Vol. 138 No. 15
NATION
America Abroad The Case Against Gates
American Notes Classics
Return of the Crayola Eight
American Notes Education
Not for Whites Only
American Notes Publishing
Little Tree, Big Lies?
American Notes Weapons
High-Caliber Reading
Big John Hoped They Would Cast Bruce Willis (Grapevine)
Brewing Up Some Business For Texas
Catching Serial Killers in the Spotlight (Grapevine)
Civil Rights: Test Case for a Gay Cause
Pete Wilson vetoes an antibias bill, dashing hopes for new laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation
Defense: Much Less Than Meets the Eye
By slashing the nuclear arms arsenal, Bush triggers a debate over whether the military budget is still too big. But even drastic cuts would not produce a windfall.
First We'Ll Open an Embassy At the Copa (Grapevine)
Immigration Give Me Your Rich, Your Lucky . . .
In the most sweeping policy revision in 25 years, the U.S. will welcome increasing numbers of Europeans and well-heeled foreigners
Long on Position, Short on Power (Grapevine)
The Political Interest Who Owes What to Whom?
The Public Relations Guys Made Me Do It (Grapevine)
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
Washington Perk City
Wonder why Congress is so arrogant about bounced checks? Perhaps because its members are so used to the freebie life.
Who Invited This Guy, Anyway? (Grapevine)
Who's Sorry Now?
Wholesale Politics
WORLD
Germany: The Fires of Hatred
Neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists create political unease by launching a spate of anti-foreigner attacks
Haiti One Coup Too Many
Haiti's soldiers fail to reckon with George Bush's determination to preserve -- maybe even restore -- democratically elected leaders
More Than A Little Priest
A charismatic firebrand, Aristide also proved to be a masterly politician
Soviet Union The Rebirth of St. Petersburg
Peter the Great's erstwhile capital is hoping once again to be Russia's window to the West
World Notes El Salvador
Killers or Fall Guys?
World Notes Japan
Going, Going . . . Gone
World Notes Soviet Union
Moscow's New Spymaster
World Notes Yugoslavia
Another Day, Another Truce
SCIENCE
In the quest to mend shattered landscapes, ecologists discover that human hands can heal nature as well as destroy it
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Cosmetics firms are touting new types of skin creams to ward off aging and cellulite, but so far the evidence is scant
The Dark Side of Halcion (Medicine)
Should millions of Americans be popping a sleeping pill banned in Britain for causing amnesia and depression?
PRESS
The New Republic, founded as a vehicle of the intellectual left, appoints conservative Andrew Sullivan as editor
RELIGION
Christian Science reverses its stand on an "unsound" book. Was it to fulfill the terms of a $90 million will?
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 138 No. 15 OCTOBER 14, 1991
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Vol. 138 No. 15 OCTOBER 14, 1991
BUSINESS
Now They're Talking
Business Notes Communications
Beauty and The Beep
Business Notes Entertainment
Mickey's Mini-Profits
Business Notes Entrepreneurs
An Ancient New Sport
If Rates Are Falling, Why Don't These?
Special Report: America's Run-Down Economy Aiming for Bush's Soft Spot
Democratic candidates hope to exploit his handling of the recession, especially his planned veto of the jobless-benefits bill
Special Report: America's Run-Down Economy A Slump That Won't Go Away
Thanks to the borrow-and-spend binge of the '80s, the U.S. remains burdened with problems that will frustrate growth for years to come
EDUCATION
Of course not. Equal opportunity is what America is all about. That is why there is growing criticism of the shameful disparities in funding.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A movie moppet at nine, Jodie Foster went on to become one of Hollywood's most talented actresses. Now, at 28, she has taken a bold directorial leap with Little Man Tate, and it's an audacious winner.
Heavy Metal Goes Platinum (Music)
Polishing their music, if not their image, rock's raunchy, long-haired rebels win a growing mainstream audience
Hollywood's New Directions (Cinema)
No longer entrusted simply with "delicate" movies, women directors have finally shown that they can do anything a man can do -- and often do it better
Running Off at the Mouth (Television)
Mothers-in-law from hell and other lunacies rule the proliferating talk shows
The Emperor's Old Files (Books)
The Journalist and the Murder (Books)
After deceiving the villain in Fatal Vision, Joe McGinniss errs anew by siding with the victim in Cruel Doubt
SPECIAL SECTION
South Africa's NADINE GORDIMER, awarded the world's most coveted literary prize, talks about Mandela, violence and social change
PEOPLE
Veteran Manhattan prosecutor LINDA FAIRSTEIN, tells how she goes about proving date rape and protecting victims from being violated a second time in the courtroom