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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 94 No. 13
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VIET NAM: TRYING TO BUY TIME
(The Nation)
The Bearable Burden (The Nation / THE PRESIDENCY)
The Draft: Moving Toward Equity (The Nation)
Until Next Time (The Nation / DEFENSE)
The Price of Mars (The Nation / SPACE)
A Step Toward Reform (The Nation / THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE)
Showdown for Ev's Chair (The Nation / THE SENATE)
A Question of Ethics (The Nation)
Rightward Ho! (The Nation / OPINION)
Back to Chicago (The Nation / TRIALS)
War in Little Egypt (The Nation / RACES)
WORLD
MAO'S HEALTH AND CHINA'S LEADERSHIP
(The World)
CAN VIETNAMIZATION WORK? (The World)
The Tiger in the Pagoda (The World / LAOS)
UNITED NATIONS: "IT'S ALL WE GOT" (The World)
Everybody's Miss Brooks (The World)
WEST GERMANY: READY FOR THE PARLOR (The World)
Echoes from an Unhappy Past (The World)
Painful Re-Entry (The World / FRANCE)
THE FRENCH FACE MEDIOCRITY (The World)
Second Thoughts from Svetlana (The World / SOVIET UNION)
Slum Clearance, Salisbury-Style (The World / RHODESIA)
SCIENCE
Cry, Vermont
(Environment / THE LAND)
SOCIETY
Their New Bag
(Modern Living / FASHION)
The Bunny Club Airline (Modern Living / TRAVEL)
Pop Drugs: The High as a Way of Life (Behavior)
To Seal a Border (Behavior)
A TeenAger's Trip (Behavior / TURNING ON: TWO VIEWS)
A Straight Adult (Behavior)
RELIGION
Winning the Kingdom of God
(ROMAN CATHOLICS) BUSINESS
THE CONSUMER'S IMPOTENT FRIEND IN WASHINGTON
The Trouble with Jumbo (AVIATION)
Cooler Weather (THE ECONOMY)
A Place in the Sun (CORPORATIONS)
THE MANHATTAN'S EPIC VOYAGE
WHAT UNIONS ARE-AND ARE NOT-DOING FOR BLACKS
College on the Cuff (CREDIT)
Williamsburg's New Flavor (REAL ESTATE)
EDUCATION
Reforms in Governance
(UNIVERSITIES) Antidote for Cynicism
Cracking the Cloisters (STUDENTS)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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(Time Listings / TELEVISION)
Thundering Silence at the Met (Music / OPERA)
Ahd Now, Quadrisonic (Music / RECORDINGS)
The Year Ahead: Hope Tempered by Reason (The Theater)
On Broadway (The Theater)
Off Broadway (The Theater)
Premi (Television)
Video Violence Report (Television / PROGRAMMING)
Double Vision (Cinema / NEW MOVIES)
Distributors' Showcase (Cinema / FESTIVALS)
Man Bites God (Books)
All in the Family (Books)
Nightclub of the Mind (Books)
Why Not Everyman? (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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