November 7, 1988 | Vol. 132 No. 19

A Dose of Old-Time Populism

Dukakis plays the politics of Us vs. Them

A Poll's Harsh Verdict

The Democrats started with an advantage, but Dukakis lost it

After The Cold War Is Won

Atlanta: The High Cost Of Klanning (American Notes)

The High Cost Of Klanning

California: Video Games For Viet Nam (American Notes)

Video Games For Viet Nam

Magazines: Spin's Condom Controversy (American Notes)

Spin's Condom Controversy

Washington: Bootstrap Homeowners (American Notes)

Bootstrap Homeowners

An Interview with Michael Dukakis

"Am I a liberal in the tradition of Roosevelt and Truman and Kennedy? Yes, I am"

On The Ballot: Guns and AIDS

Referendums in two states are test cases for national policy

On The Ballot: Guns and AIDS

Referendums in two states are test cases for national policy

The Differences That Really Matter

Here's the paradox: George Bush and Michael Dukakis are similar in ways they are loath to admit, but they diverge on points that a trivial and nasty campaign has failed to elucidate

The Presidency: Will These Mud Crawlers Learn to Fly?

Will These Mud Crawlers Learn to Fly?

Williams River Electric: Hydroelectric Power Tailored For a Country Stream (American Ideas)

River Electric Corp. Hydroelectric Power Tailored For a Country Stream David Buckley overcame a bureaucratic morass to turn his old swimming hole into a project that does good, and may do well

East-West A Toast - or Roast - for Reform?

Kohl's visit revives the debate over embracing perestroika

Haiti In the Land Where Hope Never Grows

Why a dirt-poor nation is destined to remain so

Israel Code Name Cherry

Do covert operations against the intifadeh go too far?

South Africa Win Some, Lose Some

Botha checks the opposition, but few blacks turn out to vote

The Gut Issue

As elections near, a trade pact with the U.S. raises questions of self-image

Britain: Pounds, Chains And Furlongs (World Notes)

Pounds, Chains And Furlongs

Nicaragua: The Check Isn't In the Mail (World Notes)

The Check Isn't In the Mail

South Korea: Cleaning Up After Chun (World Notes)

Cleaning Up After Chun

Soviet Union: A $400 Million Bug Bomb (World Notes)

A $400 Million Bug Bomb

Environment: Free At Last! Bon Voyage! (Environment)

The whales finally escape their icy Arctic prison

Science: The New Shape of the World

A pioneering map presents a fresh view of reality

About Face Over An Abortion Pill (Medicine)

An Abortion Pill France vs. the right-to-lifers

Food: Let Them Eat Cake! (Food)

And Creme Brulee and Chocolate Mousse and... Americans, dieters and fitness buffs included, are demanding their just desserts

Medicine: Safer Births the Second Time After Caesareans (Medicine)

The old guard adopts a new policy on C-sections

Behavior: So, Your Old Man's a Fraud . . . (Behavior)

Press: Out of The Mouths of Babes

TV's hardest-hitting newsmagazine show is made by kids

Critics' Choice: Nov. 7, 1988

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