September 9, 1991 | Vol. 138 No. 10

Abortion Whose Side Are You On?

For weary Wichitans, the protests may finally be subsiding, but the healing has yet to begin

Accidents: Hell on the Underground: Hell on the Underground (American Notes)

Hell on the Underground

Law Enforcement: Cruisin' with The Homeboys: Cruisin' with The Homeboys (American Notes)

Cruisin' with The Homeboys

Rescues: Surgical Strike (American Notes)

Surgical Strike

Taxation: Pricey Points Of View (American Notes)

Pricey Points Of View

An Mia Breakthrough? (Grapevine)

Calling Mr. Clean (Grapevine)

East-West Relations: After The War

Bush is cautious as the collapse of Moscow's empire offers new challenges for the U.S.

I'm Having Second Thoughts About Leaving . . . (Grapevine)

Just Call Him Faux Pas Mitterrand (Grapevine)

Racial Unrest: An Eye for an Eye

After a traffic death, a murder and four days of riots, tensions remain high between blacks and Jews in Brooklyn

She Knew What Was Coming (Grapevine)

The Presidency: Rebuilding a Moral Framework

Rebuilding a Moral Framework

Vox Pop: Sep. 9, 1991 (Grapevine)

A Chastened Character In Search of a Role

Humiliated but determined to hang on to his powers, Mikhail Gorbachev exerts his formidable strength

A Communist, a Patriot, a Soldier

A Country of Skeptics

In the provinces, Russians greet the upheaval with anxiety and wonder if their daily lives will change

America Abroad

And Now for the Sequels

The Soviet Union: Starting at Year Zero (Cover Stories)

Forgotten But Not Gone

Into The Void

Suddenly the old Soviet Union is gone. Now new leaders are improvising on a grand scale to shape a new nation -- or nations -- from the chaos.

Perils of Nationhood

The Baltics have their independence back, and foreign recognition, but they won't be able to break Moscow's grip right away

Saved by the Bottle

The Party Is Over

But after 70 years of controlling everything from nurseries to nuclear weapons, can the communists be counted out?

U.S.S.R. Or B.U.S.T.

What About the Nukes?

In the postcoup U.S.S.R., someone still has to control the 27,000 warheads dispersed through several republics

Are Gay Men Born That Way?

A new study suggests that there is a structural difference between the brains of homosexual and heterosexual men, but that is just part of the story

Clues From Transsexual Rats

Attention: Hurry Up and Relax (Living)

Encouraged by their companies to vacation, Japanese are grappling with working very hard at having fun

Up, Up and Out of Sight!

An unheralded American soars into history, just barely overarching a peak performance by Carl Lewis

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