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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 89 No. 22
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Staving Off a Second Front
(The Nation / FOREIGN RELATIONS)
Johnson Juggernaut (The Nation / THE CONGRESS)
Up from Oblivion (The Nation / THE CABINET)
The Other Long (The Nation / THE SENATE)
The Man from T'ang (The Nation)
Dismay for L.B.J. (The Nation / DEMOCRATS)
Doubleheader for George (The Nation / REPUBLICANS)
Dick's Lucky Palm (The Nation)
Men at War (The Nation / ARMED FORCES)
The Old Man & the MIGs (The Nation)
The Way North (The Nation / ALASKA)
WORLD
The Week When Talk Broke Out
(The World / MIDDLE EAST)
Belfries & Red Berets (The World / THE WAR)
Diminishing Heartland (The World)
A Case of Frustration (The World / NORTH KOREA)
A Bothered Archipelago (The World / THE PHILIPPINES)
Making the Grand Coalition Work (The World / WEST GERMANY)
Falling Starfighters (The World)
Death in the Rue Neuve (The World / BELGIUM)
Nonworkers of the World, Unite! (The World / EASTERN EUROPE)
SCIENCE
Hovering Closer to Success
(TECHNOLOGY) New Moon (SELENOLOGY)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Counterfeit Prescriptions
(Medicine / DRUGS)
Warm-Water Foot (Medicine / CASUALTIES)
SOCIETY
Getting the Bird
(Modern Living / THE OUTDOORS)
Disaster or Masterpiece? (Modern Living / EXPOSITIONS)
Brief, Briefer, Briefest (Modern Living / FASHION)
PRESS
First Words from Svetana
(The Press / MAGAZINES)
Aiming at the Hip (The Press)
Death of a Famous Name (The Press)
RELIGION
Trouble in the Classroom
(ROMAN CATHOLICS) At Last, the New Creed (PRESBYTERIANS)
Temple Emanu-El Protests (JUDAISM)
Dialogue with Mecca (ECUMENISM)
BUSINESS
Silver Looks Brighter
(U.S. Business / METALS)
Taking Off with Talk (U.S. Business / ADVERTISING)
Living with Recalls (U.S. Business / AUTOS)
The Cost of Casualties (U.S. Business / INSURANCE)
Image Building at the Big Show (World Business / AIRCRAFT)
Bonanza in the Desert (World Business / SPAIN)
Luxury on the Track (World Business / RAILROADS)
EDUCATION
The Creation of Quality
(UNIVERSITIES) Schools Yes, Taxes No (PUBLIC SCHOOLS)
LAW
Cooling Reapportionment
(The Law / THE SUPREME COURT)
Permanent Punishment (The Law / CRIMINAL JUSTICE)
Victory for Historians (The Law / DEFAMATION)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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(Time Listings)
Change of Voice (Show Business / BROADCASTING)
Pleasure Bumps (Show Business / NEW FACES)
Building with Air (Art / ARCHITECTURE)
Paris on the Rhine (Art / ARTISTS)
Patchwork Prophecies (Art / CRAFTS)
Orfeo Resurrected (Music / OPERA)
Bel Canto & the Beatles (Music / SINGERS)
The Second Chance (Books / POETS)
Satyr Satire (Cinema)
Imagining the Unimaginable (Cinema)
Landlocked Ship of Fools (Cinema)
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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ESSAY
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPORT
(Time Essay)

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