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COVER: In the battle over exploitation of Alaska's vast resources, the tragic Exxon Valdez accident may give environmentalists the upper hand
While cleanup crews and local fishermen fight to contain the largest oil spill in U.S. history, Exxon faces mounting outrage over its role in the tragic episode, while policymakers ponder how to make sure it can never happen again. -- Resentful of international pressure, Brazil unveils a plan to help save the Amazon. See ENVIRONMENT.
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NATION: As Oliver North takes the stand, the Government says Bush made covert efforts to aid the contras
When he was Vice President, Bush personally assured Honduras that it would be ! well rewarded for its role in a secret U.S. plan to keep the Nicaraguan rebels supplied. -- Hugh Sidey on the incredible shrinking presidency. -- Racial bloc voting prevails in Chicago's mayoral election, but in Virginia the pattern may be broken. -- The strange exile of a terrorist target.
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WORLD: His economy struggling, Gorbachev substitutes new thinking for old orthodoxy in foreign policy
From Cuba to Poland to Viet Nam, Moscow is scaling back its costly involvement in cold war commitments. -- Invading guerrillas, an angry South Africa and ineffectual U.N. peacekeepers threaten Namibia's future. -- After 14 years of civil war, is Lebanon at the point of no return? -- In dealing with Israel, the U.S. tries a step-by-step approach.
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INTERVIEW: An ardent Israeli nationalist
Ariel Sharon lashes out against those who would surrender land, and has nothing nice to say about Yasser Arafat.
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BUSINESS: Eastern Air Lines gets a Designated Hero
But Peter Ueberroth's rescue plan must clear some tall obstacles. -- Northwest flies into the combat zone as oilman Marvin Davis pushes an unwelcome bid.
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LAW: Taking a look from the woman's point of view
Feminist legal scholars are challenging male bias in everything from textbooks to fundamental doctrine. -- The Supreme Court allows the use of "drug-courier profiles" to spot suspected smugglers.
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VIDEO: NBC launches a business channel for cable
CNBC is its name; financial and consumer news is its game. But some industry observers feel that NBC's new cable entry is really taking aim at Ted Turner's CNN.
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THEATER: Where to find good new plays? Louisville
The city's annual Humana Festival redeems its reputation with promising works by writers known and unknown. -- Temptation, by jailed Czech activist Vaclav Havel, opens off-Broadway.
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SCIENCE: Has the H-bomb's power been tamed?
Researchers rush to check out a startlingly simple experiment that could be the breakthrough in nuclear fusion they have sought for nearly 40 years.
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BOOKS: A masterly account of the French Revolution
Clearing away the Hollywood legends, Simon Schama's Citizens is both dramatic and thought provoking. -- Two vivid views of the U.S.'s tangled, bloody involvement with the Philippines.
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ESSAY: Is Congress engaged in a power grab?
Scolds complain that the Government is paralyzed, but bipartisanship means more than giving in to the President. The old maxim remains true: The duty of an opposition is to oppose.
6 Letters
10 American Scene
17 Critics' Choice
54 People
69 Milestones
78 Health
78 Behavior
80 Food
83 Cinema
Cover: Photograph by Jeff Schultz