February 18, 1991 | Vol. 137 No. 7

It's A Slap of Reality

As draconian funding cuts kick in, mass layoffs shake California's legislature and reduce Willie Brown to tears

A Quagmire To Come? (Grapevine)

A Quagmire To Come?

DRUGS: Just Dying For a Fix (American Notes)

DRUGS: Just Dying For a Fix

ESPIONAGE: Oversexed and Underpaid (American Notes)

ESPIONAGE: Oversexed and Underpaid

FLORIDA: Killing Her Way to Fame (American Notes)

FLORIDA: Killing Her Way to Fame

MICHIGAN: The Return of Dr. Death (American Notes)

MICHIGAN: The Return of Dr. Death

WISCONSIN: Shotgun Weddings? (American Notes)

WISCONSIN: Shotgun Weddings?

Democratic Homework (Grapevine)

Democratic Homework

Fall Guy for the Chief of Staff? (Grapevine)

Fall Guy for the Chief of Staff?

Gephardt's Head Cheerleader (Grapevine)

Gephardt's Head Cheerleader

Not by Brutality Alone (Grapevine)

Not by Brutality Alone

Saddam Slept Here (Grapevine)

Scandal In Phoenix

Seven Arizona lawmakers are indicted in a bribery scam

The Comic-Book War (Grapevine)

The Comic-Book War

The Energy Mess

In the new plan the White House is about to unveil, Bush offers half a loaf: a boost for domestic oil drilling, short shrift for conservation

The Home Front: War's Real Cost (The Gulf War)

A small California mining town mourns a native son killed in a desert battle in Saudi Arabia

Time For Tough Choices

The White House presents a sober-minded budget that could shrink the deficit and end the annual bidding war

Unshackling The Troubled Banks

A sweeping reform plan would give big lenders new competitive muscle but is sure to face a fierce fight in Congress

South Africa: The Lost Generation

Apartheid's sad legacy: millions of black youths unequipped for the future

Soviet Union: The Empire Strikes Back

On the ropes for months, the Communist Party rebounds with a fighting message: Save Marxism and the Union at any cost

BRITAIN: A Stab at The Heart (World Notes)

BRITAIN: A Stab at The Heart

CHINA: That Was Then, This Is Mao (World Notes)

CHINA: That Was Then, This Is Mao

ITALY: New Name, Same Game (World Notes)

ITALY: New Name, Same Game

SOVIET UNION: Risking Radiation (World Notes)

SOVIET UNION: Risking Radiation

Dodging Friendly Fire (The Gulf War)

In Need of Protection (The Gulf War)

Israel: Angling for the Postwar Edge (The Gulf War)

Fearing pressure to compromise with the Palestinians, Yitzhak Shamir carefully plots his strategy

On The Disco Front (The Gulf War)

Perceptions: Sorting Out the Mixed Signals (The Gulf War)

Bombarded with conflicting messages about the length of the war, many are confounded about what to expect next

Public Opinion: Can the Pro-War Consensus Survive? (The Gulf War)

In Korea and Vietnam, backing for war dissolved as the death toll mounted, but that pattern might be broken by a decisive U.S. victory

Shooting The Messenger (The Gulf War)

The Arab World: The Fuse Grows Shorter (The Gulf War)

Each day that Saddam survives the war he becomes more of a regional hero while the image of his opponents grows increasingly menacing

The Battlefront: Calculus of Death (The Gulf War)

Bush's decision on if and when to start the land war hinges on factors involving a grisly estimate of killed and wounded

The Press: Jumping Out of the Pool (The Gulf War)

) A growing number of reporters are circumventing military restrictions in hopes of getting a better picture of the war

Oahu, Hawaii Dancing on The Home Front (American Scene)

As their husbands battle in the gulf, wives and dependents at a Marine air base find solace in a Vegas-quality charity show

When Dad and Mom Go to War (Living)

The deadly reality of war comes home to the military couples separated from their children by Operation Desert Storm

More Spongtaneous Eruptions

An Episcopal bishop's unorthodoxy reaches epic proportions

Machines That Work Miracles

New equipment -- and new attitudes -- help the disabled get back into the swing

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Vol. 137, No. 7 FEBRUARY 18, 1991