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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. LXXXI No. 23
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The Revolution
(The Nation / RACES)
The Next Stand (The Nation)
Jack's Town (The Nation / THE PRESIDENCY)
A Mess, but Wonderful (The Nation / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
Shattering Records (The Nation / DISASTERS)
Just a Term of Endearment (The Nation / CALIFORNIA)
The States' Rights Amendments (The Nation / THE LAW)
Sad Day for Happy (The Nation / KENTUCKY)
Bad News from the Oracles (The Nation / REPUBLICANS)
Divorce, Proper Style (The Nation)
Like a Lone Tree (The Nation)
WORLD
Inside Castro's Prisons
(The Hemisphere / CUBA)
Tuna Tussle (The Hemisphere / ECUADOR)
To the Polls (The Hemisphere / PERU)
The Economic Troubles Are Not Being Solved (The Hemisphere / BRAZIL)
The Letter (The Hemisphere / CANADA)
The Return of Burning Spear (The World / KENYA)
Posies for Brickbats (The World / MALAYSIA)
Cold Baath for Nasser (The World / MIDDLE EAST)
The Critics Return (The World / INDIA)
A King's Headache (The World / MOROCCO)
Turning the Screw (The World / RED CHINA)
Visitor's Welcome (The World / ISRAEL)
On the Fence with MLF (The World / GREAT BRITAIN)
Warning to Les Flics (The World / FRANCE)
Lots of Loot (The World)
Meet Comrade Punkovsky (The World / RUSSIA)
Lingua Belgica (The World / BELGIUM)
The Makeshift Killers (The World / SOUTH VIET NAM)
SCIENCE
Re-Creating the Pre-Life Earth
(BIOCHEMISTRY) The Most Accurate Measurement of Mercury (ASTRONOMY)
Program for Particles (PHYSICS)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Baby's New Bottle
(Medicine / PEDIATRICS)
How Many Caesareans? (Medicine / OBSTETRICS)
A Lifesaving Bracelet (Medicine / PROPHYLAXIS)
SOCIETY
Stir Well Before Reading
(Modern Living / CUSTOMS)
Cosmetic Architecture (Modern Living / THE CITY)
Prestige Value (Modern Living)
RELIGION
Vatican Revolutionary
(THE PAPACY) SPORT
Rhubarb at Indy
(AUTO RACING) Who Won (SCOREBOARD)
BUSINESS
Back to Normal
(U.S. Business / REAL ESTATE)
A Rackful of Giants (U.S. Business / INDUSTRY)
Untying the Tongue (U.S. Business / TECHNOLOGY)
Out of Thin Air (U.S. Business)
Dairy Dispute (U.S. Business / MARKETING & SELLING)
The Boycott Road to Rights (U.S. Business)
Sugar Binge (World Business / COMMODITIES)
More Than Child's Play (World Business)
Padding the Payrolls (World Business / LATIN AMERICA)
PERSONAL FILE (World Business)
Seemly Success (World Business / SWEDEN)
EDUCATION
Rocky Road
(UNIVERSITIES) Daring Them to Think (ALUMNI)
Calling All Corporations (GIVING)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
CINEMA
(Time Listings)
Dear Me, the Sky Is Falling (Show Business / BROADWAY)
The Millionairess (Show Business / HOLLYWOOD)
I, the Actor (Show Business / MOVIES)
Emmy Night (Show Business / TELEVISION)
Resourceful Russians (Music / CONTESTS)
Let it Sing! (Music / COMPOSERS)
Mister Solal (Music / JAZZ)
Theme & Gentle Variations (Art)
Marisol (Art)
Panhandle Punk (Cinema)
The Road to Heaven (Cinema)
Unwed Dignity (Cinema)
Ch (Books)
Endurance of the Egghead (Books)
Real Dry Oatmeal (Books)
The Setting of a Royal Son (Books)
The Poet Armed (Books)
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
A letter from the PUBLISHER
(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
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Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
Cartoons of the Week
The Weekly Acoustic News
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