April 15, 1991 | Vol. 137 No. 15

Gorby's Girls (Grapevine)

"Gorby's Girls"

ECOLOGY: Spawning a Controversy (American Notes)

ECOLOGY: Spawning a Controversy

GAMBLING: Floating Crap Games (American Notes)

GAMBLING: Floating Crap Games

JUDGMENTS: A Big Check From the IRS (American Notes)

JUDGMENTS: A Big Check From the IRS

WASHINGTON: Tragedy Strikes Twice (American Notes)

WASHINGTON: Tragedy Strikes Twice

Can't You Yanks Take a Joke? (Grapevine)

Can't You Yanks Take a Joke?

China's Eager Missile Merchants (Grapevine)

If You Can't Beat Bush . . .

Presidential Prankster

Is Ron Kaufman the new Lee Atwater?

Sorry, Sandinistas, Your Lease Is Up (Grapevine)

Sorry, Sandinistas, Your Lease Is Up

Star Wars Does It Again

In the latest dubious scheme for strategic-missile defense, the Pentagon is secretly building an atomic-powered rocket

Starving The Schools

Trimming budgets is not enough: school districts are being asked to slice right down to the bone, and children will be feeling the pain

The Kennedy Boys' Night Out

An evening of carousing, an accusation of rape and talk of a botched investigation roil the wealthy's favorite playground

The Porky Awards (Grapevine)

The Presidency: What Links These Six?

What Links These Six?

Thumbs Down from Stormin' Norman (Grapevine)

Thumbs Down from Stormin' Norman

Till The Well Runs Dry

Hooked on growth and the splash of fountains, Las Vegas plots a water grab from rural Nevada and neighboring states

America Abroad

When Monsters Stay Home

Iraq: Defeat And Flight

While much of the world sits back and watches, Saddam Hussein and his resurgent army send hundreds of thousands of Kurdish refugees on a piteous quest for sanctuary

Six Days with the Kurds

A TIME correspondent is on hand as the embattled rebels fight, then becomes part of a tidal flight to safety

The Course of Conscience

America and its allies confront a new dilemma: how to oppose military intervention but still take responsibility for the victims when the Saddams of the world run amuck

Who Are the Kurds?

Centuries of oppression have made them a people prepared to die for nationhood

AFGHANISTAN: What Khost Victory? (World Notes)

AFGHANISTAN: What Khost Victory?

ALBANIA: It's Not Over By A Long Shot (World Notes)

ALBANIA: It's Not Over By A Long Shot

EGYPT: Nasser's Son Beats the Rap (World Notes)

EGYPT: Nasser's Son Beats the Rap

HAITI: A Shock to the System (World Notes)

HAITI: A Shock to the System

Alarming Loss

Is the ozone layer thinning faster than expected?

How The Nose Knows

Researchers discover the first known genes of smell and unlock one of the mysteries of the primitive brain

New Challenge to the Big Bang? (Space)

Peering to the edge of the universe, an adventurous probe seeks to discover the mysterious origin of gamma rays

Physicians, Heal Thyselves! (Health)

A new doctor arrives at the ailing National Institutes of Health to fight low morale, sagging wages and official interference

The Body Wins Round 1 (Medicine)

Research offers hope that the AIDS virus can be beaten

Brushing Up on Right and Wrong (Ethics)

A California ethicist teaches change for the better

The Perils of Being a Lefty (Living)

A sinister study shows that right-handers live longer than southpaws -- but have researchers fingered the right cause?

Hello, Sweetheart! Get Me Remake!

Fresh from its triumphant war coverage and sporting a refurbished design, the Los Angeles Times positions itself to challenge the reigning journals of the East

Bungee Jumping Comes of Age

Determined daredevils once made their madcap leaps in the dead of night to avoid authorities. Now in parts of the U.S. they leap with impunity from hot-air balloons and 140-ft.-high towers.

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