NATION Nation: CONSTRUCTION AND REFORM (The Nation) Nation: Secretary for Domestic Problems (The Nation) Nation: NEW MAN FOR THE SITUATION ROOM (The Nation) Nation: Brainpower (The Nation) Nation: Dear Leader (The Nation) Nation: Learning to Live with Congress (The Nation) Politics: Re-electing Rooney (POLITICS) Chicago: The Blue Curtain (CHICAGO) Nation: Those Maddening Modalities The Paris Conference: All Set to Talk -But No Place to Sit (THE PARIS CONFERENCE) Opinion: Pondering the Problems (OPINION) WORLD THE GUERRILLA THREAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST (The World / COVER STORY) World: Training for Terror (The World) World: The Israeli Assessment (The World) World: The Catalogue of Violence (The World) World: The Risks of New Policies (The World) World: The Dilemma for the U.S. (The World) Venezuela: The Jolly Green Giant (The World / VENEZUELA) Greece: Tales of Torture (The World / GREECE) Britain: The Newest Baronet (The World / BRITAIN) Italy: Back from the Brink (The World / ITALY) Russia: Poet Under Fire (The World / RUSSIA) SCIENCE Biology: How to Peel a Sheep (BIOLOGY) Geophysics: The Wandering Poles (GEOPHYSICS) HEALTH & MEDICINE Infectious Diseases: A2-Hong Kong-68, or Whatever (Medicine / INFECTIOUS DISEASES) Surgery: Spinning for Dear Life (Medicine / SURGERY) Medicine: The Silent Stone (Medicine) SOCIETY Entertainment: Mattress for the Mind (Modern Living / ENTERTAINMENT) PRESS Publishing: Collectors7 Item (The Press / PUBLISHING) Reporters: The Poet as Journalist (The Press / REPORTERS) RELIGION Church And State: Government Money for Baptists (CHURCH AND STATE) Roman Catholics: Who Fired the Cardinal? (ROMAN CATHOLICS) Religion: Clash over the Catechism BUSINESS Business: TRADE: DANGEROUS DRIFT FOR THE U.S. Business: Nixon's No. 1 Economist The Economy: Signs of Expansion (THE ECONOMY) Business: AUTOS: THE MESS IN THE GARAGE Business: Wheeling Toward 10 Million Corporations: Beyond Flour Power (CORPORATIONS) Oil: Alaska's New Strike (OIL) EDUCATION Education: Education: Dec. 13, 1968 Professors: No Room for the Hawk (PROFESSORS) LAW Lawyers: Counsel for the Dissent (The Law / LAWYERS) Judges: The Other Side of the Bench (The Law / JUDGES) Foreign Law: New Kind of Paternity Suit? (The Law / FOREIGN LAW) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Television: Dec. 13, 1968 (Time Listings) Cultural Centers: Wanted: A Fiscal Wizard (Music / CULTURAL CENTERS) Folk Singers: Talismans of the Beyond (Music / FOLK SINGERS) Programs: Wonderful World of Color (Television / PROGRAMS) New Plays: Mediocrity into Success (The Theater / NEW PLAYS) Theater: Urban Picaresque (The Theater) Painting: Tales from the White Knight (Art / PAINTING) Exhibitions: Presences in Plaster (Art / EXHIBITIONS) New Movies: Vice into Romance (Cinema / NEW MOVIES) Cinema: Two-Thirds of Greatness (Cinema) Cinema: Not to Be Believed (Cinema) Books: Kiss Me, Harding (Books) Books: Asleep in the Deep (Books) Books: The Living Test Tube (Books) Books: Beamless Lighthouse (Books) MILESTONES Milestones: Dec. 13, 1968 PEOPLE People: Dec. 13, 1968 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 13, 1968 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters: Dec. 13, 1968 ESSAY Essay: WELFARE AND ILLFARE: THE ALTERNATIVES TO POVERTY (Time Essay)