February 19, 1990 | Vol. 135 No. 8

A Seaside Chat About Drugs

The Andean summit's main agenda will be salving wounded egos

California: Bad Luck, But Good Behavior (American Notes)

Bad Luck, But Good Behavior

Houston: Pistol-Packin' Mama (American Notes)

Pistol-Packin' Mama

Illinois: Pompons? No! No! (American Notes)

Pompons? No! No!

State Department: A Pink Slip For Felix (American Notes)

A Pink Slip For Felix

Yuppies: Sacrebleu! Bubble Trouble (American Notes)

Sacrebleu! Bubble Trouble

Bleak Days for Covenant House

The founder of a program for troubled teens is forced out

Dirty Little Secret

A plan for cutting Social Security taxes exposes the true size of the deficit

Fighting The Code of Silence

A "break for law enforcement" becomes a citizen's nightmare

Heroin Comes Back

Return of The Watergate Doctrine

Reagan claims Executive privilege to shield his diary

A Great Day for Germany

But Moscow's long memory remains the biggest obstacle in the way of unification

Undoing Lenin's Legacy

In his boldest stroke yet, Gorbachev diminishes the power of the party and consolidates his own

Headed for The Dustheap

Once upon a time, communism claimed to be the future. How Lenin's party rose to power and then disintegrated is this century's most gripping tale

Japan In the Diet, It's All in the Family

The prevalence of second-generation politicians raises fears that politics is being restricted to an elite kinship network

Jesse Comes Calling

Let The Parties Begin

The comrades decide, in three days that shake communism, that competition is in order. But have they signed a new lease on life -- or their death warrant?

Membership Has Its Privileges

South Africa No Easy Walk to Freedom

As De Klerk opens the prison door, Nelson Mandela is faced with the challenge of his lifetime: how to bring racial harmony to the land of apartheid

Why Are These Men Smiling?: James Baker and Eduard Shevardnadze

China: An Enemy of The People (World Notes)

An Enemy of The People

India: Fighting for Kashmir (World Notes)

Fighting for Kashmir

Middle East: The Tenth Victim (World Notes)

The Tenth Victim

Soviet Union: Probing the Key to Genius (World Notes)

Probing the Key to Genius

Food: A Requiem for Grilled Cheese (Food)

The ubiquitous microwave is nuking America's taste buds

Medicine: Rumania's Other Tragedy (Medicine)

Under a primitive medical system, babies are dying of AIDS

Medicine: Worse Than The Disease: Phenobartitol (Medicine)

In youngsters, phenobarbital may do more harm than good

Behavior: America's New Fad: Fidelity (Behavior)

A surprising poll says the sexual revolution is overrated

Living: Children's Museums Get a New Look (Living)

Across the U.S., hands-on, climb-on exhibits are teaching kids that "touching is funner"

Press: Do We Ask Too Much of Polls?

Surveys are a favorite media tool, but do the results measure up?

Religion: Bishops, Politicians and the Abortion Crisis

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