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# December 13, 1968 | Vol. 92 No. 24 December 13, 1968 |  

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Vol. 92 No. 24

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Issue name

December 13th, 1968 | Vol. 92, No. 24 | U.S.

Issue date

December 13, 1968

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U.S.

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## Table of Contents

Others

[Nation: CONSTRUCTION AND REFORM](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839637,00.html)[Nation: Secretary for Domestic Problems](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839638,00.html)[Nation: NEW MAN FOR THE SITUATION ROOM](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839639,00.html)[Nation: Brainpower](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839640,00.html)[Nation: Dear Leader](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839641,00.html)[Nation: Learning to Live with Congress](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839642,00.html)[Politics: Re-electing Rooney](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839643,00.html)[Chicago: The Blue Curtain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839644,00.html)[Nation: Those Maddening Modalities](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839645,00.html)[The Paris Conference: All Set to Talk -But No Place to Sit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839646,00.html)[Opinion: Pondering the Problems](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839647,00.html)[THE GUERRILLA THREAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839649,00.html)[World: Training for Terror](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839650,00.html)[World: The Israeli Assessment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839651,00.html)[World: The Catalogue of Violence](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839652,00.html)[World: The Risks of New Policies](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839653,00.html)[World: The Dilemma for the U.S.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839654,00.html)[Venezuela: The Jolly Green Giant](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839655,00.html)[Greece: Tales of Torture](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839656,00.html)[Britain: The Newest Baronet](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839657,00.html)[Italy: Back from the Brink](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839658,00.html)[Russia: Poet Under Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839659,00.html)[Biology: How to Peel a Sheep](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839666,00.html)[Geophysics: The Wandering Poles](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839667,00.html)[Infectious Diseases: A2-Hong Kong-68, or Whatever](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839676,00.html)[Surgery: Spinning for Dear Life](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839677,00.html)[Medicine: The Silent Stone](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839678,00.html)[Entertainment: Mattress for the Mind](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839684,00.html)[Publishing: Collectors7 Item](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839674,00.html)[Reporters: The Poet as Journalist](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839675,00.html)[Church And State: Government Money for Baptists](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839661,00.html)[Roman Catholics: Who Fired the Cardinal?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839662,00.html)[Religion: Clash over the Catechism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839663,00.html)[Business: TRADE: DANGEROUS DRIFT FOR THE U.S.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839685,00.html)[Business: Nixon's No. 1 Economist](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839686,00.html)[The Economy: Signs of Expansion](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839687,00.html)[Business: AUTOS: THE MESS IN THE GARAGE](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839688,00.html)[Business: Wheeling Toward 10 Million](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839689,00.html)[Corporations: Beyond Flour Power](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839690,00.html)[Oil: Alaska's New Strike](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839691,00.html)[Education: Education: Dec. 13, 1968](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839664,00.html)[Professors: No Room for the Hawk](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839665,00.html)[Lawyers: Counsel for the Dissent](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839668,00.html)[Judges: The Other Side of the Bench](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839669,00.html)[Foreign Law: New Kind of Paternity Suit?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839670,00.html)[Television: Dec. 13, 1968](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839634,00.html)[Cultural Centers: Wanted: A Fiscal Wizard](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839671,00.html)[Folk Singers: Talismans of the Beyond](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839672,00.html)[Programs: Wonderful World of Color](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839673,00.html)[New Plays: Mediocrity into Success](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839679,00.html)[Theater: Urban Picaresque](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839680,00.html)[Painting: Tales from the White Knight](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839682,00.html)[Exhibitions: Presences in Plaster](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839683,00.html)[New Movies: Vice into Romance](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839692,00.html)[Cinema: Two-Thirds of Greatness](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839693,00.html)[Cinema: Not to Be Believed](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839694,00.html)[Books: Kiss Me, Harding](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839695,00.html)[Books: Asleep in the Deep](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839696,00.html)[Books: The Living Test Tube](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839697,00.html)[Books: Beamless Lighthouse](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839698,00.html)[Milestones: Dec. 13, 1968](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839681,00.html)[People: Dec. 13, 1968](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839660,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 13, 1968](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839636,00.html)[Letters: Dec. 13, 1968](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839635,00.html)[Essay: WELFARE AND ILLFARE: THE ALTERNATIVES TO POVERTY](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839648,00.html)


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