December 23, 1991 | Vol. 138 No. 25

Houston: Nasty, Brutish -- And Effective (American Notes)

Nasty, Brutish -- And Effective

San Francisco: Shift to the Right (American Notes)

Shift to the Right

Supreme Court: Approving the Wages of Sin (American Notes)

Approving the Wages of Sin

the Military: Keeping the Navy Straight: Keeping the Navy Straight (American Notes)

Keeping the Navy Straight

At Nasa, He Who Hesitated Is Out (Grapevine)

Do Something? Are You Kidding? We Just Live Here! (Grapevine)

Loose Buchanan

Not Guilty! Let's Party! (Grapevine)

Palm Beach Trial

The Case That Was Not Heard The prosecution had strong evidence against William Smith but could not use it in court

Politics Can America First Bring Jobs Back?

Even though it's a bad idea, the cry for the U.S. to withdraw from the world is staging a revival -- and Pat Buchanan hopes to exploit it

Race Relations: A White Person's Town?

Dubuque, Iowa, tries to shuck off its racist past with a controversial program for luring minorities

The Political Interest Getting It Right with the Jewish Vote

Getting It Right with the Jewish Vote

Welcome to Cuba, Baby Gitmo (Grapevine)

Welfare Cutting the Costs

California's Pete Wilson offers a sweeping plan to slash payments and change the behavior of the poor

When Do They Auction Clark Clifford's Suits? (Grapevine)

I Want to Stay the Course

In an exclusive interview, a determined Gorbachev shows he is not ready to disappear gently into the pages of history

The End Of the U.S.S.R. (Cover Stories)

Emboldened by their success in seizing independence, the republics have pronounced Mikhail Gorbachev's union dead and patched together a new, loosely knit commonwealth. But do they know how to build s

Despair in The Barracks

The Soviet military is beginning to fall apart -- even if the new commonwealth wants to keep it unified

European Community: Blueprint for the Dream

In a historic compromise, the Twelve -- despite Britain's caution -- reinforce their economic and political ties as they chart the E.C. course for the rest of the century

The Koreas Wary Hands Across the DMZ

The cold war's last combatants sign a nonaggression pact -- but their pressing nuclear issue remains unresolved

Argentina: The Unsinkable Carlos Menem (World Notes)

The Unsinkable Carlos Menem

Burma: No Peace For Rangoon (World Notes)

No Peace For Rangoon

Fugitives: Where Next? Chechen? (World Notes)

Where Next? Chechen?

Japan: A Setback For Miyazawa (World Notes)

A Setback For Miyazawa

Yeltsin's Key Partners

A Lesson in Compassion (Medicine)

What's it like to be a patient? For more and more aspiring doctors, there's only one way to find out.

A Patch of Hope for Smokers (Health)

Doctors will soon begin prescribing a new nicotine device that can help people stay off cigarettes for good

Camels For Kids (Health)

Tidings Of Black Pride and Joy (Living)

Kwanzaa, the African-American Yule-time celebration, is becoming more popular -- and more commercial

Tools With Intelligence

A new wave of do-it-yourself gadgets brings the benefits of the computer age to those who are handy around the house

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