Vol. 135 No. 3
NATION
American Notes ALASKA
Redoubt Blows Its Top
American Notes BIRTHS
Bringing Out Baby
American Notes CALIFORNIA
Demise of a Novel Theory
American Notes IDEAS
The Mysterious Mr.-or Ms.-"Z"
American Notes THE WHITE HOUSE
Therapy for Sore Eyes
Cashing A Check
Fire When Ready, Ma'am
The invasion reopens the debate on women in combat
Hero, Suspect, Suicide
A bizarre murder inflames racial tension in Boston
Noriega On Ice
The chase over, will he now try to put heat on George Bush?
The Devil They Knew
How Noriega was transformed from CIA asset to public enemy
The Presidency
A $650 Million Flying Palace
WORLD
A fight to save the economy -- and the government
Disasters Close Shave off Morocco
An Iranian tanker spills nearly twice as much oil as the Exxon Valdez, but the immediate impact is far less dire
Eastern Europe Now, the Hangover
As the celebrations of freedom die down, the countries of Eastern Europe grapple with the sobering task of rebuilding their societies
Nicaragua Dangerous Highways
Did the contras attack church workers and kill two nuns?
Soviet Union Breaking Up Is Hard to Stop
Violence in the south and separatism in the north make nationalism Gorbachev's most pressing problem
The Philippines Cory, Coups and Corruption
Allegations of graft fuel resentment against Aquino
World Notes ALBANIA
Revolution By Balloon
World Notes COLOMBIA
Drug Thugs' Revenge
World Notes IRAQ
Lonesome in Baghdad
World Notes ISRAEL
On the Firing Line
World Notes SOUTH KOREA
Exercise in Exorcism
SCIENCE
Once inaccessible and pristine, the white continent is now threatened by spreading pollution, budding tourism and the world's thirst for oil
SOCIETY
Preserving the Printed Word Aaron Lansky's mission is to collect Yiddish literature
SPORT
The pollsters pass up Notre Dame
STYLE & DESIGN
Scott Strasser brings austere elegance to corporate America
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 135, No. 3 JANUARY 15, 1990
BUSINESS
Trendy sip: single-malt Scotch
Boom And Gloom
How is the U.S. economy doing? That depends on where you live
Business Notes AUTOS
Look, Ma, No Fumes!
Business Notes LABOR
Fresh Air in The Mine Shaft
Business Notes LANDSCAPING
That'll Cost a Lot of Coconuts
Business Notes LITIGATION
Stubbed, but Not Out
Business Notes REAL ESTATE
Bomb, Bomb On the Range
Penetrating The World of Dango
How Navy agents cracked a Japanese bid-rigging scheme
EDUCATION
Books are still king, but now there is so much more
LAW
The court weighs the constitutionality of student religious groups
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The age's "new" Sinatra hits his snazzy stride
Shades Of Gray (Cinema)
Shadowy Presence (Books)
The Spores of Paranoia (Books)
When The Pot Overflowed (Video)
SPECIAL SECTION
Surprising new facts emerge about the making of the H-bomb
PEOPLE
Not Quite Your Usual Historian (Profile)
Champion of imprisoned writers, chronicler of monarchs, LADY ANTONIA FRASER stirs controversy without even trying