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) COVER: Scientists have embarked on a bold $3 billion program to map genes and solve the mysteries of heredity
Headed by Nobel laureate James Watson, the project is ushering in a new era in medicine. Doctors may eventually be able to predict, cure and even prevent deadly genetic disorders as well as heart disease and cancer. -- The quest is already raising a host of thorny legal, ethical and philosophical issues, from discrimination to invasion of privacy. See SCIENCE.
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NATION: The White House finds that Bush's free-lance style leads to government by "ad-hocracy"
The President's ready availability and scattershot energies have boosted his popularity, but he has been slow to identify priorities and has bungled the delivery of his message. -- Computer espionage causes chills at the Pentagon. -- An explosion in San Diego raises the grim possibility of foreign terrorism in the U.S. -- A new wave of Irish immigrants is showing its muscle.
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WORLD: East and West show a rare eagerness to cooperate as conventional-arms talks get under way
Baker and Shevardnadze meet in Vienna with foreign ministers from 33 other nations and kick off a parley to redraft Europe's military map. -- Greece's embattled Papandreou fights back against an accuser. -- A journey into the heart of El Salvador's guerrilla war. -- American journalist Terry Anderson begins his fifth year of captivity in Beirut: a look at his tragic ordeal.
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INTERVIEW: Boris Yeltsin on Soviet politics
A fallen Communist leader discusses democracy, reforms and hitting the stump in a nation where former leaders rarely get a second chance.
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BUSINESS: Strikebound Eastern goes bust
But top gun Frank Lorenzo hopes to rebuild the airline. -- A new Third World debt plan. -- Time and Warner join forces to form a communications giant.
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EDUCATION: Black colleges enjoy a renaissance
Spurred by the appeal of a nurturing atmosphere and pride in a shared heritage, young African Americans are heading home to traditionally black schools.
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MEDICINE: A heart treatment's value is questioned
A study finds that artery-inflating balloon angioplasty is unnecessary if a heart-attack patient is given a clot-dissolving drug. -- Snuffing the common cold?
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CINEMA: High Hopes takes on Thatcherism
This little gem from the revitalized British movie industry is a satire on Maggie's England and a fresh family drama as well. -- Slaves of New York lacks survival smarts.
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DESIGN: Building with ideas, dreams and fussy details
A MOMA show marks the growing influence of Steven Holl, 41, whose ascetic yet lyrical architecture points a way out of the modernism-classicism standoff.
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BOOKS: Reporter Carl Bernstein digs into his own past
Loyalties is a candid, powerful memoir of his struggle to understand his ex- Communist parents. -- Nobel laureate William Golding winds up his seafaring trilogy. -- A rich tale of the I.R.A.
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LIVING: Hey, you guys, where are you taking those duds?
Valentino and Romeo Gigli, two of Italy's most visible designers, have outraged the motherland by announcing they will show their clothes in Paris. Some call it treason.
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10 American Ideas
20 Critics' Choice
51 Video
51 Milestones
76 Religion
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Cover: Photograph by Dennis Chalkin