March 23, 1992 | Vol. 139 No. 12

Clinton and Tsongas: Now That We're Face to Face . . .

A Heated Exchange over Mudslinging

Referendums: Taxing Debate (American Notes)

Taxing Debate

Medicine: Pulling the Plug on Pot (American Notes)

Pulling the Plug on Pot

Organized Crime: Bloody Message (American Notes)

Bloody Message

Term Limit: Nothing Is Forever (American Notes)

Nothing Is Forever

the Homeless: A Coat of Many Uses (American Notes)

A Coat of Many Uses

Campaign Quiz (Grapevine)

Cashing in on Bashing (Grapevine)

Congress Nobody Here but Us Chickens

Who kited checks at the House bank? Almost everybody, egg-faced lawmakers admit, and they vote to tell all.

A Clash of Visions

Clinton and Tsongas, one-on-one for the first time, debate their plans for economic revival

In Rio...From Mean Streets to Clean Streets (Grapevine)

May The Best Plan Win

Tsongas and Clinton agree that the U.S. must adopt a long-term plan to boost investment and create jobs. The biggest difference between them is over whether the middle class ought to get a tax break.

The Presidency: Blasts from the Past

Blasts from the Past

Vox Pop: Mar. 23, 1992 (Grapevine)

When Life Imitates Art (Grapevine)

Where Are They Now? (Grapevine)

Why Is Pat Buchanan Still Running? He's Gearing Up for '96.

Party elders urge him to quit, but Buchanan soldiers on, with his sights on rival rightists -- and the next election

Why Jerry Brown Keeps Running

Experts wrote off Brown as a flaky visionary, but many voters see him as the candidate of the disaffected

A Patriot in Beijing?

America Abroad

Underwriting Peace in Russia

Diplomacy: The U.N. Marches In

But chances are slim that the blue helmets can fulfill an ambitious assignment: bringing peace and stability to Cambodia and Yugoslavia

High Seas The Mysterious Stealth Ship

How did a freighter reportedly loaded with Scud missiles bound for Syria manage to elude U.S. watchdogs?

Israel Fighter, First and Last: Menachem Begin (1913-1992)

Menachem Begin: 1913-1992

Somalia I Against My Brother

Struggling for power, rival clans turn life in Mogadishu into a slow death

Georgia: Comeback Politics (World Notes)

Comeback Politics

Lebanon: The Terrible Tally of Death (World Notes)

The Terrible Tally of Death

Turkey: Earthquake In Erzincan (World Notes)

Earthquake In Erzincan

Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Land Grab (World Notes)

Mugabe's Land Grab

The Kindest Cuts of All (Medicine)

Palm-size video cameras, miniaturized scissors and staplers, and minute incisions are starting to take the ouch out of surgery

He Lost It at the Movies (Ethics)

A reviewer's tie with a studio raises the issue: Should one who judges films also help those who make them?

Losing The Next Generation

The U.S. has failed to address the pressing needs of its youngsters, argues noted educator David Hamburg

Expecting The Messiah

An ultra-Orthodox sect says the Redeemer is due to arrive any day now -- and he might be an American

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Vol. 139 No. 12 MARCH 23, 1992