December 4, 1989 | Vol. 134 No. 23

A Tragic Side Effect

Entrepreneurs: Selling a Piece Of the Rock (American Notes)

Selling a Piece Of the Rock

Florida: She Still Calls Me Daddy (American Notes)

"She Still Calls Me Daddy"

Iran-Contra: And Then There Was One (American Notes)

And Then There Was One

Railroads: Last Train to Iowa (American Notes)

Last Train to Iowa

Washington: Plea from A Wheelchair (American Notes)

Plea from A Wheelchair

Keating Takes the Fifth

But the last word is yet to be spoken about the thrift fiasco

Pro-Choice? Get Lost

Antiabortion views are a must at Health and Human Services

Quack! Quack! Quack!

What walks like a tax, squawks like a tax and looks like a tax?

East-West: Our Time Has Come (East-West)

Czechoslovaks oust a hard-line regime, giving the superpowers another reason to put Communist upheavals atop the Malta summit agenda

A Scandalous Record

East-West: Going To Meet the Man (East-West)

If the U.S. and Soviet leaders hit it off, the summit could be more than a cruise

Lebanon A Bomb Aimed at Peace

Just 17 days in office, the new President is killed in Beirut in another setback for attempts to stop the endless bloodshed

East-West: Of Turncoats and Scapegoats (East-West)

In East Germany pent-up anger leads to retribution

East-West: The Road to Malta (East-West)

A year ago, Bush distrusted Gorbachev. Now he wonders how to help him succeed

El Salvador: The Sheraton Siege

Guerrillas take the war into the wealthy sections of the capital, as new questions are raised about the U.S. role and the deaths of six Jesuits

East-West: When The Tanks Rolled In (East-West)

Colombia: Wanted, but Not Found (World Notes)

Wanted, but Not Found

Greece: Partnership Of Enemies (World Notes)

Partnership Of Enemies

India: Dirty Money, Bloody Ballots (World Notes)

Dirty Money, Bloody Ballots

Spain: Bullets for Basques (World Notes)

Bullets for Basques

Living: Onward, Women! (Living)

The superwoman is weary, the young are complacent, but feminism is not dead. And, baby, there's still a long way to go

Ethics: Free Advice (Ethics)

Psychologists face discipline for diagnosing strangers

Ethics: Where Angelenos Fear to Tread (Ethics)

A panel proposes the toughest guidelines yet for city employees

Religion: Cross Meets Kremlin: Gorbachev and Pope John Paul II

Gorbachev's historic visit to Pope John Paul II seals a truce after 72 years of bitter spiritual warfare

Technology: Fighting Noise with Antinoise

Electronic mufflers cancel unwanted sound waves in midair

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