September 24, 1990 | Vol. 136 No. 13

A Fiscal Fairy Tale

As White House and congressional leaders slog their way toward a budget agreement, Bush wields the sequester threat

A Pick with a Shovel

Promising to clean house, an anti-Barry reformer wins in D.C.

Adam Smith Enterprise Award (Grapevine)

Alaska: A Job for Mother Nature (American Notes)

A Job for Mother Nature

Boston: Flipper Fans Stop a Swap (American Notes)

Flipper Fans Stop a Swap

Los Angeles: Chic Charity (American Notes)

Chic Charity

Philadelphia: City on The Skids (American Notes)

City on The Skids

Bag Holder of the Week (Grapevine)

Cronkite Unbound (Grapevine)

First-Class Advice (Grapevine)

Hmmm. Guess It Needs Work . . . (Grapevine)

How About a Job As an Architect? (Grapevine)

Hugh Sidey's America: Where the Buffalo Roamed

Plagued by hard times and harsh weather, the Great Plains may be stumbling back to a frontier existence dominated by prairie grass, solitude and wandering beasts

Let Them Eat Crack Advisory (Grapevine)

May The Force Be with You

In crime-weary New York City, it's time to call the cops

David Souter; Supreme Confidence

Souter takes the stand, but declines to state his views on abortion rights as foes search in vain for reasons to reject his high court nomination

The George Orwell Doublespeak Explanation (Grapevine)

The Political Prop Parade (Grapevine)

A Survey of Those Silly Budget-Battle Photo Ops

Liberia Death of a President

As the regional peacekeeping force dawdles, rival rebel forces brace for a showdown

South Africa Still Crying Freedom

An antiapartheid editor, visiting home after a long exile, finds that whites have begun to accept the inevitable

Soviet Union Beyond Perestroika

Gorbachev hails a radical economic plan that could turn the Soviet Union into a nation of shopkeepers, but then suggests a few ways to dilute it

The Spy Who Spilled the Beans

Israel tries -- and fails -- to prevent publication of a former Mossad agent's book, creating an explosive best seller

Colombia: Drug Lords and Mind Games (World Notes)

Drug Lords and Mind Games

Haiti: Sliding Toward The Abyss (World Notes)

Sliding Toward The Abyss

Pakistan: Laying It on The Line (World Notes)

Laying It on The Line

Treaties: A Farewell To Arms (World Notes)

A Farewell To Arms

The Gulf: An Exquisite Balancing Act (The Gulf)

Onetime playboy King Fahd tries to mingle modernity and feudalism

The Gulf: Call To Arms (The Gulf)

Bush issues his sternest warning yet to Saddam, and despite Tehran's call for a holy war against the U.S., the coalition against Iraq grows stronger

The Gulf: Lifting The Veil (The Gulf)

A secretive and deeply conservative realm, Saudi Arabia suddenly finds itself on the sword edge of change

The Gulf: Shi'Ites: Poorer Cousins (The Gulf)

The Gulf: Taking The First Shot (The Gulf)

If the embargo fails, could the U.S. launch a swift strike against Saddam that would demolish his ability to fight back?

The Political Interest: Waiting for the Pretext (The Gulf)

Waiting for the Pretext

Environment: Noah's Ark - the Sequel (Environment)

To test ideas for outposts on other planets, scientists have built a replica of earth in the Arizona desert

Medicine: Giant Step for Gene Therapy (Medicine)

An experiment on a young girl opens a new era in the fight against hereditary diseases

Press: Front Page vs. Bottom Line

The New York Post is reprieved, but tabs are still in trouble

Religion: What To Do When Priests Stray

How the Catholic Church deals with sexual misconduct when more and more priests are breaking their vow of celibacy

Design: Big Yet Still Beautiful (Design)

In today's cityscapes, Cesar Pelli's buildings are like dancers among thugs

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