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COVER: Hip, hyperkinetic and hot, talk-show host Arsenio Hall is rocking the boat in late-night TV

The star can't sit still, and the audience can't get enough of him. On the guest couch, rap groups rub elbows with Hollywood stars. Johnny Carson's newest challenger has grabbed a young audience by dusting off the stodgy talk format and holding a weeknightly party. Be there or be square.

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NATION: In a sudden warming of their chilly relationship, Bush and Gorbachev agree to a "saltwater summit"

There is no set agenda for next month's get-together aboard U.S. and Soviet warships in the Mediterranean, but much is at stake, including Eastern Europe's future. -- Emigrants from California have Seattle shouting, "Have a nice day -- somewhere else!"

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WORLD: Krenz tries to save his state from the sea changes in Eastern Europe

As thousands more East Germans flee to the West, the new President genuflects to perestroika in Moscow and his underlings call mass meetings to hear complaints. But events are bringing the two Germanys closer together. -- Ortega scuttles a cease-fire with Nicaragua's contras. -- A vibrant new middle class stirs in India.

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INTERVIEW: A Soviet soldier talks peace

Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev, Gorbachev's top military adviser, speaks with remarkable openness about his country's problems and its desire for an even faster pace toward disarmament.

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ENVIRONMENT: Does the Chernobyl cover-up continue?

Soviet legislators say officials knew the nuclear plant was unsound and that the truth about the disaster -- including bungled relief efforts -- is still being concealed.

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BUSINESS: "Made in the U.S.A." is regaining some of its former luster as American firms strive for quality

Thousands of companies have learned that if their products are second-rate, customers will take their business elsewhere. -- Ominously, the huge U.S. seizures of cocaine in recent months have done almost nothing to boost the price of the drug. -- Japan's Mitsubishi Estate picks up a piece of Americana with a major investment in Rockefeller Center. -- Ford buys a sporty number: Jaguar.

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RELIGION: Big church battles over gay clergy

As Lutherans brace for the ordination of a lesbian couple, Catholics face new reports indicating widespread homosexuality among priests. Can -- and should -- the age-old barrier be dropped?

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TRAVEL: Railroading never tasted so good

This week the American-European Express, refitted to five-star, died-and-went- to-heaven standards, will leave Washington and roll into legend. Care to come along?

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BOOKS: Tapping into children's sense of mystery

Author-illustrator Chris Van Allsburg would rather puzzle kids than teach them, and his 2 million sales suggest he's right. His latest: pictures for a retelling of Swan Lake. -- A Vargas Llosa novel.

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CINEMA: The "new Olivier" makes a brash Henry V

At 28, Kenneth Branagh is a British arts whirlwind: acting, writing, directing, managing his own rep company. Now he wants to make Shakespeare meaningful to moviegoers. It could work.

4 Letters

21 American Ideas

27 Critics' Voices

75 Science

76 Press

77 Law

90 Health

98 History

101 People

102 Education

102 Milestones

106 Living

114 Ideas

120 Theater

122 Essay

Cover: Photograph by Ted Thai