December 7, 1992 | Vol. 140 No. 23

Absence of A Quorum (The Week: Nation)

A mutinous meeting of freshman House members falls flat

Bored in The Hood (Grapevine)

Bush's Economic Present for Clinton (The Week: Nation)

Signs of strength raise second thoughts about stimulus

Come On Down! (Grapevine)

Creative License (Grapevine)

Et Tu, Mainers? (The Week: Nation / Et Cetera)

Et Tu, Mainers?

November Bust (The Week: Nation)

A Senate report finds no evidence of a hostage deal, but questions remain

Running Out the Clock (Grapevine)

Situation Wanted (Grapevine)

Transition Watch (Grapevine)

Vortex Of Misery (The Week: Nation)

A string of freak tornadoes spins a deadly dance across the U.S.

Vox Pop: Dec. 7, 1992 (Grapevine)

Women Strike Back (The Week: Nation)

Packwood is the latest Senator to be accused of sexual misconduct

Word Watch: Dec 7 1992 (Grapevine)

A $2 Trillion Wish List (The New Russia / Policy)

Russia requires money and expertise beyond what even the richest donor nations can provide. But the West should still do more.

Culture: A Mind of Their Own (The New Russia / Culture)

On their voyage of reinvention, Russians grapple with the centuries-old question of what their national destiny should be

A Miracle Wrapped in Danger (The New Russia Special Report)

Democracy has come to Russia, but the imperfect and fragile system must still achieve three revolutions at once

The Military: An Army Out of Work (The New Russia / The Military)

Defense conversion will produce a painful metamorphosis

Cracks in The Dike (The Week World)

The Cuban trade blockade exhibits signs of strain

Death of the Dream (The New Russia / Views)

Not much is different for the young boy building a blast furnace in the Russia of 60 years ago and the youthful coke oven tender who labors in the same factory today

Back to Democracy (The Week World / Et Cetera)

Back to Democracy

Not Even a Nice Try (The Week World / Et Cetera)

Not Even a Nice Try

Foiled Again (The Week World)

Another coup attempt fails, but Perez still faces an unhappy Venezuela

Forgotten Tragedies (The Week World)

Holding Russia's Fate In His Hands (The New Russia / Politics)

In the absence of real democratic institutions, the nation's politics revolves around one man: Boris Yeltsin

Into The Breach (The Week World)

The U.S. offers its forces to defend Somali relief supplies

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia hoped the end of communism meant the beginning of a wonderful life (The New Russia / The Baltics)

But now many people are cold and fed up

Not On Ireland's Soil (The Week World)

Voters reject abortion at home as they reproach Fianna Fai

Nuclear Time Bombs (The New Russia Environment)

Not only is Chernobyl still a danger. So are many similar reactors, sunken submarines and radioactive waste dumps.

The Circle of Hate Widens (The Week World)

Germany's xenophobes may be targeting more than asylum seekers

The Dark Forces (The New Russia Opposition Groups)

Hard-liners who want to turn back the clock are steadily gathering strength

The New Gulf Arsenal (The Week World)

Iran's massive weapons-buying spree makes the West wary

Finances: The Unfulfilled Promise of Reform Means That Working-Class Families Are Just Scraping By (The New Russia / Finances)

World: Dec. 7, 1992 (The Week)

The Winter of Discontent (The New Russia Special Report)

Triumph of the Spirit (The New Russia Culture)

Change has also meant challenge for these five Russians, who are blazing new trails and making a difference in the lives of people around them

While Bosnia Suffers (The Week World)

Serbs block relief columns and continue to defy U.N. flight bans

Economy: Why It Still Doesn't Work (The New Russia / Economy)

Free enterprise is stalled in the clash between reform and reaction.

Saving Skin (The Week Health & Science / Et Cetera)

Saving Skin

Fortified Bread (The Week Health & Science)

The FDA considers adding a B vitamin to flour to help prevent birth defects

Not Crystal Clear (The Week Health & Science)

Zero-gravity protein is no reason to build a space station, say scientists

Parkinson's Progress (The Week Health & Science)

Three new studies show that fetal-tissue transplants do help patients

Halo, Goodbye (The Week: Society)

The head Guardian Angel admits some of his heroics were lies

Marge's Mouth (The Week: Society)

The Cincinnati Reds' owner sparks a furor over alleged racial remarks

There Goes Dr. Death (The Week: Society)

Again Jack Kevorkian aids in the suicide of another critically ill woman

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