NEWSWEEK HISTORY OF OUR TIMES
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A projected annual, this is a synchronized synopsis of the year's events and personalities, and without editorializing (without the style either of its competitor Time) organizes and condenses the news of the year. The Truman administration; foreign policy; Congress; strikes; communism; international affairs; the U.N.; Europe, Asia and around the world country by country; business; medicine; TV; radio; the press; music; education, religion; science, sports; theatre; films; books; causes celebres- the 5 percenters; the Communists trials; Alger Hiss and Judith Coplon; celebrities; this manages wide coverage in brief digest.