November 12, 1990 | Vol. 136 No. 21

Drugs: Just Say No, Rover (American Notes)

Just Say No, Rover

Investigations: Deja Vu All Over Again (American Notes)

Deja Vu All Over Again

New York City: Nowhere To Go (American Notes)

Nowhere To Go

Sport: Red Sails In the Sunset (American Notes)

Red Sails In the Sunset

The Budget: Poor Children Win One (American Notes)

Poor Children Win One

And Take a Memo: More Birdseed (Grapevine)

Heavy Reading (Grapevine)

Here Come De Judge (Grapevine)

Ignoble Prize for Candor (Grapevine)

Jailhouse Rockefellers

Cell-block philanthropists are doing good while doing time

Long Goodbye of the Week (Grapevine)

Lout of the Week (Grapevine)

Nickname of the Week (Grapevine)

On The Warpath

Spreading confusion about his plans, Bush escalates his verbal offensive against Saddam Hussein -- and then pulls back

Plain Squeaking

Bush tries hard to "give 'em hell," but his harsh campaign attacks on Democrats fail to boost his sagging credibility

Racial Injustice?

A judge's remarks raise questions about Barry's sentence

Ready For Action

Dick Cheney and Colin Powell are the savviest pair to lead the Pentagon in years. They will be put to the ultimate test if Desert Shield becomes a sword.

Rich, White and Male (Grapevine)

Stop The Music (Grapevine)

The Presidency: The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History

They Don't Need to Fight

The Islamic allies deployed in the Arabian desert have already done their job even if they never fire a single shot

Who Has the Power to Make War?

Who Wants The Drumstick? (Grapevine)

America Abroad: The Phony Windfall

The Phony Windfall

Europe An Island No More Hello! Allo!

Britain literally joins Europe as tunnel workers link up under the English Channel

In Moldavia, What's Yours Is Mine

India The Awesome Wrath of Rama

Religious nationalism threatens to bring down the government and splinter the country

Soviet Union Time of Troubles

The U.S.S.R. slips closer to dissolution as Boris Yeltsin leads a second Russian Revolution. How will Gorbachev keep the empire together?

Nicaragua: Sandinistas Wing It (World Notes)

Sandinistas Wing It

Nigeria: Your Money Or Your . . . (World Notes)

Your Money Or Your . . .

Norway: Not Ready To Say Yes (World Notes)

Not Ready To Say Yes

United Nations: Protecting the Palestinians (World Notes)

Protecting the Palestinians

Environment: A Burger to Go - Hold the Plastic (Environment)

Forsaken by McDonald's, foam packaging may be on the way out

Science: Cracking Cancer's Code

Researchers are learning how genes start tumors -- or stop them

Environment: Death in The Mediterranean (Environment)

Pollution aggravates a plague among Europe's dolphins

Food: A Card Game? (Food)

No, Cooking Oil Canola is the latest love of the cholesterol-free set

Medicine: Mighty Mice (Medicine)

To study AIDS, scientists give rodents a touch of humanity

Medicine: When Bones Are Brittle (Medicine)

Osteoporosis may take root in young women

Health: You Should Live So Long (Health)

Human life-span, despite medical advances, has an upper limit

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