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COVER: When casino gambling came to Atlantic City, residents rejoiced. Now a town known for fleecing suckers looks like the victim of its own con job
The gambling palaces have revived the tourist trade and poured billions into the economy, but behind the glitzy facade is the Inlet, where the razzle- dazzle seems like a bad joke.
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NATION: New York could be the next city to elect a black as mayor
Dinkins wins the Democratic primary by stressing racial reconciliation. -- A flap over a gay prostitute leads the list for congressional sex scandals. -- Spreading farms and urban sprawl pose a deadly threat to Florida's Everglades.
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WORLD: Thousands of East Germans stage an exodus to the West
Hungary's open-door policy further fractures the Warsaw Pact. Meanwhile, back in Honecker land, there are feelings of frustration with an aging dictatorship. -- Are Russians the victims of discrimination in the Baltic states?
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PROFILE: Norway's not-so-secret weapon
Greens love her, feminists hail her, and the rest of the world tosses bouquets, but Prime Minister Gro Brundtland finds that being a visionary is harder than it looks.
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BUSINESS: Will takeovers impair air safety?
The airline-buyout binge raises fears that maintenance could suffer. -- Robert Campeau puts Bloomingdale's up for sale as his leveraged empire starts to crumble.
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ENVIRONMENT: The stain still remains on Alaska
After spending six months and $1 billion, Exxon shut down its cleanup of the nation's worst oil spill. But no one knows how long it will take Prince William Sound to recover fully.
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EDUCATION: Sticker shock at private colleges
As fall tuition bills arrive, parents rage over skyrocketing prices, while schools blame their own soaring costs. -- How much is an Ivy degree worth?
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VIDEO: Saturday Night Live marks an anniversary
It was the show that changed television and spoke for a generation. But is NBC'S comedy series, about to launch its 15th season, still at the cutting edge?
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TECHNOLOGY: Time for some fuzzy thinking
An obscure professor's oddball approach to computer science, long neglected in the U.S., struck a cultural chord in Japan and is beginning to pay off.
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SPORT: You gotta have wa
In Japan, as in the U.S., baseball is a game of runs, hits and errors. But Japanese teams know the real ingredient for victory on the diamond is plenty of wa.
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ESSAY: Thinking about one Germany
As the smoke and fog of the cold war dissipates, so does the postwar division of Europe. It may not yet be polite to say so, but the German question is back.
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