November 19, 1990 | Vol. 136 No. 22

Nothing to Cheer

The biggest casualty of the midterm election may be George Bush

Election Notes Alaska: Mowing the Grass

Mowing the Grass

Election Notes Arizona: The Cost of Snubbing King

The Cost of Snubbing King

Election Notes Boundaries: Cutting Loose

Cutting Loose

Election Notes Connecticut: Across the Color Line

Across the Color Line

Election Notes District of Columbia: Bye-Bye, Barry

Bye-Bye, Barry

Election Notes Florida: A Blow to The N.R.A.

A Blow to The N.R.A.

Election Notes Texas: New Kid on The Bench

New Kid on The Bench

Election Notes Vermont: A Socialist in The House

A Socialist in The House

California: Enough Already!

Election Results: Governors

Handicapping the War (Grapevine)

"You Can't Beat Somebody with Nobody."

Frustrated voters send an angry message: no to politics-as-usual. But a stacked system protects incumbents so well that nearly all of them will be back.

Kurds on The Way (Grapevine)

Portrait of A Man Staying Put: John Sununu (Grapevine)

Propositions Green Ballots vs. Greenbacks

By turning down ecological measures, cost-conscious voters made Election Day an environmental disaster

Saddam's Stately Pleasure Dome (Grapevine)

Senators: North Carolina, Minnesota Boschwitz Botches It

Boschwitz Botches It He loses to a professor who will "be in Helms' face"

Senators: North Carolina, Minnesota

Race-Baiting Wins Again Helms wins a fourth term by exploiting white anxieties

The Devil Made Them Do It (Grapevine)

The Envelope, Please (Grapevine)

The Political Interest: Downsizing the Giants

Downsizing the Giants

Avoiding The Issue

Burma A People Under Siege

The generals crack down, but neither opponents at home nor critics abroad seem able to do anything about it

Mexico In a Hurry or Running Scared?

Salinas is modernizing Mexico's economy, but he is not nearly as far along in reforming the country's antiquated political system

Middle East Where Hatred Begets Hatred

Even in death, Meir Kahane makes Israel an angrier place

Poland Electrician vs. Intellectual

As the sweet-talking Walesa challenges a diffident Mazowiecki for the presidency, the rifts within Solidarity grow deeper

Raising The Ante: U.S. Troops in the Persian Gulf

In nearly doubling the number of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, Bush acknowledges a paradox: to avoid war, one must be prepared to fight a war

The Big Bill

Carlos Salinas: The Man Behind the Mask

A President who expects -- and gets -- results

India: Singh Fails the Test (World Notes)

Singh Fails the Test

Ireland: Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson (World Notes)

Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

Italy: A Double-Edged Sword (World Notes)

A Double-Edged Sword

Japan: The People Say No (World Notes)

The People Say No

Nepal: Royal Seal of Approval (World Notes)

Royal Seal of Approval

TV: I'M Working Late Tonight, Dear (Living)

And other clues to infidelity, aired in the ratings sweep

San Diego, California Hatred, Fear and Vigilance (American Scene)

A flood of illegal Mexican immigrants fuels a wave of nativism and a tense face-off on the Tijuana border

Press: Fortune to The Brave and Canny

Rupert Murdoch's latest coup underlines his bias toward video

Religion: Strains On the Heart

U.S. black churches battle apathy and threats to their relevance but also revel in renewal

Sport: Beauty, Truth and Hitchcock

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