December 26, 1988 | Vol. 132 No. 26

A Clean Bill of Health

Tower is tapped for the Pentagon, but is Kemp headed for HUD?

A Dance of Many Veils: Shultz and Arafat

Shultz and Arafat reached common ground only after intense prodding by their allies, Swedish mediators -- and a nudge from George Bush

Arizona: Rose's Saucy Salutation (American Notes)

Rose's Saucy Salutation

Boston: Separate but Equal (American Notes)

Separate but Equal

Congress: You Get What You Pay For (American Notes)

You Get What You Pay For

Statistics: Death in Black And White (American Notes)

Death in Black And White

Washington: Take My House - Please (American Notes)

Take My House -- Please

Breakthrough : After 13 years of silence, the U.S. agrees to talk with the P.L.O.

After 13 years of silence, the U.S. agrees to talk with the P.L.O., angering Israel and profoundly altering the Middle East's diplomatic landscape

Playing Atomic NIMBY

Pileup of radioactive waste may close a bomb plant

The Case for Skepticism

A Journey into Misery

Angola Flowers and Drinks All Around

A historic pact, eight years in the making, could bring peace

Soviet Union Vision of Horror

As dazed Armenians struggle with death and despair, Gorbachev tries to ease the quake's impact on ethnic strife and an ailing economy

Britain: Commuters' Nightmare (World Notes)

Commuters' Nightmare

France: On with His Head! (World Notes)

On with His Head!

Iran: A New Wave Of Executions (World Notes)

A New Wave Of Executions

Sweden: I Think We Have the Man (World Notes)

"I Think We Have the Man"

Behavior: 365 Shopping Days till Christmas (Behavior)

For compulsive buyers, life is a long, ruinous spree

Living: Everyone Back into Pool! (Living)

Pocket billiards goes upscale, uptown and uppity

Fremont, Calif. Hands Across The Workplace (American Scene)

California autoworkers learn new ways -- and teach some

Religion: Condoms, Cont'd.

The Archbishop of Paris revives the AIDS dispute

Religion: The Bishop Is a Lady

Anglicans stagger, quarreling, into an era of "mitered mammas"

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