Time

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COVER: Can George Bush emerge from the shadow of Ronald Reagan?

After seven years of loyal service, the Vice President must offer his own vision to America. Will the Reagan legacy harm or help him? -- "I' ve been underestimated over and over again," Bush tells TIME. "He' s a blank slate," says Michael Dukakis. -- Garry Wills on the rise of the ultimate yes- man. -- Calvin Trillin discovers a newer, prepackaged New Orleans. -- See NATION.

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WORLD: Violent protests in Burma bring down a despised strongman

But will the fall of President Sein Lwin put an end to a quarter- century of harsh one- party rule and isolation from the rest of the world? -- The impending agreement between South Africa, Angola and Cuba is a triumph for U. S. Diplomat Chester Crocker. -- Iraq and Iran agree to a cease- fire, but chemical weapons, those hellish poisons will remain the disturbing legacy of their war.

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TECHNOLOGY: All aboard the maglev, the levitating, hyperfast train of the future

The race is on to build a new breed of trains. With the aid of electromagnets, they will whiz along at speeds of around 300 m. p. h. When they arrive, perhaps in the 1990s, they could revolutionize travel and relieve the pressure on the jammed and increasingly unfriendly skies. The question is who will dominate the market -- the West Germans or the Japanese?

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Economy & Business

Rupert Murdoch takes a $3 billion magazine gamble. -- Interest rates jump. -- The honeymoon is over for Moet and Vuitton.

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Religion

The world' s Anglican bishops barely paper over their cultural differences on women clergy, homosexuality and other matters.

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Law

In a major defeat for the prochoice movement, a federal court upholds a Minnesota law that restricts teenagers' right to abortion.

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Sport

A sellout crowd roars, television is served and a bright tradition dims as Wrigley Field becomes the last in baseball to light up.

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Cinema

In Jonathan Demme' s nifty Mafia farce, Married to the Mob, Michelle Pfeiffer certifies her rep as dream queen of '80s comedy.

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Ethics

A lesbian' s fight to see her disabled lover becomes a cause celebre for handicapped- and gay- rights activists across the country.

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Science

Astronomers discover and photograph a galaxy 15 billion light- years away, the most distant yet seen by man.

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Show Business

A new movie, Clean and Sober, spotlights Hollywood' s changing -- well, vacillating -- attitude toward drug and alcohol addiction.

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9 Critics' Choice

12 American Scene

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65 Books

69 Medicine

69 Milestones

72 People

74 Photography

Cover: Photograph by William Coupon