August 13, 1990 | Vol. 136 No. 7

A Deficit of Guts

Washington's fear of making tough choices wrecks the budget summit

Disasters: The Goo Keeps Flowing (American Notes)

The Goo Keeps Flowing

New York City: Children: In Harm's Way (American Notes)

Children: In Harm's Way

The Arts: Don't Confront The Holocaust? (American Notes)

Don't Confront The Holocaust?

Washington State: An Explosive Discovery (American Notes)

An Explosive Discovery

And Bomb The Anchovies (Grapevine)

Belated Justice

Another conviction in the murder of a DEA agent

Dumping On The Poor

America's dispossessed have lived for decades with toxic wastes and garbage. Now they're fighting back.

Injuries of The Rich and Famous (Grapevine)

Loser of the Street: Aug. 13, 1990 (Grapevine)

Loser of the Week: Aug. 13, 1990 (Grapevine)

Poetic Justice? (Grapevine)

Rabbit Stew (Grapevine)

Setback For Star Wars

Hawks and doves find themselves in rare agreement as Congress takes a big whack at the Pentagon's wish list

The Help-the-Homeless Trophy (Grapevine)

The Political Interest: Asking the Wrong Questions

Asking the Wrong Questions

The Shut-Mah-Mouth Medallion (Grapevine)

Shelby Steele: Up From Obscurity

With his maverick views on affirmative action, writer Shelby Steele is being noticed -- and not always favorably

When The Whip Comes Down (Grapevine)

Why Governors Are Squawking

America Abroad: The Deterrence Vacuum

The Deterrence Vacuum

Bulgaria A Surprise at the Top

Opposition leader Zhelyu Zhelev is the unexpected choice to become the country's first non-Communist leader in four decades

Can the U.S. Turn Off Iraq's Oil?

Only tough international action will make sanctions stick

Iraq's Power Grab

Audacious and ruthless, Saddam Hussein seizes tiny Kuwait -- and no one is sure where his ambition will end

Europe Don't Count Them Out

On the decline from their bloody peaks of a decade ago, terrorist groups are still inflicting a deadly toll

For The Moment, the Shock Is Limited

Liberia The Marines to the Rescue

President Bush orders Leathernecks into Monrovia to bring out Americans endangered by an increasingly bloody civil war

Saddam Hussein: Master Of His Universe

Iraq's dictator seems capable of doing anything to get his way

Soviet Union Joining Forces In Reform

In Reform For once, leading rivals back a common economic program

Trinidad and Tobago: Captain, the Ship Is Sinking

Captain, the Ship Is Sinking Muslim nationalists nearly deep-six a Caribbean government

Britain: Making Peace Pay at Home (World Notes)

Making Peace Pay at Home

France: Mystery Malady (World Notes)

Mystery Malady

Peru: Off to a Shaky Start (World Notes)

Off to a Shaky Start

The Germanys: Speeding Up The Clock (World Notes)

Speeding Up The Clock

Environment: Hot Tempers in Hawaii (Environment)

Exploiting clean geothermal energy could threaten a rain forest

Medicine: Green Light (Medicine)

Scientists stand on the brink of performing gene therapy

Behavior: Romance and A Little Rape (Behavior)

The formula for a successful Indian film raises an outcry

Press: Paying The Piper

Israel's funding of favorable news is a p.r. fiasco

Press: Shifting to A Post-Bradlee Post

A cautious top man emerges at the Washington paper

Press: The Passing of an Era

The Philadelphia Inquirer's longtime editor calls it quits

Religion: All For Love

An "intimate relationship" leads to an Archbishop's fall

Sport: The Artful Pick-Off

How Commissioner Vincent rid the Yankees of their hated boss

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Vol. 136, No. 7 AUGUST 13, 1990