Vol. 138 No. 14
NATION
Fraternal Aid
American Notes Health Care
Anguished Testimony
American Notes Justice
Booze It And Lose It
American Notes Law Enforcement
Nabbing a Hit Man
Brent Scowcroft: Mr. Behind-the-Scenes
Cover Stories: Toward a Safer World
Breaking the dusty rules of arms control, Bush cuts the U.S. arsenal and invites Gorbachev to do the same. But Moscow should read the fine print.
First Strike Against the Democrats
Hey, Bobby, Love Your Getup! (Grapevine)
It May Not Be Art, But It Pays the Bills (Grapevine)
Putting It Together, Bit By Bit (Grapevine)
This Is Your Captain Snoring (Grapevine)
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
What Makes Samir Run? (Grapevine)
Why The Details Are Sticky
As his country crumbles, Gorbachev is happy about Bush's proposals on tactical nukes. But by keeping its submarine-launched multiple warheads, Washington has an advantage that will worry Moscow.
WORLD
They Come Bearing Hope
Communists: A Spymaster Returns Home
All he wants, says Markus Wolf, in from the cold, is to live in Berlin and write a children's book
Defiance, Resilience, Suffering
Iraq A Deadly Game of Chicken
Flexing his muscles, Saddam Hussein tries to prevent U.N. inspectors from examining nuclear documents
Mystery's End: A "Fifth Man" Is Unmasked At Last
Soviet Union: Four Desperate Days
A riveting diary kept by Anatoli Chernyayev, Gorbachev's top foreign policy aide, describes how plotters imprisoned the President in the Crimea -- and how the tide turned against them
World Notes El Salvador
High Time For Peace
World Notes Palestinians
No Joy in Algiers
World Notes Romania
Miners and Mayhem
World Notes Soviet Union
Rumblings in The Republics
World Notes Zaire
Army on The Loose
SCIENCE
Mummified remains of an ancient mountain climber give scientists a rare glimpse into life in the early Bronze Age
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Nonalcoholic beer is better and more popular than ever
Incest Comes Out of the Dark (Health)
As the taboos against talking about it crumble, thousands of Americans, like Roseanne Arnold, are going public with their stories of anguish and healing
My Own Story (Health)
SOCIETY
A witty and fanciful sex manual for the '70s is updated in cautionary fashion for the '90s
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
Parallel Turn
Business Notes Cosmetics
Lipstick with A Conscience
Business Notes Gambling
Talk About a Joystick . . .
Business Notes the Boardroom
A Very Un-British Coup
Business Notes the Economy
Stuck in The Ditch
Management: Too Much Flak Downs a Flack
Public relations powerhouse Hill & Knowlton boots its overbearing boss in a bid to restore its own sullied image
Marketing Beauty and The Bucks
More glamorous than movie stars, the supermodels of the '90s earn spectacular loot from their spectacular looks
Scandals: Gilt by Association
Bank of America's relationship with the corrupt B.C.C.I. was long, cozy and highly lucrative
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Frankly, It's Not Worth a Damn (Books)
In the sequel to Gone With the Wind, Rhett and Scarlett reunite, she heads for Ireland, has a baby and leaves the reader wondering why tomorrow ever came
Putting A Zeitgeist in a Box (Art)
A huge show revisits the three cities where Modernism flowered in the 1920s
What If Scarlett Sequel Fever Caught On? (Books)
SPECIAL SECTION
At three imperial moments, three Columbuses reveal something about their different eras
Just Who Was That Man? (History)
No one is sure what Columbus looked like, but enough is known about him that the dispute over his legacy should not obscure his real accomplishments
The Trouble With Columbus (History)
As the 500th anniversary of his New World voyage approaches, a fundamental argument about its significance is growing in stridency
PEOPLE
Once the Pied Piper to millions of kids, folk singer RAFFI no longer warbles about the wonders of childhood. His message is now one of environmental alarm.