The Worst TIME Covers

Sometimes we swing and miss. And sometimes we put ice cream on the cover. Vote for the worst cover in TIME's 85 year history.

1973 Minnesota TIME

The Good Life in Minnesota
Governor Wendell Anderson
August 13, 1973

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Cover Story Excerpt:
On an August Saturday afternoon, the scene is a slice of America's Norman Rockwell past. Barefoot children play one old cat and race their wagons down gently sloping sidewalks. Under the overhanging oaks, their fathers labor with hand mowers and rakes. On one lawn up the street, a rummage sale is in progress. Station wagons, laden with children, groceries, dogs and camping equipment, and trailing boats, slide out of driveways, heading north for a week or two at the lake....Read the full story

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