Vol. 137 No. 7
NATION
As draconian funding cuts kick in, mass layoffs shake California's legislature and reduce Willie Brown to tears
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
A Quagmire To Come?
American Notes
DRUGS: Just Dying For a Fix
American Notes
ESPIONAGE: Oversexed and Underpaid
American Notes
FLORIDA: Killing Her Way to Fame
American Notes
MICHIGAN: The Return of Dr. Death
American Notes
WISCONSIN: Shotgun Weddings?
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Democratic Homework
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Fall Guy for the Chief of Staff?
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Gephardt's Head Cheerleader
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Not by Brutality Alone
Saddam Slept Here (Grapevine)
Scandal In Phoenix
Seven Arizona lawmakers are indicted in a bribery scam
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
The Comic-Book War
The Energy Mess
In the new plan the White House is about to unveil, Bush offers half a loaf: a boost for domestic oil drilling, short shrift for conservation
The Home Front: War's Real Cost (The Gulf War)
A small California mining town mourns a native son killed in a desert battle in Saudi Arabia
Time For Tough Choices
The White House presents a sober-minded budget that could shrink the deficit and end the annual bidding war
Unshackling The Troubled Banks
A sweeping reform plan would give big lenders new competitive muscle but is sure to face a fierce fight in Congress
WORLD
Apartheid's sad legacy: millions of black youths unequipped for the future
Soviet Union: The Empire Strikes Back
On the ropes for months, the Communist Party rebounds with a fighting message: Save Marxism and the Union at any cost
World Notes
BRITAIN: A Stab at The Heart
World Notes
CHINA: That Was Then, This Is Mao
World Notes
ITALY: New Name, Same Game
World Notes
SOVIET UNION: Risking Radiation
WAR & TERRORISM
In Need of Protection (The Gulf War)
Israel: Angling for the Postwar Edge (The Gulf War)
Fearing pressure to compromise with the Palestinians, Yitzhak Shamir carefully plots his strategy
On The Disco Front (The Gulf War)
Perceptions: Sorting Out the Mixed Signals (The Gulf War)
Bombarded with conflicting messages about the length of the war, many are confounded about what to expect next
Public Opinion: Can the Pro-War Consensus Survive? (The Gulf War)
In Korea and Vietnam, backing for war dissolved as the death toll mounted, but that pattern might be broken by a decisive U.S. victory
Shooting The Messenger (The Gulf War)
The Arab World: The Fuse Grows Shorter (The Gulf War)
Each day that Saddam survives the war he becomes more of a regional hero while the image of his opponents grows increasingly menacing
The Battlefront: Calculus of Death (The Gulf War)
Bush's decision on if and when to start the land war hinges on factors involving a grisly estimate of killed and wounded
The Press: Jumping Out of the Pool (The Gulf War)
) A growing number of reporters are circumventing military restrictions in hopes of getting a better picture of the war
SOCIETY
As their husbands battle in the gulf, wives and dependents at a Marine air base find solace in a Vegas-quality charity show
When Dad and Mom Go to War (Living)
The deadly reality of war comes home to the military couples separated from their children by Operation Desert Storm
RELIGION
An Episcopal bishop's unorthodoxy reaches epic proportions
TECHNOLOGY
New equipment -- and new attitudes -- help the disabled get back into the swing
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 137, No. 7 FEBRUARY 18, 1991
BUSINESS
AIRLINES: Darwinism Aloft
Business Notes
AUTOS: GM Gets a Little Slimmer
Business Notes
ENTREPRENEURS: Profits in Bloom
Business Notes
GOVERNMENT: Not Labor's Lady
Business Notes
SAVINGS AND LOANS: Audit at Your Peril
No Rain, No Gain
And much pain, as California's drought threatens a way of life
Pointing Toward Prosperity
An exuberant stock market has all but declared America's recession over. The public isn't persuaded.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
THE VERY BEST OF THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW; CBS; Feb. 17; 9 p.m. EST
BOOKS (Books)
Portrait of The Young Artist: A LIFE OF PICASSO, VOL. I by John Richardson
CINEMA (Cinema)
Women on The Verge of A Nervy Breakthrough: Bucking Hollywood's musclemania, Jodie Foster and a clutch of fine young actresses snag some serious roles
BOOKS (Books)
Working Lives: SIGN OFF by Jon Katz
TO OUR READERS
ESSAY
Saddam Made Me Do It