NATION

Murder by Mail

Parcel bombs kill a federal judge and a civil rights lawyer

Showing Muscle

With the invasion of Panama, a bolder -- and riskier -- Bush foreign policy emerges

Sowing Dragon's Teeth

How Operation Just Cause "decapitated" Panama's Defense Forces, then bogged down in scattered, and surprisingly tough, street fighting

WORLD

Slaughter In The Streets

A massacre triggers the downfall of the tyrannical Ceausescu, but civil war erupts across the land

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

Mustang Meadows Ranch (American Scene)

Halfway House For Horses A rancher creates a haven for living symbols of the Old West

STYLE & DESIGN

TECHNOLOGY

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BUSINESS

Freed From Greed?

The past decade brought growth, avarice and an anything-goes attitude. But the '90s will be a time to fix up, clean up and pay up

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SPECIAL SECTION

Gorbachev Touch (Man Of The Decade)

A MASTER POLITICIAN, HE GENERATES A SENSE OF PURPOSE, MAKING HIMSELF THE LEADER OF REGIME AND OPPOSITION ALIKE

In Any Language . . . (Man Of The Decade)

Intimate whispers, silent vigils, joyful chants all echoed with a single, precious word: freedom

The Year of People (Man Of The Decade)

A CATALYST FOR REFORM FROM MOSCOW TO BUCHAREST, GORBACHEV HAS TRANSFORMED THE WORLD

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