January 16, 1989 | Vol. 133 No. 3

Mayor Barry: A Capital Offense

Barry's travails are just one woe for the "other Washington"

California: Low-Speed Chase (American Notes)

Low-Speed Chase

Governors: Two Dukes Bow Out (American Notes)

Two Dukes Bow Out

Human Rights: Let's Meet In Moscow (American Notes)

Let's Meet In Moscow

Washington: A Ticklish Problem (American Notes)

A Ticklish Problem

Can A Driver Be Too Old?

Fender benders and fatalities raise fears over elderly motorists

Chemical Reaction: The U.S. presses Libya over a nerve-gas plant

First Gusts from an Ill Wind

Giving In to Graymail: Oliver North's Legal Strategy

North's legal strategy decreases the hope for a full airing of the Iran-contra scandal

Habitat For Humanity: A Bootstrap Approach To Low-Cost Housing (American Ideas)

Knife Fighting in the Air

The Blame Game Begins

Reagan's last budget presages a flap over Bush's first

The Search for a Poison Antidote

A Shopper's Day

Akihito: The Son Also Rises

China The Fallout from Nanjing

An ugly brawl leads to a fissure in Sino-African relations

Japan The Longest Reign

With Hirohito's death, an economic giant begins a new era

Soviet Union Why the Bear's Cupboards Are Bare

Are Bare Despite Gorbachev's promises, consumers seethe over shortages and empty shelves

Terrorism In Search of Answers

Will the bombers of Flight 103 ever be found?

Exile: The Accidental Tourist (World Notes)

The Accidental Tourist

India: Blood and Ashes (World Notes)

Blood and Ashes

Israel: Bitter Pill For Peres (World Notes)

Bitter Pill For Peres

Language: Latine Loqui Libet (World Notes)

Latine Loqui Libet

Soviet Union: Pardons for Troika Cons (World Notes)

Pardons for Troika Cons

Science: Wormholes in The Heavens

A far-out concept leads to talk of time travel and new universes

Food: A Fishy Deal in the Freezer (Food)

Surreptitious surimi masquerades as choice seafood

Health & Fitness: New Perils of the Pill? (Health & Fitness)

Reports of a link to breast cancer stir confusion and fear

Medicine: Operating In Danger Zones (Medicine)

Volunteer doctors and nurses risk their lives to treat the suffering in the world's trouble spots

Living: A Look on the Wild Side (Living)

Two young designers liven up a groggy fashion scene

Behavior: Worries About Overactive Kids (Behavior)

Are too many youngsters being misdiagnosed and medicated?

Press: Read My Cliche

An epidemic of Bushisms

Religion: All The Pope's Men

The naming of conservative bishops fuels bitter feuds

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