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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 92 No. 8
Read the Cover StoryNATION
THE POLITICS OF WAR
(The Nation)
STALAG '68 (The Nation)
LBJ's Man in Chicago (The Nation)
DEMOCRATS: The Penultimate Round (The Nation)
REPUBLICANS: Campaign from Mission Bay (The Nation)
Running Mate's Mate (The Nation)
Coy, with Clout (The Nation / THE SOUTH)
Two for the Arsenal (The Nation / DEFENSE)
Home to Bikini (The Nation / SEQUELS)
WORLD
NIGERIA'S CIVIL WAR: HATE, HUNGER AND THE WILL TO SURVIVE
(The World)
The Politics of Paranoia (The World)
Prague's Purposeful Hospitality (The World / COMMUNISTS)
After Crossing Over (The World / SOUTH VIET NAM)
The Communists Try a Comeback (The World / INDONESIA)
Just a Gigolo-san (The World / JAPAN)
SCIENCE
Program for the Planets
(SPACE) X-Raying the Sun (ASTRONOMY)
Fish Bites Dog (ECOLOGY)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
THE PLIGHT OF THE BLACK DOCTOR
(Medicine)
SOCIETY
More than Cosmetics
(Modern Living / THE LAND)
Meddling with Minds (Modern Living / CULTS)
PRESS
REX REED: THE HAZEL-EYED HATCHET MAN
(The Press)
Too Few Believers (The Press / MAGAZINES)
RELIGION
LATIN AMERICA: A DIVIDED CHURCH
SPORT
Dollars for Quarters
(HORSE RACING) Satch Is Back (BASEBALL)
BUSINESS
SPEEDUP ON SLOWDOWNS
An Unmistakable Signal (THE ECONOMY)
Homebred Mini-Models (AUTOS)
Fighting Chance (FRANCE)
Turns at the Top (EXECUTIVES)
"We're Going to Get You" (SHIPPING)
Up, Up and Away with Mary Wells (ADVERTISING)
Sad Tomatoes (FOOD)
Sisal on the Ropes (AFRICA)
EDUCATION
Columbia: Threat of Chaos
(UNIVERSITIES) France: The Hope of Reform
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Straw Hat
(Time Listings / TELEVISION,THEATER,RECORDS,Cl NEMA,BOOKS)
Punctured Balloon (Art / ARCHITECTURE)
The Quiet Observer (Art / PAINTING)
The Executioner (Television / PROGRAMMING)
The Cool Hot Line (Television)
Good'Night, Jacques; Good Night, Emmanuel (Television / TV ABROAD)
Salzburg Sleeper (Music)
Out of the Ashes (Music / FESTIVALS)
Hang 'Em High (Cinema / NEW MOVIES)
The Seventh Continent (Cinema)
The Strange Affair (Cinema)
The Immanent Jew (Books)
Corruption Within (Books)
Notes from the Mountain (Books)
A Grinning Buddha (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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ESSAY
ON TRIBALISM AS THE BLACK MAN'S BURDEN
(Time Essay)

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