairs / REPUBLICANS)
National Affairs: Rocky's Road (National Affairs)
THE SOUTH: The Battle of New Orleans (National Affairs / THE SOUTH)
National Affairs: Racist Leader (National Affairs)
THE LAW: Even the Unsavory (National Affairs / THE LAW)
ARMED FORCES: Forgotten Men (National Affairs / ARMED FORCES)
LABOR: The Silent One (National Affairs / LABOR)
ESPIONAGE: Thanks to the FBI (National Affairs / ESPIONAGE)
HISTORICAL NOTES: Remember Pearl Harbor (National Affairs / HISTORICAL NOTES)
WORLD
CHRISTENDOM: Summit at the Vatican
(Foreign News / CHRISTENDOM)
RUSSIA: Manhattan in the Spring (Foreign News / RUSSIA)
Foreign News: Goodbye Pchelka (Foreign News)
Foreign News: Enterprisers' Mite (Foreign News)
NORTH AFRICA: Racing the Clock (Foreign News / NORTH AFRICA)
MAURITANIA: Why Not Corsica? (Foreign News / MAURITANIA)
THE ALLIES: Charity Case (Foreign News / THE ALLIES)
GHANA: The Meddler (Foreign News / GHANA)
U.A.R.: Unemployed Savior (Foreign News / U.A.R.)
CONGO: Bringing Him Back Alive (Foreign News / CONGO)
Foreign News: The King & 800 Wives (Foreign News)
U.N.: Who Foots the Bill? (Foreign News / U.N.)
GREAT BRITAIN: Call Me Mister (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN)
NEW ZEALAND: Upset Down Under (Foreign News / NEW ZEALAND)
THE PHILIPPINES: Road to the 20th Century (Foreign News / THE PHILIPPINES)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Warning Beneath the Cliff (The Hemisphere / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
CUBA: The New Revolutionaries (The Hemisphere / CUBA)
The Hemisphere: They Would Be Free (The Hemisphere)
PERU: APRA's Big Chance (The Hemisphere / PERU)
SCIENCE
Science: Simulated ACTH
Science: Argus-Eyed Russians
Science: The Feynman Awards
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Medicine: Making Negroes White
(Medicine)
Medicine: Doctors on Sport (Medicine)
Medicine: New Tools (Medicine)
PRESS
The Press: Let the South Go
(The Press)
The Press: Enough Is Never Enough (The Press)
RELIGION
Religion: City of God & Man
SPORT
Sport: Experts' All-America
Sport: Universal Touch
BUSINESS
GOVERNMENT: Should the Gold Be Set Free?
(GOVERNMENT) Time Clock, Dec. 12, 1960 (Time Clock)
Business: Proxy Fighter by Proxy
RAILROADS: Apple Pie (RAILROADS)
RETAIL TRADE: A Bargain Christmas (RETAIL TRADE)
ADVERTISING: Ailing Bert & Harry (ADVERTISING)
MODERN LIVING: Cash Under the Gaslight (MODERN LIVING)
Business: A Lift from Highways
STATE OF BUSINESS: Wnter's Chill (STATE OF BUSINESS)
EDUCATION
Education: Hot Seat in New Orleans
Education: Bring on the Scientists
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Music: Toy Symphonist
(Music)
Music: Christmas Rock (Music)
HOLLYWOOD: Shoot Only When Covered (Show Business / HOLLYWOOD)
THE STAGE: Oui, Non, Moi (Show Business / THE STAGE)
The Theater: New Play on Broadway, Dec. 12, 1960 (The Theater)
Art: Hidden Masterpieces (Art)
Art: Oblivious People (Art)
Art: Surrealistic Sanity (Art)
Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 12, 1960 (Cinema)
Books: Gifts Between Covers (Books)
Books: Odd Man In (Books)
CINEMA: Time Listings, Dec. 12, 1960 (Time Listings / CINEMA)
MILESTONES
Milestones, Dec. 12, 1960
PEOPLE
People, Dec. 12, 1960
TO OUR READERS
A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 12, 1960
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
Letters, Dec. 12, 1960

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