Vol. 136 No. 27
NATION
Nightmare on The Night Owl
American Notes LOS ANGELES
Keeping The Loot
American Notes NEW YORK CITY
Jogger Trial, Act II
American Notes TENNESSEE
Death on A Foggy Road
Challenger: The Final Words (Grapevine)
Ghostbuster of the Week (Grapevine)
Godson of the Week (Grapevine)
How Low Can We Go? (Grapevine)
Postdated Counterinsurgency (Grapevine)
Rescue Mission
As Moscow faces its worst winter shortages since World War II, Bush offers food, cash and counsel to bolster Gorbachev's reforms
Sorry, Nonsmoking Strictly Prohibited (Grapevine)
Still The Teflon Don?
John Gotti sees "no problem" beating the rap yet again
Testing The Waters on Race
Republicans seek to exploit the quota issue but pull back -- for now -- as Bennett pulls out
The Louis Xiv Sun Visor (Grapevine)
The Presidency
Washington's Mother Christmas
Worth the Wait? (Grapevine)
Wretched Excess Citation (Grapevine)
Wrong Message, Wrong Time
WORLD
Woodrow Wilson in the Gulf
Toward A New Kuwait
Eastern Europe Populism on the March
A weakness for messianic leaders and ethnic mistrust, both lethal to democracy, infect the region's new democracies
Is Uncle Sam Being Suckered?
With the costs of Desert Shield likely to double, Congress fumes at those allies who seem to be weaseling out of their pledges to help
The Terror Of Hiding
In Kuwait ROBERT MORRIS spent 120 days in isolation, fearing the Iraqi soldiers and wondering whether he would outlast Saddam Hussein. Now he worries about the fate of the Kuwaitis.
World Notes ALBANIA
Goodbye, Stalinism
World Notes BRAZIL
The Plot Thickens
World Notes COLOMBIA
Score One for The Narcos
World Notes SOUTH AFRICA
Return of the Native Son
World Notes SWEDEN
No Fence, No Sitting
SCIENCE
School-age crusaders can be a pain in the neck, but they may be the best hope for the cause of preservation
Endangered Earth Update Is the Planet on the Back Burner? (Environment)
War and recession may be grabbing the headlines, but the relentless trashing of the world's air, land and seas continues apace
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Norplant could spur birth control -- and stir controversy
Mystery -- And Maybe Danger -- in the Air (Health)
A government review heightens concern about hazards of the electronic age
Red Alert on Red Meat (Health)
The link between high-fat diets and colon cancer gets stronger
SOCIETY
As Gucci reinvents itself, some of the old becomes new
Bringing An End to Limbo (Ethics)
A Missouri court affirms Nancy Cruzan's right to die after hearing "clear and convincing" evidence to support the move
You Can Go Home Again (Living)
Across the U.S., black Americans are returning to the South
TECHNOLOGY
Creating a new world is complicated -- and risky
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Vol. 136, No. 27 DECEMBER 24, 1990
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Vol. 136, No. 27 DECEMBER 24, 1990
BUSINESS
Body builder to megastar: Arnold Schwarzenegger has a huge following everywhere and the world on a string. It could only happen in the movies.
Business Notes AIRLINES
Heavenly Hash
Business Notes CONFECTIONS
Now That's a Hot Chocolate
Business Notes FINANCIERS
Beverly Hills Meets Motown
Business Notes INSURANCE
Spreading The Risk
Business Notes MORTGAGES
An ARM And a Leg?
The Leisure Empire
American entertainment has gone global and is changing both those who consume it and those who create it
EDUCATION
Bush fires his man, but will he now live up to his promises?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Schemes And Dreams for Christmas (Cinema)
On Santa's list: a Mafia don, a Master of the Universe and a De Niro Oscar?