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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
 

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Contents

Startling stirring of starlings: Australian roost
14
Starlings
Muffled role for Grand army
19
Albert WOOLSON
Muffied roll for Grand army
19
Grand Army of the Republic
Harry's big hour raises a hubbub
26
Harry S. Truman; 1884-1972, Democratic national conventions
Setting for a showdown
28
Suez Canal (Egypt)
New twist for society
53
Mrs. William Hale HARKNESS, Yoga
Extra hazards for a handicapped course
59
Michael GRACE, Country clubs
War and peace
62
Motion picture reviews (Single works)
Man who wrote the book
69
Leo Tolstoy (graf); 1828-1910
Russia masses its muscle: annual sports festival
81
Sports (Soviet Union)

Let's get the news in red China
35
United States Dept. of State, Journalism, United States (Foreign relations, China)
Panorama of devastation after disaster in Colombia
36
Explosions, Cali (Colombia)
Pipe-smoking porthole
41
Bees
Delights for delegates
46
San Francisco (Calif.) (Restaurants)
Camera eye vs. Dr Cook
86
Frederick Albert Cook (American physician and explorer.); 1865-1940, Walter GONNASON, Bradford Washburn (American photographer, explorer and museum director.); 1910-2007, Hoaxes, Mountaineering, Mount McKinley (Alaska)
Encounter in Talkeetna
90
Helen VETTER
Why ministers are breaking down
95
Church work, Clergy, Mental health, Protestant churches (United States)
Band of jeepers on a jaunt: annual jamboree, Lake Tahoe
107
Motor vehicles, Military

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