March 19, 1990 | Vol. 135 No. 12

A Cowpoke for Governor?

Clayton Williams' folksy campaign catches on with Texas voters

A Jolt for Richards

Aviation | Bye-Bye Blackbird: (American Notes)

Pollution: Another Spill In Arthur Kill (American Notes)

Another Spill In Arthur Kill

Postage: Up, Up and Away (American Notes)

Up, Up and Away

Transportation: Passing the Buck - Again (American Notes)

Passing the Buck -- Again

Vermont: Love It Or Leave It (American Notes)

Love It Or Leave It

Can The Right Survive Success?

For triumphant conservatives, the post-Reagan dilemma is what to do for an encore ^

Grapevine the Millionaires Club: Take the Money and Run

Lady Power in the Sunbelt

The most potent triple play in San Diego is O'Connor to Copley to Kroc

The Political Interest: The Vision Is in the Details

The Vision Is in the Details

Hungary Hot Export: Campaign U

Middle East Four Steps to Peace

But Israel's Shamir, riled by the heat he is getting from Bush and Baker, is balking at the first one

Nicaragua You First - No, You First

The contras and the Sandinistas resist demobilization, saddling President-elect Chamorro with two unyielding armies

Politics Stops at the Border

Romania The Blackest Town In the World

For miles and miles, every thing and creature in his once green valley is veiled in soot

The Germanys Modrow's Last Hours in Power

In another day, the East German Prime Minister might have been hailed as a Gorbachev. But who said history was fair?

Where's The Fire?

Lots of smoke but little action on releasing the hostages

Britain: Revolt over A Poll Tax (World Notes)

Revolt over A Poll Tax

Haiti: Sweating Out A Goodbye (World Notes)

Sweating Out A Goodbye

South Africa: Trouble in The Homelands (World Notes)

Trouble in The Homelands

Soviet Union: Please Pay on Your Way Out (World Notes)

Please Pay on Your Way Out

Spain: What's Next? Call Waiting? (World Notes)

What's Next? Call Waiting?

Food: Bye-Bye, Tofu; Hello, Truffles! (Food)

Organic cuisine is making an upscale comeback

Medicine: Death on The Basketball Court (Medicine)

An athlete's fatal game raises some agonizing questions

Food: Truth In Peanut Butter (Food)

Ethics: Love and Let Die (Ethics)

In an era of untamed medical technology, how are patients and families to decide whether to halt treatment -- or even to help death along?

Ethics: Living Wills: To My Family, My Physician, My Lawyer (Ethics)

Death is as much a reality as birth, growth and aging -- it is the one certainty of life. In anticipation of decisions that may have to be made about my own dying and as an expression of my right to r

Religion: No Sympathy for the Devil

A Cardinal decries satanic influence

Sport: Three Strikes, You're Out

With talks deadlocked, baseball's opening day is in jeopardy

Design: Getting Out and Mixing It Up in the Rialto (Design)

A rich show traces a century and a half of American graphics, including back-to-the-future revelations

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