Vol. 135 No. 2
NATION
Police Presence
American Notes DRUGS
A Tighter Noose
American Notes FLORIDA
Kracking Down On Crack
American Notes HOMICIDE
Another Bloody Year
American Notes TREES
Made for The Shade
Medfly Madness
A pesky insect has Southern California up in arms
Seven Sorry Senators
A tidal wave of ethics cases may boost campaign-finance reform
The Presidency
Freedom's Multi-Ring Circus
WORLD
On the road from the border to Bucharest: people ricocheting between agony and elation, fear and hope
America Abroad
Glued to the Tube
Bombing Run on Congress
When Tyrants Fall
Defiant to the End
Panama No Place To Run
With Noriega cornered but not caught, was the pain of invasion worth the gain?
Passing The Manhood Test Operation
Just Cause was a triumph for American soldiers
Rumania Unfinished Revolution
Ceausescu is dead, but the country is entering a perilous new phase. Can the interim government win popular loyalty? Will the army take over? Does democracy stand a chance?
Soviet Union Cutting the Party Line
Moscow sweats to keep control
Vicious Keepers of the Faith
World Notes AUSTRALIA
First Time Unlucky
World Notes ISRAEL
The Outspoken Pilgrim
World Notes MIDDLE EAST
Time Heals Most Wounds
World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
Enrile Is Charged
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Growth hormone provides hope -- and the potential for abuse
PRESS
On a tight leash, journalists assail the Pentagon's pool system
SPORT
After a 14-2 season, the 49ers set their sights on the Super Bowl
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BUSINESS
Coke Updates A . . . Classic
Business Notes ARGENTINA
The Greenback Gets Respect
Business Notes CORPORATIONS
The Highflyers Hit a Low
Business Notes PUBLISHING
How Much, Malcolm?
Business Notes REGULATION
Turning from Wall to Main
The Price Isn't Right
Drug firms start to feel the heat as the cost of medication spirals
What Rimes with Citrus?
Bitter cold bites growers, refiners and consumers
EDUCATION
New York's new chancellor vows to restructure a troubled system
LAW
A federal lawsuit seeks privacy protection for cordless phones
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
American master Frederic Edwin Church's spectacular 19th century landscapes were the CinemaScope of his age
Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)
Fantasy Life (Books)
Giving Birth "Astride of a Grave" (Theater)
Samuel Beckett: 1906-1989
Hollywood On The Holocaust (Cinema)
Three holiday films recall the slaughter of European Jewry
Imposing On Reality (Cinema)
In The Driver's Seat (Show Business)
Actor Morgan Freeman eases into high gear
Millennial Megababble (Books)
Odd Hysteria (Books)
PEOPLE
VACLAV HAVEL, master of absurdist theater, philosopher of rebellion and veteran of Czechoslovakia's best prisons, becomes its head of state