COVER POLITICS: Now the Candid Sell (The Nation / POLITICS) Cover Story: The Hat in the Bed (The Nation / COVER STORY) Cover Story: Races to Watch (The Nation / COVER STORY) NATION THE WHITE HOUSE: In Quest of a Distinctive Presidency (The Nation / THE WHITE HOUSE) AMERICAN NOTES: What Prize Glory? (The Nation / AMERICAN NOTES) The Nation: Turning Point in Chicago (The Nation) REPUBLICANS: A Little Help for His Friends (The Nation / REPUBLICANS) DEMOCRATS: Wilbur's Argentine Firecracker (The Nation / DEMOCRATS) BOSTON: From the Schools To the Streets (The Nation / BOSTON) WATERGATE: The Prosecutor Departs (The Nation / WATERGATE) CONGRESS: Reform for Others Only (The Nation / CONGRESS) WORLD MIDDLE EAST: Seeking Peace Amid New Sounds of War (The World / MIDDLE EAST) BRITAIN: A Tiny Victory for Harold Wilson (The World / BRITAIN) ITALY: The Big Sting (The World / ITALY) MONACO: Chancing Sheik to Sheik (The World / MONACO) AFRICA: The White Man's New Burden (The World / AFRICA) The World: Kissinger: I Do Not Accept the Decline of the West (The World) YUGOSLAVIA: Point and Counterpoint (The World / YUGOSLAVIA) SCIENCE Environment: The Club of Rome: Act Two (Environment) Environment: Ford's Message: No Threat to Ecology (Environment) HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: Explorers of the Cell (Medicine) Medicine: Building Jawbones (Medicine) PRESS CRITIQUE: The Literacy Problem (The Press / CRITIQUE) The Press: The Global Gumshoe (The Press) The Press: Old Axioms (The Press) RELIGION Religion: Closing a Clerical Show Religion: Is Relief Enough? BUSINESS INFLATION: Small Weapons for the Two-Front War (The Economy / INFLATION) BOARD OF ECONOMISTS: Recession Now, Trouble Ahead (The Economy / BOARD OF ECONOMISTS) HONORS: Two for the Prize (The Economy / HONORS) EXPORTS: Keeping a Tighter Rein on Grain (The Economy / EXPORTS) BANKING: Franklin National Fizzles Out (The Economy / BANKING) LAW The Law: The Cover-Up Prosecutor (The Law) The Law: Criminal Spillover (The Law) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Cinema: Festival, Round 2 (Cinema) Cinema: A Woman's Place (Cinema) Cinema: Out of the Night (Cinema) Cinema: All at Sea (Cinema) The Theater: Ballet of Death (The Theater) The Theater: Kitchen Kooks (The Theater) The Theater: Reel Sad (The Theater) Music: The Wizard of Slide (Music) Music: How Now, Town Clown? (Music) Books: Myra Lives! (Books) Books: Gumbo Diplomacy (Books) Books: Viennese Waltz (Books) Books: Best Sellers (Books) Television: Viewpoints (Television) MILESTONES Milestones, Oct. 21, 1974 PEOPLE People, Oct. 21, 1974 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 21, 1974 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Forum, Oct. 21, 1974 (Forum) ESSAY Time Essay: How to Regulate the Regulators (Time Essay)