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SCIENCE: Giant accelerators are probing ever deeper into the subatomic mysteries of matter and energy
Armed with machines that cost hundreds of millions of dollars and span miles, researchers have forged a largely coherent model of the universe's basic building blocks. Now they are clamoring for the $7 billion-to-$8 billion superconducting supercollider, a mammoth device that may complete the picture -- or torpedo it. -- Can physicists ever fully understand the nature of matter?
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NATION: After years of frustration, the Senate acts to clean the air
But the compromises on acid rain and auto emissions leave environmentalists and business still squabbling. -- Muslim Comeback: The fight against crime and drugs gives new clout to the Nation of Islam. -- Iran-Contra: Poindexter is the scandal's ultimate fall guy.
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WORLD: Now, a hurry-up summit
The superpowers set an early date for a Bush-Gorbachev meeting, dispelling any question that the Lithuania crisis might derail the get-together. -- Before departing for Washington last week, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze spoke to TIME.
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BUSINESS: Punching it out with proxies
As leveraged buyouts fade, corporate raiders are rediscovering the good old- fashioned proxy fight. -- Japan and the U.S. agree on reforms to narrow the trade gap.
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SPACE: A sharp new eye will scan the heavens
The Hubble telescope is finally going into orbit to give astronomers their clearest views of the universe. The Pegasus rocket launches a new era of petite payloads.
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EDUCATION: The war against the Greeks
Fed up with hazing deaths, boozy parties, vandalism and sexual harassment, schools are telling fraternities and sororities to clean up their acts -- or clear out.
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PROFILE: Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas
He has progressed from wunderkind to celebrity to innovator. Beyond conducting, he has found time to enjoy science fiction, poetry and hiking in Utah.
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ART: A world where fantasy teases reality
The humorous, watercolor-washed humanism of Jean-Michel Folon, best known from posters and magazines, is accorded a museum retrospective at New York City's Metropolitan.
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VIDEO: In the new sitcoms, home is where the venom is
Inverting TV's traditional idealized image of families, shows like The Simpsons, Married With Children and Roseanne get down and dirty on domestic life -- and clean up in the ratings.
8 Letters
12 Critics' Voices
14 American Scene
19 Grapevine
62 Religion
65 Music
73 People
76 Press
76 Milestones
77 Technology
79 Books
84 Living
86 Theater
88 Essay
Cover: Illustration by Jean-Francois Podevin