June 25, 1990 | Vol. 135 No. 26

Detroit Derailed By Success: (American Notes)

Ecology: U-Turn on Ozone (American Notes)

U-Turn on Ozone

Illinois: A Brutal Ransom Game (American Notes)

A Brutal Ransom Game

Ohio: Disaster Along The Wegee (American Notes)

Disaster Along The Wegee

Surgery: Nose Jobs and The Navy (American Notes)

Nose Jobs and The Navy

An Interview with Nelson Mandela

Another Winner of the Week (Grapevine)

Bye-Bye, Barry

Washington's embattled mayor calls it quits

Does De Klerk Deserve a Break?

De Klerk Deserve a Break? No, but Mandela could strengthen his campaign to end apartheid by endorsing a gradual easing of sanctions

Grapevine: Jun. 25, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: Jun. 25, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: Jun. 25, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: Jun. 25, 1990 (Grapevine)

Grapevine: Jun. 25, 1990 (Grapevine)

Hiding in The Flag

Washington has more important things to do than posture about Old Glory

The Baby-It's-Cold-Outside Sympathy Card (Grapevine)

The Barefoot-and-Pregnant Sensitivity Palm (Grapevine)

Nelson Mandela: The Burden of Being a Superstar

Leaving a host of problems at home, Nelson Mandela is coming to the U.S. in search of money and renewed pressure on South Africa

The Great Cartoon Cash-In (Grapevine)

The Presidency: His Failure Was Political

His Failure Was Political

The Rap Against a Rap Group

Anti-obscenity campaigners are getting as nasty as they wanna be against raunchy music, but will juries go along?

Who's In Charge Here?

A supertanker fire off Texas shows how the U.S. remains ill-prepared for fighting oil spills

Winner of the Week (Grapevine)

Canada So What's the Problem, Eh?

The country's French-English identity -- and possibly its unity -- is at stake as a deadline looms for the Meech Lake accord

Coming: Bolshoi Panty Hose

Islam Ballots for Allah

An unexpected fundamentalist triumph in Algeria sends a shiver through the Arab world and beyond. Is the fear justified?

Middle East Call Us - We Won't Call You

You As a right-wing government takes power in Jerusalem, the U.S. and Israel trade phone numbers -- and the sharpest gibes yet

Soviet Union And the Breadwinner Is . . . . . .

The Balkans Wild in the Streets

In Romania and Bulgaria, the game has changed but the players are still former Communists, leaving some spectators unhappy

The Man Who Can't Say Yes

Italy: Showdown in Doge City (World Notes)

Showdown in Doge City

Peru: On Second Thought . . . (World Notes)

On Second Thought . . .

Sri Lanka: Playing Cops And Killers (World Notes)

Playing Cops And Killers

Terrorism: Out of the Woodwork (World Notes)

Out of the Woodwork

Environment: Artist with a 20-Lb. Saw (Environment)

Owl vs. Man: Who Gives A Hoot? (Environment)

In the Northwest's battle over logging, jobs are at stake, but so are irreplaceable ancient forests

Environment: Terrorist in A White Collar (Environment)

Greensboro, North Carolina The Legacy of Segregation (American Scene)

A bellwether city battles a hardening color line

Ethics: Medical Progress - Live! On CNN! (Ethics)

An experimental AIDS treatment tests the judgment of journalists

Press: Reworking The First Act

After a high-stakes launch, E.W. encounters "creative differences"

Religion: Holy War Ends

The Southern Baptists choose a Fundamentalist future

Religion: To Hell with Choice

A Cardinal turns excommunication into a political weapon

Sport: An Old-Timer for All Seasons

For Nolan Ryan, 43, it's no hits, no runs -- and no peers

Ideas: Those Computers Are Dummies (Ideas)

A physicist's attack riles artificial-intelligence researchers

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