May 21, 1990 | Vol. 135 No. 21

A Baffling Ozone Policy

Crime: A Vested Interest (American Notes)

A Vested Interest

Disasters: The Southwest Goes Under (American Notes)

The Southwest Goes Under

Justice: A Shocking Way to Go (American Notes)

A Shocking Way to Go

New York City: Begging the Question (American Notes)

Begging the Question

Big Bad John Sununu

He's smarter than you are, and he wants you to know it. That's why George Bush prizes his brusque but brilliant White House chief of staff

Bush: Ignore My Lips

And forget Sununu too, Bush tells Congress, as he calls a budget summit and hints that it may even talk about -- shhh! -- raising t---

Grapevine: May 21, 1990 (Grapevine)

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It's Ugly, But It Works

Fears about the environment fuel a revolution on the farm

Loser of the Week: May 21, 1990 (Grapevine)

The Daddy Warbucks Gold Money Clip (Grapevine)

The Madame Defarge Rabbit's Foot (Grapevine)

Watergate: Where are they now? (Grapevine)

Where are they now?

Who Needs the Marines?

From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of redundancy

Winner of the Week: James Baker (Grapevine)

Africa Continental Shift

In Africa too, authoritarian regimes are giving way to multiparty systems. But can democracy thrive in countries that cannot even feed themselves?

Albania And Then There Were None

Reform comes to Europe's last Stalinist state

Kenya: The Surprising Holdout

Nationalism's Silver Lining

A Soviet Communist Party analyst reflects candidly on his country's problems

Panama: Sincerely, Manuel

Writing from Miami, Noriega stirs up trouble back home

Romania Two Cheers for the Front Runner

Though Iliescu leads in the polls, many voters doubt he will bring Western-style democracy to a tempestuous political scene

South Korea Kicking and Screaming

Students charge that Roh's goal is to accumulate power

China: It's All in The Timing (World Notes)

It's All in The Timing

Iran: Clearing the Underbrush (World Notes)

Clearing the Underbrush

Iraq: Happy Birthday To Me . . . (World Notes)

Happy Birthday To Me . . .

Soviet Union: Brickbats from The Baltics (World Notes)

Brickbats from The Baltics

Health: Bringing Sanity to the Diet Craze (Health)

The Government considers tough new rules for weight-loss firms

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