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COVER: The U.S. plan for dealing with the U.S.S.R. is a do-nothing detente
American allies are likely to be disappointed with the message Secretary of State James Baker will carry to Moscow this week: The Bush Administration would rather hang tough and see what happens than top Moscow's diplomatic initiatives. -- Meet Eduard Shevardnadze, the master builder of Mikhail Gorbachev's foreign policy whose ice-melting smile hides the glint of iron teeth.
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NATION: The trial of Oliver North ends with an equivocal verdict -- and plenty of questions for George Bush
Accepting defense claims that he was following orders from higher-ups, the jury convicts the retired Marine on only three of twelve charges in the Iran- contra affair. -- A TIME poll finds most Americans want a pardon for North. -- A coal strike in Virginia that would astonish John L. Lewis. -- The strange career of a top congressional aide.
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WORLD: Despite common wisdom, mujahedin rebels are bogged down in their fight against the Afghan regime
Three months after Moscow's troop withdrawal, President Najibullah hangs tough in Kabul. -- Will Prince Sihanouk return home to Phnom Penh as the leader of Cambodia? -- Arafat "voids" the P.L.O. charter and scores a diplomatic success in Paris. -- Facing financial disaster, Argentina's voters consider putting a Peronist back in power.
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BUSINESS: A few giant carriers now dominate the airline industry, sparking fears that they will push fares to the sky
A decade of dogfights and mergers has eliminated hundreds of competitors, leaving control of the industry concentrated in fewer hands than ever before. -- Why computerized reservations systems have become vital to an airline's ability to compete. -- Under tough-guy chairman Robert Crandall, American Airlines is the leader in profits and popularity. -- A British advertising juggernaut bids for Ogilvy & Mather.
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& ENVIRONMENT: Modern pressures mean perilous times for the pyramids and other antiquities
After enduring for thousands of years, Egypt's priceless archaeological treasures, from Abu Simbel to the Sphinx, are deteriorating badly as a result of pollution, pressure from tourism and the country's burgeoning population. In a century or two the antiquities may be gone, and the entire world will share the loss. -- What others can do to help.
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PROFILE: A champion of older women enters publishing
Frances Lear was a feisty child, a frustrated housewife and finally a divorcee with big money. With it, she is trying to free her female agemates from the youth cult.
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SPORT: Want your favorite player's autograph? Pay up
Baseball heroes are selling their good names for cash at autograph marts. The old signings over dugout railings are fading as promoters keep the kids moving in assembly lines of dreams.
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ETHICS: Rationing health care may be the next step
With shrinking budgets and a growing load of uninsured patients, Oregon and California's Alameda County are setting priorities on what services they will pay for.
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RADIO: Crusading talk-show hosts are stirring up protest
They helped scuttle a congressional pay raise and have launched a campaign to boycott Exxon. But are these activists of the airwaves misusing their power?
5 Letters
11 Critics' Choice
12 American Scene
63 Science
66 Law
66 Milestones
74 Cinema
77 People
80 Books
87 Theater
90 Essay
Cover: Photograph by Regis Bossu -- Sygma