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December 17, 1973 | Vol. 102 No. 25

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NATION

AMERICAN NOTES: Washington Turnover (The Nation / AMERICAN NOTES)

The Nation: Boston, Plym., and Boise, Bitt. (The Nation)

The Nation: Conversion (The Nation)

THE VICE PRESIDENCY: The Veep Most Likely to Succeed? (The Nation / THE VICE PRESIDENCY)

The Nation: Life with a Perfect Father (The Nation)

THE CRISIS: Another Week of Strain (The Nation / THE CRISIS)

The Nation: The President as Taxpayer: The Accounting (The Nation)

POLITICS: A Defeat for Campaign Reform (The Nation / POLITICS)

REPUBLICANS: Rocky on the Campaign Road (The Nation / REPUBLICANS)

AMERICAN SCENE: High Noon After Nightfall (The Nation / AMERICAN SCENE)

WORLD

MIDDLE EAST: First Aid for the Cease-Fire (The World / MIDDLE EAST)

EUROPE: Toward the Summit of Truth (The World / EUROPE)

DENMARK: Anti-Welfare Revolution (The World / DENMARK)

BRITAIN: The Miracle Worker (The World / BRITAIN)

The World: The Men Who Watched The Planes Go By (The World)

FRANCE: Bugging the Duck (The World / FRANCE)

AFRICA: A Deadly New Year (The World / AFRICA)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Out of the Stone Age (The World / PAPUA NEW GUINEA)

SCIENCE

SPECIAL REPORT: Kohoutek: Comet of the Century (SPECIAL REPORT)

SOCIETY

Behavior: Crackup in Mental Care (Behavior)

PRESS

The Press: Short Takes (The Press)

The Press: News by Computer (The Press)

RELIGION

Religion: God and Watergate

SPORT

Sport: TIME'S All-America Team: Pick of the Pros

BUSINESS

POLICY: Getting It Under One Roof (Energy / POLICY)

IMPACT: The Fuel Crisis Begins to Hurt (Energy / IMPACT)

Energy: The New Highway Guerrillas (Energy)

Energy: The Emissary from Arabia (Energy)

NEW ENGLAND: The Meanest Winter of the Century (Energy / NEW ENGLAND)

EUROPE: Never On Sonntag or Domenica (Energy / EUROPE)

LABOR: Battling Bias in Steel (Economy & Business / LABOR)

INVESTMENT: Canadian Lib (Economy & Business / INVESTMENT)

Business: Youth Will Be Saved (Economy & Business)

Business: The Big Burger Boss (Economy & Business)

Business: The Non-Hatchet Man (Economy & Business)

LAW

The Law: Chicago Mop-Up (The Law)

The Law: Trialevision (The Law)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Show Business: The World Jones Made (Show Business)

Cinema: Fire and Ice (Cinema)

Cinema: Quick Cuts (Cinema)

The Theater: Inside the Spastic Club (The Theater)

The Theater: L'Amour, the Merrier (The Theater)

Books: Christmas: From Snowy Peaks to Sizzling Serves (Books)

MILESTONES

Milestones, Dec. 17, 1973

PEOPLE

People, Dec. 17, 1973

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 17, 1973 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters, Dec. 17, 1973

ESSAY

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