Vol. 138 No. 21
NATION
Fire in the Sanctuary
American Notes Elections
Pat for President?
American Notes Murders
More Death in The Mailroom
American Notes Nuptials
A Present From a Prince
Cover Story Condition: Critical
Millions of Americans have no medical coverage, and costs are out of control. Here are 10 ways to fix what ails us.
Driving Mr. President (Grapevine)
Forward Spin (Grapevine)
Louisiana The No-Win Election
The neo-Nazi and the rapscallion slug it out, and in the end, decency and the pocketbook prevail
Oregon's Value Judgment
Politics Why Bigotry Still Works At Election Time
When politicians rail about crime, welfare or Big Government, they are often really talking about race
The Gulf Will Do Nicely Without the Planes (Grapevine)
The Perks Go on . . . and on . . . and On (Grapevine)
The Political Interest
The Abortion Issue -- Again
Why the Preacher Is a Grinch (Grapevine)
WORLD
Fiddling While Dubrovnik Burns
Cambodia One Step Out of a Nightmare
Sihanouk comes home, bringing with him frail hopes that a U.N.-monitored peace might end his country's tragedy
China Comes the Evolution
Beijing's gerontocrats want Western trade and investment but are determined to save their system
Terrorism Solving the Lockerbie Case
Two Libyans are indicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 -- but how can Gaddafi's regime be punished?
World Notes Austria
Notch One for Nativism
World Notes Kenya
A Death Explained
World Notes South Africa
Culling the Springboks
World Notes Soviet Union
Face-Off With Boris
Yugoslavia The Human Cost of War
After 12 failed cease-fires, Croatians and Serbs are starving and dying -- and wondering why no one stops the bloodletting
SCIENCE
A voracious insect is chewing its way through California crops, and consumers across the U.S. may pay the price
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Their safety is unproved, but it's tough to ban something already used by 2 million U.S. women
Short Road to Heart Attacks (Medicine)
Small people are at risk, especially if they are hostile, potbellied, chain-smoking couch potatoes
SOCIETY
How Safe Is Sex?
When Magic Johnson announced that he had the AIDS virus, he put the risk of heterosexual transmission squarely in center court
The Dangerous World of Wannabes
Magic Johnson's plight brings fear into pro locker rooms across the country and spotlights the riskiest athletic perk: promiscuous sex
PRESS
Long shut out of the mainstream, black cartoonists are now livening up the nation's funny pages
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BUSINESS
Battling the Bimbo Factor
Business Notes Airlines
Midway's Hard Landing
Business Notes Banking
Hunt for the B.C.C.I. Bunch
Business Notes Entertainment
Snow Job From Up North
Business Notes Unemployment
A Bit More Cushion
Money Angles
What George -- and You -- Should Do Next
Organized Crime An Offer They Can't Refuse
Weakened by turncoats and convictions, Mob families are considering a strategic solution: the merger
The Economy Down and Dirty
Washington's easy-credit strategy has been a boon for borrowers, but its inability to start a recovery sends Wall Street into a sudden skid
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Last year's fizzled Bonfire is elegized in a book bristling with cruel Hollywood wit
Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)
Dashing And Demanding (Music)
With a superb new album, U2 reinvents itself
Divorce, Bochco-Style (Television)
CIVIL WARS; ABC; debuting Nov. 20, 10 p.m. EST
It's A Steal (Art)
The world's cultural heritage is being looted by thieves who often have ties to organized crime -- and even get help from the art world
Keep An Eye on the Furniture (Cinema)
The visual voodoo of an Addams Family portrait and the shimmering spell of a Disney cartoon are triumphs of style
Playwright's Own Story (Theater)
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA by Endesha Ida Mae Holland
The 30-Year Writer's Block (Books)
After much advance praise and even more delay, Harold Brodkey finally finishes his long-awaited first novel
The Ghosts of Studio B (Books)
PEOPLE
JOHN BRADSHAW, the leading guru on the self-help circuit, claims that we must all come to grips with our unhappy childhoods
Interview (Interview)