February 3, 1992 | Vol. 139 No. 5

Abortion

Taking Aim at Roe v. Wade The Supreme Court may be poised to withdraw the rights it granted in 1973. Will George Bush pay the political price?

Air Safety: A New Use for Old Bombers: A New Use for Old Bombers (American Notes)

A New Use for Old Bombers

Assassinations: Open Minds, Closed Files: Open Minds, Closed Files (American Notes)

Open Minds, Closed Files

Sex Discrimination: Falsetto Advertising (American Notes)

Falsetto Advertising

Welfare Carrots and Sticks (American Notes)

Behind The Star's Headlines

Civil Rights: Let Me Out of Here!

Birmingham's black mayor marches off to prison, calling his prosecution racist -- but doesn't stay long

Don't Nuke the Hand That Feeds You (Grapevine)

Forward Spin: Feb. 3, 1992 (Grapevine)

Get Out the Lycra, and Check Those Pecs (Grapevine)

Meanwhile, Back At the Bargaining Table . . . (Grapevine)

Politics: Moment Of Truth

Insisting that Flowers' charges are false, Bill Clinton faces the biggest test of his political career

Sorry, Otherwise Engaged (Grapevine)

The Gulf: Are Saddam's Days Numbered?

Hints of a new U.S. effort to get rid of the Iraqi leader seem to be aimed more at American voters than at Baghdad. Good thing too: it's an idea likely to fail -- and to raise havoc even if it succeed

Trials: Do Mad Acts a Madman Make?

When Milwaukee mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer goes on trial this week, so will the insanity defense

Uncle Saddam's Land of Terror

Vox Pop: Feb. 3, 1992 (Grapevine)

Who Cares, Anyway?

Ethics: The Price of Obedience

Should East German border guards have followed the law and their orders or listened to their conscience?

Fear And Betrayal

In the Stasi State As the vast archives of the secret police are opened, former East Germans are finding ugly evidence of a pervasive system of deceit

Middle East: Seething over Settlements

While Palestinians and Jews shoot it out in the occupied territories, U.S. and Israeli politicians slug it out on the problem of loan guarantees

United Nations: Challenge for The New Boss

The end of the cold war brought a boom in opportunities for peacekeeping, but Boutros-Ghali must now reform the swollen bureaucracy

Cuba: Standing Firm By Itself (World Notes)

Standing Firm By Itself

Diplomacy: Long March to Recognition (World Notes)

Long March to Recognition

Former Soviet Union: Russian Time Warp (World Notes)

Russian Time Warp

Northern Ireland: A War That Will Not End (World Notes)

A War That Will Not End

Demanding Payment for Good Behavior (Environment)

Gunning for The Greens (Environment)

The sour economy has made it more fashionable to save jobs than trees -- and fueled a backlash led by loggers, ranchers and developers

Cinema: Lives of Mannerly Desperation (View Points)

Music: Sounds of Surprise (View Points)

Television: Knots Landing on the Prairie (View Points)

Theater: A Tale of Downward Mobility (View Points)

Theater: The Price Is Right (View Points)

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