November 27, 1989 | Vol. 134 No. 22

A Legal Bank Robbery

While an S & L was looted, the federal watchdog stood by

A 14-State Barrage of Twisters

After Hugo and the quake, a deadly autumn brings tornadoes

Abortion: A Bishop Says No (American Notes)

A Bishop Says No

Congress: The Crash of Air Force Three (American Notes)

The Crash of Air Force Three

Seattle: Stop Busing - Some Day (American Notes)

Stop Busing -- Some Day

The Arts: Compromising Position (American Notes)

Compromising Position

Washington: Getting Nasty With Noriega (American Notes)

Getting Nasty With Noriega

Casualties Of Peace

The Navy checks its safety and finds some faulty gear

From Polonia with Love

Give A Little, Get a Little

Congress finally finds a way to hand itself a raise

In Search Of Vision

The U.S. needs -- but so far lacks -- an idea of how to foster more democracy in Eastern Europe

Keeping Lockerbie Alive

Questions still burn for relatives of the Pan Am 103 victims

A State, Not a Nation: East Germans

East Germans may be Germans, but the psychological wall built during four decades of separation complicates the reunification question

American Abroad: Freedom's Ugly Underside

Freedom's Ugly Underside

An Irresistible Tide

With Moscow's apparent acquiescence, reformers in Bulgaria and protesters in Czechoslovakia follow East Germany in pressing for democracy

Brazil Outsiders Are In

El Salvador The Battle for San Salvador

In the worst bloodletting of the decade-long war, the fighting kills hundreds, drives tens of thousands from their homes -- and brutally takes the lives of six Jesuit priests

In Cold Blood

Leipzig: Hotbed of Protest

Namibia The Doves Win

SWAPO succeeds at the polls, but not by too much

New Zealand: Lange's Little Fantasy Thing

Lange's Little Fantasy Thing

South Africa Equality at Water's Edge

Equality at Water's Edge

Technology: Fax It To 'Em

Fax It To 'Em

Sri Lanka: Curious Death Of a Rebel (World Notes)

Curious Death Of a Rebel

Nature: An Uneasy Dip with the Dolphins (Nature)

Swimming with Flipper is fun, but is it unwarranted exploitation?

Science: Great Bubbles in the Cosmos

A celestial map reveals clues to the Big Bang and invisible matter

Medicine: An Early-Warning System (Medicine)

Researchers can now identify genetic defects before conception

Medicine: Brain Defender (Medicine)

A new drug slows the progress of Parkinson's disease

Medicine: Coffee Alert (Medicine)

Decaf brews raise cholesterol

Press: Yellow-Peril Journalism

Is latent racism coloring business coverage of Japan?

Religion: AIDS Ruckus In the Vatican

A tense meeting also produces a papal pronouncement

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Ideas: Wolfe Among the Pigeons (Ideas)

A new "literary manifesto" ruffles some feathers