November 6, 1989 | Vol. 134 No. 19

1 Billion Worth of Influence

Billion Worth of Influence How a shaky businessman put five Senators in his corner

American: Notes CONSERVATION No Longer at Loggerheads (American Notes)

Notes CONSERVATION No Longer at Loggerheads

American: Notes GUNS Targeting the Children (American Notes)

Notes GUNS Targeting the Children

American: Notes TEXAS Like Being Inside a Bomb (American Notes)

Notes TEXAS "Like Being Inside a Bomb"

American: Notes WASHINGTON Down for The Count (American Notes)

Notes WASHINGTON Down for The Count

Bush's No-No On Abortion

No-No On Abortion The President's twin vetoes slow the pro-choice momentum

Everybody's Pal

Pal

Is California Worth the Risk?

California Worth the Risk? Absolutely, 30 million residents will say -- and they're no different from Americans who smoke, drive, hang glide, eat apples or fly DC-10s

Is Los Angeles Next?

Los Angeles Next? Southern California finds flaws in its plans for the Big One

Now, The Financial Aftershocks

Financial Aftershocks The cleanup may top $10 billion, and the whole U.S. will pay

Remembering Hugo

Hugo

The Presidency The Yen to Stay Onstage

Presidency The Yen to Stay Onstage

The Stovepipe Problem

Stovepipe Problem The real "micromanager" on Panama was the President

I'm a Freedom Fighter

America: Abroad Why Bush Should Sweat

Abroad Why Bush Should Sweat

Yes, He's For Real Mikhail Gorbachev (Cover Story)

Yes, He's For Real By loosening the Soviet grip on Eastern Europe, Gorbachev proves once and for all that he seeks a different world. How should the West respond?

Now It's More Like Real Money

It's More Like Real Money The ruble is cut down to size -- but may have to be cut more

Some Options for the U.S.

The Three Holdouts Against Change

Three Holdouts Against Change

There Goes the Bloc

With Moscow's satellites finding their own way, a new architecture must be created for the heart of the Continent. But no one is sure of the blueprint

Uganda

Starting Over in Kampala Peace slowly revives a country shattered by war and atrocity

BRITAIN Killed with Faint Praise (World Notes)

Notes BRITAIN Killed with Faint Praise

LEBANON Pipe Down In the Back (World Notes)

Notes LEBANON Pipe Down In the Back

LIBYA After All This Time, Scruples (World Notes)

Notes LIBYA After All This Time, Scruples

NORTH KOREA . . . And One For Kim? (World Notes)

Notes NORTH KOREA . . . And One For Kim?

SOUTH AFRICA An A-Bomb For Pretoria? (World Notes)

Notes SOUTH AFRICA An A-Bomb For Pretoria?

Environment: Troubadours For Mother Nature (Environment)

Mother Nature A minstrel duo brings fun -- and fire -- to the ecology movement

Food: The Game Is Up! (Food)

Game Is Up! Deer, boar and other woodland creatures are appearing on more menus

Behavior: A Plague Without Boundaries (Behavior)

Plague Without Boundaries Crack, once a problem of the poor, invades the U.S. middle class

Living: Habit Forming (Living)

Forming A silly new survey of American compulsions

National Park The Brawl of The Wild (American Scene)

National Park The Brawl of The Wild A plan for reintroducing wolves touches off a howling argument

Press: No. 2 And Trying Harder : The Washington Times

Trying Harder The Washington Times bags a politician, but can it win respect?

Technology: Threats to The Old Magic

Old Magic Will new stealth weapons make radar obsolete?

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