December 3, 1990 | Vol. 136 No. 24

The War on Drugs: A Losing Battle

Despite billions of dollars and more than a million arrests, the war on drugs has barely dented addiction or violent crime

Boston: Double Standard? (American Notes)

Double Standard?

Colorado: Score One For the Trout (American Notes)

Score One For the Trout

Education: Hair-Raising Punishment (American Notes)

Hair-Raising Punishment

New Mexico: Lapse of Taste (American Notes)

Lapse of Taste

Trials: Hitting the Pause Button (American Notes)

Hitting the Pause Button

Bill Bennett's Firm Friends (Grapevine)

Croesus Seal of Approval (Grapevine)

Dial 1-800-Kurd (Grapevine)

Dubious Juror of the Week (Grapevine)

Hollywood's Hot Holiday Season (Grapevine)

Meanwhile, In Latin America

With whole economies at stake, the drug war rages on

Paint It Black Award (Grapevine)

Spooky S&L Stories (Grapevine)

Thanksgiving in The Desert

Setting out on a month of nonstop travel, Bush journeys to the Persian Gulf to eat -- and talk -- turkey with the troops

The Fling of a High Roller

Living a ghetto dream, Bo Bennett rode the coke trade from poverty to riches -- and into prison

The Man for the Job?

The President: Dewey Achievement Award (Grapevine)

Dewey Achievement Award

Welcome To Americaland (Grapevine)

Margaret Thatcher: A Legacy of Revolution

Thatcher radically transformed her country in ways that rank her with Churchill as this century's greatest Prime Minister

Are Sanctions Working?

Britain: Thatcher's Time to Go

Facing a Tory revolt, Thatcher steps aside. Now her successor must attempt to match her considerable influence at home and abroad.

Europe The Bills Come Due

After a year of freedom, Eastern Europe realizes that toppling statues of Stalin and Lenin is easier than erecting stable democracies and free markets

Faces of The Future: Michael Heseltine

Soviet Union Give Us Our Daily Bread

Consumers face a hungry winter as supplies run short and state food production and distribution turn to crumbs

Syria Siding with the U.S. Sheriff

Sheriff Bucking mounting doubts at home, Hafez Assad continues to ride in the American-led posse against Iraq

The Gulf It's All in the Wording

The U.S. cajoles its allies to pass a U.N. resolution permitting military action against Saddam, but the language remains debatable

East-West: Beware the Love-Sick Tank (World Notes)

Beware the Love-Sick Tank

El Salvador: Fight Today, Talk Tomorrow (World Notes)

Fight Today, Talk Tomorrow

France: Survival Politics (World Notes)

Survival Politics

Israel: Pigheaded Protest (World Notes)

Pigheaded Protest

Singapore: Is There Life After Lee? (World Notes)

Is There Life After Lee?

Environment: Literary Guides to Turning Green (Environment)

To respect nature, people need a whole new way of thinking

Medicine: Cold Shoulder for a Burn Cure (Medicine)

A touted Chinese treatment earns mostly skepticism in the U.S.

Food: The Fish Tank On the Farm (Food)

Make way for dwarf halibut, tunge sole and blue lobster

Farmington, New Mexico Caught Between Earth and Sky (American Scene)

Nearing its 15th anniversary, a unique Navajo prep school may have to close its doors for lack of funds and a place to call home

Behavior: Is The Country in a Depression? (Behavior)

When the economy slumps, so does the national psyche

Press: What Tune Does the Utne Play?

A jingle of success, as the counterculture's version of Reader's Digest follows baby boomers onto Easy Street

Religion: Making Up with the Jesuits

The Pope gives a new assignment to his church's famed order

Sport: The (Surprise!) Game of the Year

The 49ers and the Giants are the N.F.L. matchup to watch

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