February 5, 1990 | Vol. 135 No. 6

California: A $648,000 Typist (American Notes)

A $648,000 Typist

Illinois: A Crash Course In Drug Testing (American Notes)

A Crash Course In Drug Testing

New York: Home, Toward Disaster (American Notes)

Home, Toward Disaster

The Census: They Count By Night (American Notes)

They Count By Night

Building a Big Tent Around Abortion

China Breach

Congress sets the tone for an election year with a bruising -- and losing -- challenge to the President's foreign policy. So much for bipartisanship

Highly Public Prosecutors

In Miami and Washington, big cases mean big headlines

Run, Barry, Run

While Washington's indicted mayor takes a cure in Florida, who inherits the mess he left behind?

Thanks, But No Tanks

Now that the Berlin Wall is open, the U.S. Army plays war a little differently

The Presidency: Totaling Up Year One

Totaling Up Year One

Around the Bloc

Cautious Architect of a Cloudy Future

Faced with the challenge of bringing racial harmony to his country, State President F.W. de Klerk seeks a middle path that will satisfy blacks without alienating whites

South Africa: At the Crossroads

Nelson Mandela may soon be free, but is South Africa ready -- or able -- to take the road to a nonracial democratic society?

Eyewitness To Hatred

Fresh from the heart of the conflict, a Soviet official tells how both sides try to exterminate each other

Haiti Deja Vu, All Over Again

Avril's crackdown brings back the bad old days

Sanctions: What Spells Success?

South Asia Slaughter Up North

Violence in Kashmir pits India against Pakistan

Soviet Union Occupational Disease

As Azerbaijan threatens to turn into another Afghanistan, Gorbachev discovers that the price of suppression may be his cherished reforms

East Germany: New Leash On Life (World Notes)

New Leash On Life

History: The End Of the Affair (World Notes)

The End Of the Affair

Hong Kong: Whittling Down Democracy (World Notes)

Whittling Down Democracy

South Korea: Roh Clears Up The Confusion (World Notes)

Roh Clears Up The Confusion

Space: Japan Goes to the Moon (Space)

A late space program takes off -- and bears watching

Environment: Promotion to The Highest Level (Environment)

The pollution fighters will gain the clout of Cabinet status

Health: How To Pig Out (Health)

But Avoid Fat Foodmakers try to take some of the worry out of eating treats

Press: A New Daily for Sports Nuts

The National gambles on insatiable -- and literate -- fans

Sport: Super Bowl Field of Dreams

An interview with a grilled snapper, and other wonderments

Technology: Could They Hit Air Force One?

The President's plane is well guarded by electronic gear

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Vol. 135, No. 6 FEBRUARY 5, 1990