Vol. 137 No. 15
NATION
"Gorby's Girls"
American Notes
ECOLOGY: Spawning a Controversy
American Notes
GAMBLING: Floating Crap Games
American Notes
JUDGMENTS: A Big Check From the IRS
American Notes
WASHINGTON: Tragedy Strikes Twice
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Can't You Yanks Take a Joke?
China's Eager Missile Merchants (Grapevine)
If You Can't Beat Bush . . .
Presidential Prankster
Is Ron Kaufman the new Lee Atwater?
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Sorry, Sandinistas, Your Lease Is Up
Star Wars Does It Again
In the latest dubious scheme for strategic-missile defense, the Pentagon is secretly building an atomic-powered rocket
Starving The Schools
Trimming budgets is not enough: school districts are being asked to slice right down to the bone, and children will be feeling the pain
The Kennedy Boys' Night Out
An evening of carousing, an accusation of rape and talk of a botched investigation roil the wealthy's favorite playground
The Porky Awards (Grapevine)
The Presidency
What Links These Six?
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Thumbs Down from Stormin' Norman
Till The Well Runs Dry
Hooked on growth and the splash of fountains, Las Vegas plots a water grab from rural Nevada and neighboring states
WORLD
When Monsters Stay Home
Iraq: Defeat And Flight
While much of the world sits back and watches, Saddam Hussein and his resurgent army send hundreds of thousands of Kurdish refugees on a piteous quest for sanctuary
Six Days with the Kurds
A TIME correspondent is on hand as the embattled rebels fight, then becomes part of a tidal flight to safety
The Course of Conscience
America and its allies confront a new dilemma: how to oppose military intervention but still take responsibility for the victims when the Saddams of the world run amuck
Who Are the Kurds?
Centuries of oppression have made them a people prepared to die for nationhood
World Notes
AFGHANISTAN: What Khost Victory?
World Notes
ALBANIA: It's Not Over By A Long Shot
World Notes
EGYPT: Nasser's Son Beats the Rap
World Notes
HAITI: A Shock to the System
SCIENCE
Is the ozone layer thinning faster than expected?
How The Nose Knows
Researchers discover the first known genes of smell and unlock one of the mysteries of the primitive brain
New Challenge to the Big Bang? (Space)
Peering to the edge of the universe, an adventurous probe seeks to discover the mysterious origin of gamma rays
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A new doctor arrives at the ailing National Institutes of Health to fight low morale, sagging wages and official interference
The Body Wins Round 1 (Medicine)
Research offers hope that the AIDS virus can be beaten
SOCIETY
A California ethicist teaches change for the better
The Perils of Being a Lefty (Living)
A sinister study shows that right-handers live longer than southpaws -- but have researchers fingered the right cause?
PRESS
Fresh from its triumphant war coverage and sporting a refurbished design, the Los Angeles Times positions itself to challenge the reigning journals of the East
SPORT
Determined daredevils once made their madcap leaps in the dead of night to avoid authorities. Now in parts of the U.S. they leap with impunity from hot-air balloons and 140-ft.-high towers.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
Business Notes
ANNUAL REPORTS: The Best of Buffett
Business Notes
CREDIT: When the Price Isn't Right
Business Notes
ENTERTAINMENT: Dances with Debt
Business Notes
SAVINGS AND LOANS: The Follies Go On
Workers: Risks And Rewards
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Graham Greene: 1904-1991
BOOKS (Books)
Classic Spooks: DARK STAR by Alan Furst
THEATER (Theater)
Home Alone: LUCIFER'S CHILD by William Luce
BOOKS (Books)
The Case of the AWOL President: PRESIDENT REAGAN: THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME by Lou Cannon
The Deity of Modern Dance Martha Graham: 1894-1991 (The Arts)
BOOKS (Books)
Young Einstein: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by Lisa Grunwald
PEOPLE
Chicago neurologist JACOB FOX sifts through the intricacies of the brain to separate the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease from spells of ordinary forgetfulness
Of Cows, Scuds and Scotch (Profile)
Just why did P. J. O'ROURKE, one of America's funniest writers, go to the Persian Gulf? And who let him come home?
TO OUR READERS
ESSAY
On Getting It Wrong