August 6, 1990 | Vol. 136 No. 6

A Sampler of Souter's Views

Birmingham: Blacks, Whites And Greens (American Notes)

Blacks, Whites And Greens

Defense: Will Stealth Disappear? (American Notes)

Will Stealth Disappear?

Guns: Shooting Holes In a Ban (American Notes)

Shooting Holes In a Ban

Jails: Under the Big Top (American Notes)

Under the Big Top

Louisiana: Legislative Follies (American Notes)

Legislative Follies

David Souter: An 18th Century Man

David Souter is a flinty New Englander with a love of books and a reverence for legal precedent. He has plenty of brains, but does he have a heart?

And Now, The Plane People (Grapevine)

A Blank Slate

Hoping to place a conservative on the Supreme Court without a bloody confirmation fight, Bush picks a man nobody knows

Defense Cuts: Not In My Backyard (Grapevine)

Firepower And Firewater (Grapevine)

Nervous About Nerve Gas

Plans to destroy chemical weapons cause a Pacific uproar

Oh, Great. More Bulls in Politics. (Grapevine)

On The Way Down?

Fears about the economy and the rising costs of the S&L scandal put the first dents in Bush's popularity

One Small Step for a Man Trophy (Grapevine)

Revenge Of The Bureaucrats (Grapevine)

The Bureaucrats

Roseanne Barr Popularity Prize (Grapevine)

S&L: the Ongoing Horror . . . (Grapevine)

Songbird of the Week (Grapevine)

Spinning Out Of Orbit

With the shuttle grounded, the Hubble troubled and its future role in jeopardy, NASA is an agency lost in space

The Longest Mistrial

The McMartin Pre-School case ends at last

The Presidency: Fire Storm of Babble

Fire Storm of Babble

Austria The Trojan Guest

Havel meets with Waldheim, then politely cuts him up

Brazil The Biggest Shake-Up

To save his stumbling country, Collor tries the most radical reform ever -- but the hardest part is how to make it stick

Britain Where Is the Black Queen?

Police hope a chess code may unlock the riddle of a woman who vanished on a trip through Ireland

South Africa The Party's Not Over

Will an old specter -- communism -- derail constitutional talks and sour the relationship between Mandela and De Klerk?

Soviet Union Heading for a Showdown

As illegal nationalist forces roam the countryside, Gorbachev issues a decree demanding that they disband

Cuba: State of Siege For Freedom (World Notes)

State of Siege For Freedom

Mongolia: Quantum Leap To Democracy (World Notes)

Quantum Leap To Democracy

The Koreas: No Wonder They're Divided (World Notes)

No Wonder They're Divided

Trinidad And Tobago: Following the Law of Allah (World Notes)

Following the Law of Allah

Yugoslavia The Old Demons Arise

After the collapse of totalitarianism in Central Europe, the fractious Balkans face new instability

Science: The Return of the Golden Calf

A figurine backs the tale of Moses and the idolatrous Israelites

Medicine: Battle Over The Abortion Pill (Medicine)

Pressure is mounting to introduce the drug RU 486 in the U.S.

Living: Roller Coasters... Eeeeeyyooowiiii!!! (Living)

A new generation of roller coasters is scarier -- but safer -- than ever

Behavior: Sex and The Sporting Life (Behavior)

Do athletic teams unwittingly promote assaults and rapes?

Press: New Life for Ms. Magazine

The voice of feminism speaks again -- without ads

Religion: Dramatic Choice for Canterbury

The Anglicans get an amiable, working-class Evangelical from London's East End as their 103rd Archbishop

Sport: Beyond The Big Chill

In the glasnost era, the Goodwill Games lose some sizzle

Design: Outracing The Bulldozers (Design)

A "guerrilla preservationist" saves historic buildings

Technology: In Search of Artificial Life

Some scientists believe that things inside their computers are actually alive. What's really scary is that it may be true

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