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COVER: Defiance rocks the Communist world. China resists while Moscow and Warsaw struggle to reform

From the Baltic to the China Sea, people strain against the confines of the system, demanding a fair share in their own governance. -- Hard-liners take China's helm, but the old compact between the people and their leaders is shattered. -- Solidarity whips the Communist Party, causing a constitutional logjam. -- Wherever he turns, Gorbachev faces hard lessons and unhappy citizens.

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NATION: Bush responds to China's agony

As Americans stage a hurried exit from the chaos in Beijing, the President seeks to preserve U.S. strategic and commercial interests while underscoring American support for freedom.

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WORLD: As the Imam is buried, his heirs close ranks

Khomeini's funeral ignites a frenzy as bizarre and incomprehensible as the passions he stirred during his ten-year rule. But the clerics move swiftly to designate his successor.

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BUSINESS: A bid for Time Inc. stirs a clash of the titans

Paramount's hostile takeover proposal imperils the Time-Warner deal and sets the stage for a free-for-all in which the ownership of all three communications giants could be up for grabs.

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| SHOW BUSINESS: The Caped Crusader flies again

It's a comedy . . . it's a psychodrama . . . it's Batman! From the director and star of Beetlejuice comes a dead-serious gloss on the cave-dwelling superhero. Its producers will be happy, in this summer of the sequels, if moviegoers of the future remember Tim Burton's movie as Batman I. -- Broken Bat: the film reviewed.

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BOOKS: A sampler of fine fiction for summer reading

Mysterious, romantic or comical, written by savvy veterans or bright, fresh talents, here are nine novels and story collections for the beach, hammock and porch.

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FOOD: When women man the stockpots

More and more women are bucking the old stereotype that they are not strong enough or creative enough to wear the chef's toque and lead a kitchen staff.

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ESSAY: An expatriate returns to a new world

The distance between Paris and Los Angeles is measured in light-years, not flying time. The newcomer still wears a necktie, but he now calls his banker Judy.

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52 Medicine

53 Religion

54 Interview

56 Education

56 Milestones

59 People

62 Video

62 Environment

64 Living

Cover: Photograph from ABC News