October 19, 1992 | Vol. 140 No. 16

People Vote for Presidents, Not Vice Presidents (Cover Stories)

Dan Quayle Speaks Out on Abortion, the Environment And Al Gore

'We're Not Measuring the Drapes (Cover Stories)

Al Gore Holds Forth on the Campaign, Television's Damaging Impact And Dan Quayle

Ad Wars (Cover Stories)

As the TV battle intensifies, lectures loaded with facts, figures and issues have replaced the slick image and propaganda productions of elections past

Anatomy of a Smear (Cover Stories)

It's Clinton's to Lose (Cover Stories)

First the President's attacks backfire, then Clinton and Perot best him in the St. Louis debate. Only a miracle can save George Bush

Quayle vs. Gore (Cover Stories)

It may be the dullest job in Washington, but two young men with similar backgrounds and sharply opposed politics are fighting desperately to win it. Will their struggle affect the outcome?

What Debates Don't Tell Us (Cover Stories)

Memorable more for one-liners than for substance, they are poor guides to performance in the Oval Office

Briefing Freeing Trade (The Week: Nation)

Charity Does Not Begin at Church (Grapevine)

End of A Mean Season (The Week: Nation)

Scandalized and politicized, the departing Congress won't be missed

Home Rule or Death (The Week: Nation)

By order of Congress, D.C. schedules a vote on capital punishment

How's That Again? (Grapevine)

Lowlier Than Thou (Grapevine)

Oh, Those Documents (The Week: Nation)

The CIA admits misleading prosecutors in the Iraqgate affair

Pays To Know Your Sources (Grapevine)

The First Debate Leaves Clinton in Front (The Week: Nation)

With two more to go, Bush's task looks all the more daunting

The Limbaugh State (Grapevine)

Vox Pop: Oct. 19, 1992 (Grapevine)

Willy Brandt: 1913-1992: A Bold Peacemaker (Germany)

Willy Brandt: 1913-1992

A Cargo Plane's Descent into Hell (The Week World)

The crash of a 747 in Amsterdam leaves at least 51 dead

An Odd Democracy (The Week World)

Only 13% of Kuwaitis could vote, but still the opposition triumphed

Blasting A Corridor (The Week World)

Serbs take a key town in Bosnia as the U.N. talks a little tougher

Boris' Revenge (The Week World)

Yeltsin makes life miserable for the rival he once helped save

Cellblock Slaughter (The Week World)

Death From the Sky (Europe)

Investigators search for clues in the crash of an El Al 747 that devastated an apartment complex and killed at least 51

Power At Last (The Week World / Et Cetera)

Power At Last

Putting An End to War (The Week World)

Angola and Mozambique reach out for peace after 16 years of bloodshed

Eating Causes Cancer (The Week Health & Science)

Researchers find that many natural chemicals are carcinogens

Lupus Redux (The Week Health & Science / Et Cetera)

Lupus Redux

Less Pain, More Gain (Medicine)

After years of sparing the morphine, doctors see that better pain relief means a faster, cheaper recovery

New Role for RU 486 (The Week Health & Science)

A study shows the abortion pill can also be a morning-after contraceptive

The Disease J.F.K. Tried to Keep (The Week Health & Science)

Secret Doctors confirm rumors of the President's adrenal-gland problems

Anita Hill's Legacy

A year after the Clarence Thomas hearings, women wonder if the consciousness-raising made enough of a difference

Full Exposure (The Week: Society / Et Cetera)

Full Exposure

Into the Breach (The Week: Society / Et Cetera)

Into the Breach

Gun Shirts Are Out (The Week: Society)

Parents and teachers move to get rid of a violent teen symbol

Marching Forward (The Week: Society)

A court ruling paves the way for women at Virginia Military Institute

Nobel Prize an Island Bard (The Week: Society)

Are The Media Too Liberal?

Elections provide the perfect excuse to dissect biases -- but past outcomes suggest that even if reporters could manage a conspiracy, it wouldn't change the results

Are 747s Safe to Fly? (Europe)

The Presidency: Two Centuries and Counting (Nation)

Two Centuries and Counting

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