NATION Nation: No Sof t-Pedaling Nation: Surrender in Dixie Nation: Show Biz or News Biz? AMERICAN NOTES: Looking Ahead (AMERICAN NOTES) THE CAMPAIGN: Bitter, Not Better, Down the Stretch (The Nation / THE CAMPAIGN) The Nation: Lifting the Cloud Over the President (The Nation) The Nation: Fighting for the Ethnic Vote (The Nation) INDEPENDENTS: Will Gene Be the Spoiler? (The Nation / INDEPENDENTS) The Nation: WHO'S AHEAD STATE BY STATE (The Nation) OPINION: Those Fluttering, Stuttering Polls (The Nation / OPINION) TIME CITIZENS' PANEL: Support with Serious Reservations (The Nation / TIME CITIZENS' PANEL) THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: No Place for a Man to Hide (The Nation / THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY) THE RUNNING MATES: Slugfest in a Houston Alley (The Nation / THE RUNNING MATES) WORLD CHINA: GREAT PURGE IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY (The World / CHINA) SOUTH AFRICA: The Transkei Puppet Show (The World / SOUTH AFRICA) BRITAIN: Looking Back at No. 10 (The World / BRITAIN) NORTHERN IRELAND: Cursed Be the Peacemakers (The World / NORTHERN IRELAND) LEBANON: Closing the Ring (The World / LEBANON) SCIENCE Environment: An Act in Time (Environment) HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: Killer on the Loose (Medicine) Medicine: New Fear over Flu (Medicine) Medicine: Virus Hunters (Medicine) SOCIETY The Sexes: The Play's the Thing (The Sexes) PRESS The Press: Politics: No Laughing Matter (The Press) WALL STREET: Casting a Vote of Less Confidence (The Press / WALL STREET) BUSINESS Business: More Signals on the Slowdown (Economy & Business) CORPORATIONS: Behind the Purge at CBS (Economy & Business / CORPORATIONS) UNIONS: The Big-Spending Sailors (Economy & Business / UNIONS) AWARDS: Medal for a Monetarist (Economy & Business / AWARDS) LAW The Law: Pillow Talk (The Law) The Law: Bagging Heroin/B (The Law) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT HERE COMES KING KONG (Show Business / COVER STORY) Art: Calder's Universe (Art) Art: Indian Conquest (Art) Music: American Songbag (Music) Music: Heavyweight Opening (Music) Cinema: More a Famine than a Festival (Cinema) Books: Expedient Truths (Books) Books: Goodbye Indianapolis (Books) Books: Notable (Books) FICTION: Best Sellers (Books / FICTION) Theater: Mississippi Romp (Theater) Theater: Rock of Ages (Theater) MILESTONES Milestones, Oct. 25, 1976 PEOPLE People, Oct. 25, 1976 TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 25, 1976 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Forum, Oct. 25, 1976 (Forum)