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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LXXIX No. 22
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Happy Birthday
(The Nation / THE PRESIDENCY)
Man in a Box (The Nation)
"Aurora 7. Do You Read Me?" (The Nation / SPACE)
"SOMETHING I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE FOR" (The Nation)
"I've Been Thoroughly Checked Out" (The Nation)
Squared Off (The Nation / THE ADMINISTRATION)
Still Digging (The Nation / INVESTIGATIONS)
The Gang's Still There (The Nation / CRIME)
Fire from the Right (The Nation / REPUBLICANS)
Sunny Sam (The Nation / DEMOCRATS)
Dinner at the Waldorf (The Nation)
WORLD
The Exiles
(The World / REFUGEES)
Flood of Misery (The World)
Flood of Fear (The World)
Sympathy for Salan (The World / FRANCE)
The Friendly Americans (The World / DIPLOMACY)
War Is Heaven (The World / GREAT BRITAIN)
Death Wish & Taxes (The World / ITALY)
Franco's Headache (Contd.) (The World / SPAIN)
East & West of the Wall (The World / BERLIN)
Troubled Lion (The World / ETHIOPIA)
Women in Black (The World / SOUTH AFRICA)
"Arab Socialism" (The World / EGYPT)
Austerity Kick (The World / SOUTH VIET NAM)
Slow-Flying Carpet (The World / SAUDI ARABIA)
Democracy Suspended (The Hemisphere / ARGENTINA)
Working for Stability (The Hemisphere / BRAZIL)
SCIENCE
How to Avoid Radiation Without Really Knowing It
Search for Sybaris
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Doctor to the World
(Medicine)
The Big Sneeze (Medicine)
The Dangerous Arm (Medicine)
Eye on the Needle (Medicine)
SOCIETY
The Lilly
(Modern Living / FASHION)
The Extra (Modern Living)
That Nothing Feeling (Modern Living / THE PSYCHE)
Look Out, Here They Come (Modern Living / THE GARDEN)
New Products (Modern Living / THE MARKETPLACE)
PRESS
Happy to Oblige
(The Press)
Unlucky Pierre (The Press)
Back to a One-Paper Town (The Press)
RELIGION
Church for the Inner City
People's Choice
SPORT
Unconventional Champion
Abdication of a Pro
Making of an Emperor
BUSINESS
One Hectic Week
(U.S. Business / WALL STREET)
FALLING RATIOS (U.S. Business)
ARRESTED GROWTH (U.S. Business)
DEGLAMORIZED GLAMOR (U.S. Business)
FADING BLUE CHIPS (U.S. Business)
Filling Europe's Highways (World Business / COMMON MARKET)
The Original Japanese (World Business / CORPORATIONS)
PERSONAL FILE (World Business)
EDUCATION
The Present of the Past
Unfamiliar Quotations
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Home for Poor Mozart
(Music)
The Folk-Girls (Music)
Economy-Class Journey (Show Business / MOVIES)
The Music of Sound (Show Business / NIGHTCLUBS)
From the Ruins (Art)
Precision's Reward (Art)
At the Box Office (Art)
Presbyterians on Marriage (The Theater)
Arrivederd Broadway (The Theater)
The Russian Box Trick (Books)
Overexposure (Books)
The Claws of God (Books)
The Elves (Books)
On Broadway (Time Listings / CINEMA,TELEVISION,THEATER,BOOKS)
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
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(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
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