Vol. 134 No. 12

NATION

"Silent Sam" Speaks Up

A Threat to Freedom?
Civil liberties could be a casualty of Bush's war on drugs

American Notes ECOLOGY
The Great Turtle Escape

American Notes IRAN-CONTRA
Poindexter and The Presidents

American Notes MONTANA
A Historic Load of Bull

American Notes THE NAVY
The Blast Was "Intentional"

WORLD

"Mr. Europe" Leads the Way

A Movement but No Revolution

Britain Around and Around in Circles
Who -- or what -- is creating those mysterious crop-field rings?

Charging Ahead Watch out, Washington and Moscow.
Flush with money and increasingly unified, Western Europe is marching to its own drummer

China Another Little Red Book
Are the hard-liners closing in on Deng Xiaoping?

Colombia Passing the Extradition Test
By shipping Martinez to the U.S., Barco defies the coke lords

SCIENCE

Playing with Fire (Environment)
Destruction of the Amazon is "one of the great tragedies of history"

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Dashing Way to Dine (Food)
Services deliver restaurant meals to couch-bound gourmets

SOCIETY

A Hard Case of Contempt (Ethics)
Elizabeth Morgan: Mother Courage or a paranoid liar?

Death Wish (Ethics)
A Georgia quadriplegic wins the right to end his life

BUSINESS

Business Notes AGRICULTURE
This Is No Way to Grow

Business Notes AUTOMOBILES
From Turbo To Trouble

Business Notes BANKING
Credit Where None Was Due

Business Notes CATALOGS
Move Over, Paul Newman

Business Notes EAST-WEST TRADE
Coffee, Tea Or Vodka?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)

Hoots And Howls at Ads (Show Business)
Viewers are resisting commercials in theaters and on tapes

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

Feeling Low over Old Highs