American Notes: A Darkling Whitman (The Nation / AMERICAN NOTES)

Nation: Non-Flight Status (The Nation)

Nation: Trashing in Riverdale (The Nation)

Nation: Nixon Abroad: Applause and Admonitions (The Nation)

The War: Sounds and Silence in Paris (The Nation / THE WAR)

Nation: Calley's Confessions (The Nation)

The Congress: The Necessity Not to Change (The Nation / THE CONGRESS)

Politics: The Fight for the 69 (The Nation / POLITICS)

Republicans: The Special Spiro Pin (The Nation / REPUBLICANS)

California: Ordeal by Fire Storm (The Nation / CALIFORNIA)

Investigations: The Jackson-Kent Killings (The Nation / INVESTIGATIONS)

Pornography: Is Smut Good for You? (The Nation / PORNOGRAPHY)

Races: Support for the Badge (The Nation / RACES)


World: Nasser's Legacy: Hope and instability (The World)

World: Candidates to Fill Cairo's Leadership Vacuum (The World)

World: From Country Boy to Epic Hero (The World)

Jordan: Postscript to Terror (The World / JORDAN)

Diplomacy: Promises, Promises (The World / DIPLOMACY)

Soviet Union: Moscow's Better Mousetrap (The World / SOVIET UNION)

France: Portnoy Complains (The World / FRANCE)

South Viet Nam: Dubious Proposition (The World / SOUTH VIET NAM)

World: Che: A Myth Embalmed in a Matrix of Ignorance (The World)


Environment: Fuji's Frightful Example (Environment)

Environment: Menacing Mosquitoes (Environment)


Medicine: Debate Over National Health Insurance (Medicine)

Medicine: Poisoned Pottery (Medicine)

Medicine: Why Babies Beam (Medicine)


Behavior: Is Basket Weaving Harmful? (Behavior)

Behavior: Killing a Culture (Behavior)


The Press: Quotations from Chairman Matsushita (The Press)

The Press: The Atlantic Makes Waves (The Press)


Religion: New Bible for Catholics

Religion: Speaking in Divers Manners


Sport: Vindt Qui Patitur

Sport: Fuel for the Feud

Business: First Look at '71: A Slow Climb Back

Business: TIME's Board of Economists

Labor: Next, a Steel Strike? (LABOR)

Business: The New Businessman's Lexicon

Stock Market: When the Broker Goes Broke (STOCK MARKET)

Advertising: Percentage Power (ADVERTISING)

Promotion: You've Seen the Movie, Now Read the Ad (PROMOTION)

Airlines: Vienna Waltz (AIRLINES)

Business: The High Cost of Competition

Appliances: Wasting Away (APPLIANCES)


Education: Taxpayers to the Barricades

Education: New Order for Stanford


Theater: The Roomer (The Theater)

Art: Trophy of Tenacity (Art)

Art: Loner in the Desert (Art)

Cinema: Specters of Neurosis (Cinema)

Cinema: Flab Is Reality (Cinema)

Cinema: Merely Graphic (Cinema)

Books: Days of Judgment (Books)

Books: The Fragmented Soul (Books)

Books: Sister Aimee (Books)

Books: An Early Death (Books)

Books: Hag-Ridden (Books)

Fiction Best Sellers: Oct. 12, 1970 (Books / FICTION)


Milestones: Oct. 12, 1970


People: Oct. 12, 1970


A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 12, 1970 (A Letter From The Publisher)


Letters: Oct. 12, 1970


Essay: RITUALS-THE REVOLT AGAINST THE FIXED SMILE (Time Essay)