Vol. 139 No. 3
NATION
Too Much Fowl Play
American Notes: Candidates
Then There Were Five
American Notes: Ethnicity
Watch Out For Wisians
American Notes: Job Safety
A Belated Crackdown
Get Timothy Dalton for the Part (Grapevine)
Gorby Has Other Irons in the Fire (Grapevine)
Nice Guys Finish Dead (Grapevine)
Organized Crime: A Gang That Still Can't Shoot Straight
When the trigger-happy Colombo family goes to war with itself, innocent bystanders had better look out
Presidential Upchuck Scorecard (Grapevine)
Texas Come Hell or High Water
A deluge shows how overbuilding at the edge of floodplains can put thousands of people at risk
The Other America
Who Could Live Here? Only people with no other choice -- and in Camden that usually means children
The Political Interest
Why Clinton Is Catching On
The Presidency Motion Sickness
The President's Sounding Board (Grapevine)
The Vice Presidency: Second Look at a Second Lady
Washington is wondering: If Marilyn Quayle became First Lady, would she make Nancy Reagan look good?
Trade and Politics: Mission Impossible
Bush's goal in Japan was "jobs, jobs, jobs" via greater U.S. sales. What he got was some promises -- and a bug that gave the world a scare.
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
WORLD
The Continent is suffering just as much economic pain as the U.S., and the partners will have to sink or swim together
Georgia Descending Into Chaos
Gamsakhurdia flees, clouding his new nation's future and sending a chilling message to the other republics on the state of democracy
Russia Looking Into the Abyss
Real hunger and fear of a coup stalk the citizens of St. Petersburg
World Notes: Greece
Striking Back
World Notes: Iraq
Rumor Mill in Overdrive
World Notes: the Philippines
Is Imelda a Shoe-In?
World Notes: Yugoslavia
Trying for a Lasting Truce
SCIENCE
Scientists are discovering that gender differences have as much to do with the biology of the brain as with the way we are raised
Is Sex Really Necessary?
Making Sense of la Difference
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The FDA, citing new safety worries, clamps down on breast implants
Making The Best Choice (Medicine)
TECHNOLOGY
Hand-held books with batteries are one bright spot in what looks like a gloomy year for consumer electronics
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 139 No. 3 JANUARY 20, 1992
BUSINESS
The Price Is Right
Business Notes: Retailing
Shrinking the Five-and-Dime
Business Notes: Scandals
Everything But the Sink
Business Notes: Technology
Bellying Up to The Bar Code
Compensation: Motown's Fat Cats
An unseemly spat over the salaries and perks of American and Japanese auto chiefs points up a weakness in the U.S. case for fair trade
Sexual Harassment: A Guide
An instant "how-not-to" book prompted by the Thomas hearings spells it out with classroom clarity
The Ceo Of Culture Inc.
Controversial Guggenheim director Thomas Krens is changing the way the world's art museums operate
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Australia's Family Ties (Books)
Binge And Purge at the B.O. (Show Business)
Moviegoing zigzagged sharply in '91 as Hollywood waited out the recession by talking cheap and spending big
Breaking The Jell-O Mold (Theater)
Blue Man Group is, yes, a group of men who are really blue, and their bizarre "art playground" is a sensation
Even Feminists Get the Blues (Books)
At 57, Gloria Steinem finally comes to terms with her childhood and realizes what she has been missing
Ms. Kidvid Calls It Quits (Television)
Activist Peggy Charren disbands her group, saying its job is done. But is children's TV really any better?
Seeing Life In Jazz Tempo (Art)
A major show gives the neglected Stuart Davis his due as a great, brash chronicler of the urban American scene
The Ultimate Other Woman (Cinema)