Vol. 137 No. 5
NATION
Bush's War Dividend
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Caught With Their Guard Down
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Freedom Fighters To the Rear
Iran's Deliberate Double Game (Grapevine)
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Not A Drop To Drink
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Pop Goes the Propaganda
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Rumors of War
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
Should We Be Meeting Like This?
GRAPEVINE (Grapevine)
The Quayle Question
WORLD
If Moscow and the Baltics do not find common ground soon, perestroika could perish in violence and repression
The West: No Cold War II
Where Are the Reformers?
They may be in the streets, but they're having trouble organizing an effective political opposition to Gorbachev's harder line
Where Have All the Rubles Gone?
World Notes
ANGOLA: A Green Light For Peace
WAR & TERRORISM
Children Crying: Under Iraq's Siege (The Gulf War)
With Saddam Hussein's missiles roaring overhead, Palestinian and Israeli youngsters in the Holy Land share the same dangers but not the same fears
Decoys: (The Gulf War)
Tanks but No Tanks
Environment (The Gulf War)
A War Against the Earth Torching oil wells and disgorging crude into the gulf, Saddam makes the planet his latest victim
Kuwait: Waiting for Liberation (The Gulf War)
While allied planes pound Saddam's occupying army, resistance fighters go from techno-euphoria to savoring U.S. tactics
Military Options: Three Ethical Dilemmas 3 (The Gulf War)
Should Carpet-Bombing Raids Be Expanded?
Military Options: Three Ethical Dilemmas 2 (The Gulf War)
Should a Nuclear Bomb Be Used Against Iraq?
Military Options: Three Ethical Dilemmas 1 (The Gulf War)
Should Saddam Hussein Be Assassinated?
Military Options (The Gulf War)
Three Ethical Dilemmas
Press Coverage: Volleys on the Information Front (The Gulf War)
Frustrated by pools, censorship and tight-lipped military officials, the media fight for more -- and more detailed -- news from the battlefield
Prisoners of War: Iraq's Horror Picture Show (The Gulf War)
Saddam parades allied captives before TV cameras, but the propaganda ploy merely underscores his contempt for accepted behavior
Saddam's Republican Guards (The Gulf War)
The Allies A War Machine That Works -- So Far (The Gulf War)
The coalition produces some winning air-war partners, but a ground battle may be ungainly
The Battlefront: A Long Siege Ahead (The Gulf War)
While the allies step up the air assault and Saddam hunkers down, both sides plan for a war lasting months, not weeks
The Commander: Stormin' Norman On Top (The Gulf War)
Eight years ago, Schwarzkopf predicted war in the gulf; now the plans he made for fighting it are guiding Allied strategy
The Fog Of War (The Gulf War)
As Saddam forces battered POWs to lie on Iraqi TV and the allies struggle to control the flood of news, the world is left unsure of exactly what is happening
The Home Front: Walking a Tightrope (The Gulf War)
For Americans of Arab descent, the war brings despair, anger, threats and fear for loved ones in the line of fire
The Weapons: Inside the High-Tech Arsenal (The Gulf War)
"Smart" bombs, fast planes and sharp-eyed satellites have made U.S. weapons into stars, but precision engineering can cut both ways
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Debate grows over when to publicize lifesaving research findings
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Vol. 137, No. 5 FEBRUARY 4, 1991
BUSINESS
American consumers react to war and hard times by hunkering down, embracing reality and trying to find a few bright spots
As Ever, Advertising Mirrors How We Feel
Business Notes
AIRLINES: Northwest Goes Dutch
Business Notes
CORPORATE LEADERS: Hold the Flamboyance
Business Notes
GAMBLING: Chips from the Old Block
Business Notes
RECREATION: Let Us Powder Your Trail
Business Notes
SPORTING GOODS: A Blowout In Sneakers
Fight Now, Pay Later
Costs in the gulf war could reach $1 billion a day, but so far Washington is dodging the issue of where the U.S. share will come from
EDUCATION
In Montana the old, one-room ways are still good ways
LAW
In Florida a federal judge rules that pictures of nude women can be considered a form of sexual harassment
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
BOOKS (Books)
Culture Clash: THE LAUGHING SUTRA by Mark Salzman
MUSIC (Music)
Fiddler's Turn: A modern lament finds a home on the charts
THEATER (Theater)
Glimpses Of Looniness: ASSASSINS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Life in A Big Glass (Show Business)
Gerard Depardieu has an appetite for wine, words and stardom
BOOKS (Books)
Rival Capitals of Fantasy: THE POWER AND THE GLITTER by Ronald Brownstein
ESSAY
A Dove Faces Up to War