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December 27, 1968 | Vol. 92 No. 26

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NATION

Nation: INTO THE DEPTHS OF SPACE (The Nation)

Nation: A Six-Day Timetable (The Nation)

Nation: How Clifford Helped Reverse the War Policy (The Nation)

The War: Temper Tantrums (The Nation / THE WAR)

The New Administration: Easing Into Power (The Nation / THE NEW ADMINISTRATION)

Nation: Old Faces and New (The Nation)

Nation: An Indictment of the War on Poverty By a Man Who Helped to Plan It (The Nation)

Nation: CITIES AND SUBURBS: MORE AND MORE, THE SAME PROBLEMS (The Nation)

Crime: The Girl in the Box (The Nation / CRIME)

Epidemics: Approaching a Disaster (The Nation / EPIDEMICS)

Nation: AN AMERICAN CONSCIENCE (The Nation)

WORLD

World: SOUTH AMERICA: ARMIES IN COMMAND (The World)

Brazil: Justifying the Crackdown (The World / BRAZIL)

Guyana: An Easier Way (The World / GUYANA)

Southeast Asia: How Not to Supervise a Peace (The World / SOUTHEAST ASIA)

West Germany: The New Strauss (The World / WEST GERMANY)

Russia: Static Defense (The World / RUSSIA)

Britain: One for the Boys (The World / BRITAIN)

Zambia: Voting for Unity (The World / ZAMBIA)

SCIENCE

Marine Biology: Clue to the Loch Ness Monster (MARINE BIOLOGY)

Astrophysics: A Mystery Ticking Slower (ASTROPHYSICS)

PRESS

Newspapers: The Defeat of the Strikers (The Press / NEWSPAPERS)

RELIGION

Roman Catholics: Rebellion in the Backyard (ROMAN CATHOLICS)

Religion: Magna Carta for Theology

Jews: Vanishing Colony (JEWS)

SPORT

Boxing: The Pottawatomie Plowboy (BOXING)

Basketball: Surprise Hotshots (BASKETBALL)

BUSINESS

Business: The Economy in 1968: An Expansion That Would Not Quit

Corporations: A New Boss for Big Steel (CORPORATIONS)

Commodities: Getting Thin on Chocolate (COMMODITIES)

Airlines: End of the Great Race (AIRLINES)

EDUCATION

Colleges: The New Black Presidents (COLLEGES)

LAW

Police: Caught in the Coop (The Law / POLICE)

Public Decency: Kelley's Dance (The Law / PUBLIC DECENCY)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Television: Dec. 27, 1968 (Time Listings / TELEVISION)

A Composer for All Seasons (But Especially for Christmas) (Music / COVER STORY)

Art: NEW MAGIC IN ANIMATION (Art)

Repertory: Elizabethan Greeks (The Theater / REPERTORY)

Off Broadway: Play v. Players (The Theater / OFF BROADWAY)

New Movies: Chug-Chug, Mug-Mug (Cinema / NEW MOVIES)

Cinema: Dirty Old Men (Cinema)

The Industry: Fighting Violence (Television / THE INDUSTRY)

Television: Payday, Some Day (Television)

Books: John Steinbeck, 1902-1968 (Books)

Books: If Sex Were All (Books)

Books: ZZZZZZZZ (Books)

Books: The Willing Spirit (Books)

Books: Facing It (Books)

MILESTONES

Milestones: Dec. 27, 1968

PEOPLE

People: Dec. 27, 1968

LETTERS

Letters: Dec. 27, 1968

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