Vol. 124 No. 24
NATION
Comparing Tax Wish Lists
Boom Times for Lobbyists
A Declaration of Independence
The Watchword Is Wariness
Fireball In the Mojave
Sweet and Sour
Picking Up the Czech
Boston Horror
Leaving a "Righted" Ship
WORLD
Bare Cupboard (ETHIOPIA)
Curtain Up (POLAND)
Disaster Averted (ITALY)
Drug Bang (COLOMBIA)
Second Round (EL SALVADOR)
Free Again (URUGUAY)
Show of Force (CHILE)
Return of the First Brother (SYRIA)
The Survivor's Stratagem (MIDDLE EAST)
A Chop for the Lunch Break (CHINA)
Hawke Outflies Peacock (AUSTRALIA)
Buying an Insurance Policy (THE GULF)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A feat of heart surgery sharpens the debate over benefits and costs
High Spirits on a Plastic Pulse (Medicine)
Earning Profits, Saving Lives (Medicine)
PRESS
Truths Heard and Unheard (Newswatch)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Kidnaping of a Moonie (American Notes / CRIME)
Tying the Knot with Iraq (American Notes / DIPLOMACY)
Praising the Speed Limit (American Notes / TRANSPORTATION)
Marching Against Apartheid (American Notes / PROTEST)
BUSINESS
Booming Sales in Toyland (Economy & Business)
History's Biggest Stock Offering (Economy & Business)
No More Farming for Harvester (MERGERS)
Pink and Green and in the Red (BANKRUPTCY)
A Mazda Mustang? (AUTOS)
Big Oil's Housecleaning (CORPORATE STRATEGY)
Back to Basics (BIRTH CONTROL)
EDUCATION
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Good Time (Cinema)
A Library to Celebrate the Holidays (Books)
The Attack of the Alien States (Show Business)
Trapped in a Musical Elevator (Music)
Petit Opera, Not Grand (Theater)
Art Is Messy (Theater)