March 4, 1991 | Vol. 137 No. 9

A Fate Better Than Death

What's the best way to escape capital punishment? Maybe fleeing the country and fighting extradition proceedings abroad.

A New Pragmatism

Many first-term Governors find they have no choice but to attack fiscal crises with bold -- and politically risky -- strokes

CALIFORNIA: Catch a Rising Star (American Notes)

CALIFORNIA: Catch a Rising Star

IMMIGRATION: Suing for Amnesty (American Notes)

IMMIGRATION: Suing for Amnesty

MARYLAND: Double Victory For Feminists (American Notes)

MARYLAND: Double Victory For Feminists

TEXAS: Not in My Backyard (American Notes)

TEXAS: Not in My Backyard

VIRGINIA: Eleventh-Hour Reprieve (American Notes)

VIRGINIA: Eleventh-Hour Reprieve

Let's Change the Subject (Grapevine)

Let's Change the Subject

The Dogs of War (Grapevine)

The Early Overture to Assad (Grapevine)

The Hit Man Plays A Deadly Tune (Grapevine)

The Hit Man Plays A Deadly Tune

We're All in This Together (Grapevine)

We're All in This Together

Why So Many Scuds Are Duds (Grapevine)

Why So Many Scuds Are Duds

You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine (Grapevine)

You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine

Soviet Union: A Call to Civil War? !

Resign, Yeltsin tells Gorbachev, plunging the two rivals into a political struggle that only one of them can survive

ALBANIA: Not Forever And Enver (World Notes)

ALBANIA: Not Forever And Enver

DIPLOMACY: Arms Pact Sleight of Hand (World Notes)

DIPLOMACY: Arms Pact Sleight of Hand

TERRORISM: Old Habits Die Hard (World Notes)

TERRORISM: Old Habits Die Hard

THAILAND: Return of the Tanks (World Notes)

THAILAND: Return of the Tanks

America Abroad: No, It's Not a New Cold War (The Gulf War)

No, It's Not a New Cold War

How Badly Crippled Is Saddam? (The Gulf War)

The answer will play a crucial role in determining how bloody a ground war may be

Preparedness: How Many Wars Can the U.S. Fight? (The Gulf War)

The Pentagon argues for a leaner military establishment, even though the gulf conflict has stretched its resources to the limit

Reading The Fine Print (The Gulf War)

The Battleground: Marching to A Conclusion (The Gulf War)

After Saddam rejects Bush's final ultimatum, the ground assault to free Kuwait begins in all its fury

The Inside Story of Moscow's Quest For a Deal (The Gulf War)

The Night That Bush Decided (The Gulf War)

The Political Interest Arabs and the Aftermath (The Gulf War)

Arabs and the Aftermath

The Prisoners: The Fruits of Interrogation (The Gulf War)

Questioning the growing number of Iraqi captives has reaped information that eludes even high-tech satellites

What Is Left of Kuwait? (The Gulf War)

The country has weathered an invasion, aerial bombardment and a scorched earth endgame. Now it faces the task of rebuilding.

Are Sharks Becoming Extinct? (Environment)

Coming to the rescue of the ocean's most fearsome predator

Why Children Lie in Court (Behavior)

New research shows how the power of suggestion can lead youngsters to say things that send innocent adults to jail

The Bad Side of Looking Good (Ideas)

A young American author causes a storm by arguing that women have become victims of a punishing cult of beauty

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