March 20, 1989 | Vol. 133 No. 12

Boston: I Am an Alcoholic (American Notes)

"I Am an Alcoholic"

Denver: Gun Control at The Altar (American Notes)

Gun Control at The Altar

Hawaii: Lindbergh's Uneasy Rest (American Notes)

Lindbergh's Uneasy Rest

Virginia: An Ill Wind Picks Up Speed (American Notes)

An "Ill Wind" Picks Up Speed

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary (American Ideas)

A Swamp Makes Waste To Be Sweet Again Professors Allen and Gearheart design a wetlands as a natural sewage-treatment plant

Bombs Across the Ocean?

An explosion in San Diego suggests Iranian retaliation

On The Second Shot, a Straight Arrow

Rude Awakening

For all his experience and energy, the President is stumbling as his free-lance style leads to government by "ad-hocracy"

Saying No to Lee Atwater

Howard students derail the G.O.P. campaign for black support

Spying And Sabotage by Computer

The U.S. and its adversaries are tapping data bases -- and spreading viruses

The Re-Greening of America

A new wave of Irish immigrants is showing its muscle

America Abroad: Real Weapons, High Hopes

Real Weapons, High Hopes

East-West Let's Count Down

The superpowers want to shrink conventional arms, but don't agree how

El Salvador Revolt Under the Coconut Palms

F.M.L.N. rebels prepare for their boldest assault since1981

Greece No Mud Touches Me

After allegations he took payoffs, Papandreou fights back

Hostages The Lost Life Of Terry Anderson

The American journalist is beginning his fifth year in captivity somewhere in the bowels of Beirut, a coin for a cruel human barter that no one has been able to redeem

Poland Out of the Political Desert

The opposition gains leverage

The Man Who Holds the Hostages

Afghanistan: Stalled at the Gates of Glory (World Notes)

Stalled at the Gates of Glory

Egypt: Odious Transactions (World Notes)

Odious Transactions

Soviet Union: Glasnost's Better Half? (World Notes)

Glasnost's Better Half?

Tibet: Chafing Under The Yoke (World Notes)

Chafing Under The Yoke

Science: The Gene Hunt

Scientists launch a $3 billion project to map the chromosomes and decipher the complete instructions for making a human being

Science: The Perils of Treading on Heredity

Uncontrolled tampering with DNA could stir up a host of ethical dilemmas

Medicine: Snuffed Sniffles (Medicine)

Is a cold remedy in sight?

Medicine: When Less May Be More (Medicine)

A heart study finds drugs as effective as invasive methods

Living: Fashion Without Frontiers (Living)

Two top Italian designers defect to France

Religion: Evangelism And All That Jazz

Take 6 puts Seventh-day Adventism on the charts

Sport: Dreaming The Big Dreams

One-handed Jim Abbott shines at spring training

Design: A Dreamer Who Is Fuzzy About the Details (Design)

With a new show at MOMA, Steven Holl's influence grows

A Letter From the Editor-In-chief:: Mar. 20, 1989

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