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Sep 10, 1990 Vol. 34 No. 10

A Mother's Duty

September 10, 1990

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A Mother's Duty

Their Country Called, and Now, the Working Mothers of America Face Danger, Loneliness—and the Fear That Some of Them Might Not Live to See Their Children Again

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Table of Contents

Articles

In This Issue

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In Patriarchal Saudi Arabia, a Woman's Place Is Still in the Home, Not at the Front

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Colin Powell, America's Top Soldier, Has Taken His Influence from Harlem to the White House

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A Wisconsin Helicopter Crash Claims a Blues Legend-in-the-Making, Guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Serving Life for Murder, Inmate Editor Wilbert Rideau Makes the Most of His Single Freedom—Expression

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Sandra Bernhard Has a Real Attitude Problem, and Fans Like It That Way

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For New Age Ice-Cream Moguls Ben and Jerry, Making 'Cherry Garcia' and 'Chunky Monkey' Is a Labor of Love

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Eric Utne Created the Impossible: a Reader's Digest That Both Baby Boomers and Highbrows Can Love

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Sprung from Finland's Frozen Wastes, Renny Harlin Is the Hot Young Director Behind the Sizzling Action in Die Hard 2

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Harold Hayes's Widow Recalls the Valiant Last Days of a Writer Who Was Racing Death to Finish His Book

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His Haunting Mood Music Makes Composer Angelo Badalamenti the Lynch-Pin of Twin Peaks's Success

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And the Winner of the Miss America Pageant for 1990 Is...Bert Parks, Back from His Crowning Indignity

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A Vital Operation Delayed, Time Runs Out for a Beloved Teacher

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Suburban Cowboy John Peterman Rides the Long Coattails of His Dude-Ish Duster to Catalog Success

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In the Name of Domestic Glasnost, Deborah Tannen Tries to Bridge the Linguistic Gap Between the Sexes

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Olga Havel

Czechoslovakia's Reluctant First Lady Has Stood by Her Man Through Thick and Much Thin

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Doggone? Bloodhound Ron Dufault Runs Around in Circles to Help Pet Owners Find Their Missing Pooches

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Still One of Our Favorite Things, The Sound of Music Cast Returns for a 25th-Anniversary Von Trapp Reunion

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Royal Watch

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Also In This Issue

Mailbag

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Insider

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Passages

Pg. 148

Chatter

Pg. 156

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