NATION

The Other America

Who Could Live Here? Only people with no other choice -- and in Camden that usually means children

WORLD

Georgia Descending Into Chaos

Gamsakhurdia flees, clouding his new nation's future and sending a chilling message to the other republics on the state of democracy

SCIENCE

Sizing Up The Sexes (Cover Story)

Scientists are discovering that gender differences have as much to do with the biology of the brain as with the way we are raised

HEALTH & MEDICINE

TECHNOLOGY

A Pocketful of Miracles

Hand-held books with batteries are one bright spot in what looks like a gloomy year for consumer electronics

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

Compensation: Motown's Fat Cats

An unseemly spat over the salaries and perks of American and Japanese auto chiefs points up a weakness in the U.S. case for fair trade

The Ceo Of Culture Inc.

Controversial Guggenheim director Thomas Krens is changing the way the world's art museums operate

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Binge And Purge at the B.O. (Show Business)

Moviegoing zigzagged sharply in '91 as Hollywood waited out the recession by talking cheap and spending big

Breaking The Jell-O Mold (Theater)

Blue Man Group is, yes, a group of men who are really blue, and their bizarre art playground is a sensation

Even Feminists Get the Blues (Books)

At 57, Gloria Steinem finally comes to terms with her childhood and realizes what she has been missing

Ms. Kidvid Calls It Quits (Television)

Activist Peggy Charren disbands her group, saying its job is done. But is children's TV really any better?

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