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$ NATION: Is it crazy to live on a fault line? Some Californians worry more about pesticides
Many shrug off quakes but fret about nuclear power and radiation. That kind of paradox has become common among Americans generally. But just what constitutes an acceptable risk? -- After the Bay Area shake-up, Los Angeles could be next. -- On the opposite coast, the sound of rebuilding echoes in the wake of Hurricane Hugo. -- How five U.S. Senators helped save a shaky S&L that will cost taxpayers $2.5 billion.
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COVER: As Gorbachev relaxes his grip on Eastern Europe, he proves once and for all that he seeks a different world
With Moscow's satellites going their own way, a new architecture must be created for the Continent. What should the blueprint look like? -- Reform rattles the three stubborn holdouts.
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LAW: A federal judge throws the book at Jim Bakker
The televangelist draws a stiff 45-year prison term, while the average American murderer gets only 20 years. Is the U.S. sentencing system fair or glaringly unequal?
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BUSINESS: Latin America's wealth gap keeps widening
Rich and poor live in different worlds. Unless government leaders can carry out reforms, their economies face financial disaster. -- Andrew Tobias on buying a car. -- The battle over Guber and Peters.
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PRESS: The No. 2 paper in D.C. tries harder
The Washington Times emphasizes scoops in an attempt to compete with the venerable Washington Post. But do such stories always deliver the truth?
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VIDEO: Eeek! TV unlocks a vault of horrors
Freddy Krueger is riding high, along with a murderer's row of monsters, aliens, demons and other grisly evildoers, in a batch of scary syndicated shows.
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PROFILE: Architect Maya Lin combines water, granite and truth in her newest work
Her Viet Nam memorial in Washington has become a touchstone for American feelings about that war. Now in Montgomery the artist has created the first- ever memorial to the civil rights movement -- a risky work that may delve even deeper into the American character.
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BEHAVIOR: Crack invades the middle class
On TV, the addicts are usually poor blacks and Hispanics from the ghetto. In real life, the problem is much broader, engulfing large numbers of professionals who smoke crack on the job.
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ART: The prolific, licentious genius of Giulio Romano
In Mantua, a show surveys the architect, designer and painter who was the city's aesthetic dictator in the 16th century and whose robust frescoes fall midway between Michelangelo and Walt Disney.
3 Critics' Voices
8 Letters
13 American Scene
63 Food
63 Living
81 People
83 Technology
84 Cinema
87 Milestones
100 Books
108 Essay
Cover: Photograph by Filip Horvat/Saba