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December 13, 1971 | Vol. 98 No. 24

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NATION

AMERICAN NOTES: Youth Will Serve (The Nation / AMERICAN NOTES)

The Nation: Black Flag (The Nation)

The Nation: Bottled Spirits (The Nation)

The Nation: Who's Anxious? Who? Who? (The Nation)

The Nation: Eyeball to Eyeball, Congress Blinked (The Nation)

POLITICS: The Senior Voters (The Nation / POLITICS)

The Nation: The Brooke Scenario (The Nation)

ARMED FORCES: A New Top Leatherneck (The Nation / ARMED FORCES)

CRIME: The Environmentalist (The Nation / CRIME)

CHICAGO: The Race-Track Scandal (The Nation / CHICAGO)

WORLD

The World: India and Pakistan: Over the Edge (The World)

CHILE: Empty Pots and Yankee Plots (The World / CHILE)

URUGUAY: Winning by Losing (The World / URUGUAY)

MIDDLE EAST: Rancorous Road to Peace (The World / MIDDLE EAST)

BRITAIN: The Hermit of Les Ecr (The World / BRITAIN)

UNITED NATIONS: Jamil the Irrepressible (The World / UNITED NATIONS)

SOUTH AFRICA: The Last Zulu War (The World / SOUTH AFRICA)

SCIENCE

Science: Is There Life on Mars (COVER STORY)

Science: Hello, Earth, Do You Read Me?

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Progress on Cancer (Medicine)

Medicine: A Healer for Downstate (Medicine)

SOCIETY

Working Through College in the Nude (American Scene)

PRESS

The Press: A Grande Dame Departs (The Press)

RELIGION

Religion: The New Commandment: Thou Shalt Not

SPORT

Sport: Duel of Delicate Mechanisms

Sport: Super Bowl Bound

BUSINESS

The Economy: The Forthcoming Devaluation of the Dollar (The Economy)

The Economy: Europe's Answer to Connally (The Economy)

PHASE II: Progress on Several Fronts (The Economy / PHASE II)

Business: Trouble in Toyland

AUTOS: The Largest Recall (AUTOS)

Business: Putting the Mustang Out to Pasture

WESTERN EUROPE: Striking Out the Wage Gap (WESTERN EUROPE)

EAST-WEST TRADE: Cracks in the Ice (EAST-WEST TRADE)

CORPORATIONS: The Elephant and the Chickens (CORPORATIONS)

EDUCATION

Education: From Goheen to Boheen

LAW

The Law: One for All (The Law)

The Law: Retroactive Justice (The Law)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Theater: Cultural Vandalism (The Theater)

Cinema: Puerile Pilgrimage (Cinema)

Cinema: All in the Family (Cinema)

Cinema: Soft-Core Satire (Cinema)

Television: Sam Greenawalt, This Is Your Life (Television)

Television: A Mutt for All Seasons (Television)

Art: Out of the Black Hole (Art)

Books: The Brothers Medvedev (Books)

Books: Long E in Greek (Books)

Books: West of Suez (Books)

Books: Internal Combustion (Books)

FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Dec. 13, 1971

PEOPLE

People, Dec. 13, 1971

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 13, 1971 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, Dec. 13, 1971

ESSAY

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