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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 108 No. 17
Read the Cover StoryNATION
No Sof t-Pedaling
Surrender in Dixie
Show Biz or News Biz?
Looking Ahead (AMERICAN NOTES)
Bitter, Not Better, Down the Stretch (The Nation / THE CAMPAIGN)
Lifting the Cloud Over the President (The Nation)
Fighting for the Ethnic Vote (The Nation)
Will Gene Be the Spoiler? (The Nation / INDEPENDENTS)
WHO'S AHEAD STATE BY STATE (The Nation)
Those Fluttering, Stuttering Polls (The Nation / OPINION)
Support with Serious Reservations (The Nation / TIME CITIZENS' PANEL)
No Place for a Man to Hide (The Nation / THE PRESIDENCY/HUGH SIDEY)
Slugfest in a Houston Alley (The Nation / THE RUNNING MATES)
WORLD
GREAT PURGE IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY
(The World / CHINA)
The Transkei Puppet Show (The World / SOUTH AFRICA)
Looking Back at No. 10 (The World / BRITAIN)
Cursed Be the Peacemakers (The World / NORTHERN IRELAND)
Closing the Ring (The World / LEBANON)
SCIENCE
An Act in Time
(Environment)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Killer on the Loose
(Medicine)
New Fear over Flu (Medicine)
Virus Hunters (Medicine)
SOCIETY
The Play's the Thing
(The Sexes)
PRESS
Politics: No Laughing Matter
(The Press)
Casting a Vote of Less Confidence (The Press / WALL STREET)
BUSINESS
More Signals on the Slowdown
(Economy & Business)
Behind the Purge at CBS (Economy & Business / CORPORATIONS)
The Big-Spending Sailors (Economy & Business / UNIONS)
Medal for a Monetarist (Economy & Business / AWARDS)
LAW
Pillow Talk
(The Law)
Bagging Heroin/B (The Law)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
HERE COMES KING KONG
(Show Business / COVER STORY)
Calder's Universe (Art)
Indian Conquest (Art)
American Songbag (Music)
Heavyweight Opening (Music)
More a Famine than a Festival (Cinema)
Expedient Truths (Books)
Goodbye Indianapolis (Books)
Notable (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
Mississippi Romp (Theater)
Rock of Ages (Theater)
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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(Forum)

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Climate Central: Training Pilots to Land on Skis
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
Cartoons of the Week
The Weekly Acoustic News
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World
Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Twilight Sequel New Moon Sets Records at the Box Office
Short List: TIME's Weekly Critics' Picks