August 19, 1991 | Vol. 138 No. 7

Abortion: The Feds vs. a Federal Judge

A U.S. court bars pro-lifers from obstructing Wichita clinics, but the Justice Department sides with the demonstrators

Banking: Bailout Boss Bails Out (American Notes)

Bailout Boss Bails Out

Investigations: Let's Get On with It! (American Notes)

Let's Get On with It!

MIAs: Four Down, One to Go (American Notes)

Four Down, One to Go

Weapons: No Wise Cracks: No Wise Cracks (American Notes)

No Wise Cracks

Defense: Marching Out of The Closet

Should gays be allowed to serve in America's armed forces? The Pentagon has ousted 1,000 of them since Desert Storm, but it is finding it harder than ever to argue that the answer is no.

Rock-'N'-Roll Cover-Up (Grapevine)

She's Not Going to Take It Anymore (Grapevine)

Social Programs: Learn, Work and Wed

Wisconsin's Governor Tommy Thompson offers an imaginative -- but controversial -- solution to the problems of poverty and welfare dependency

There's a Toyota in Your Future (Grapevine)

To Out Or Not to Out

The press wrestles with a thorny issue: When is it appropriate to reveal the private lives of public officials?

Toughlove From Dr. No

Vox Pop: Aug. 19, 1991 (Grapevine)

What Becomes a Legend Least? (Grapevine)

You Can't Be Too Rich Or Too Clean (Grapevine)

Deep In Kidnapper Country

Hizballah meets its newest and perhaps most potent enemy: tourists

Disasters: Going, Going . . .

A captain's flight from his doomed ship raises a debate about traditions of the sea

Middle East: A Game of Chances

As three captives are freed and pressure grows on Israel to make a deal, can it be that the hostage era is drawing to a close?

Surviving In Captivity

Though life has reportedly improved, the remaining hostages are still suffering at the hands of their Shi'ite captors

Switzerland: Angst Rises In the Alps

Marking its 700th birthday, Europe's most successful nation frets that in order to keep up it may have to abandon its splendid isolation

Cambodia: Back in The Picture? (World Notes)

Back in The Picture?

Japan: Sing a Sorry Song (World Notes)

Sing a Sorry Song

South Africa: Into the Lion's Den (World Notes)

Into the Lion's Den

Yugoslavia: War Between The Serbs (World Notes)

War Between The Serbs

Will We Run Low On Food? (Environment)

As the diversity of crops declines and the world's population explodes, grain supplies become more vulnerable

A Taste of Miami's New Vice (Food)

It's called eating, and a generation of young chefs has made Florida cuisine a New World marvel worth a detour

All in The Family (Living)

How does that gutsy South Dakota grandma feel about being pregnant with her daughter's twins?

Do-It-Yourself Death Lessons (Ethics)

A manual on suicide becomes a best seller, sparking new debate on whether the terminally ill have the right to die

Sins of The Fathers

A Honolulu bishop is accused of sex abuse in a federal lawsuit as Catholic scandals keep spreading

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