Time Magazine Contents Page
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NATION: Hoping to avoid a bruising confirmation fight, the President chooses a mystery man for the Supreme Court
David Souter's views on major constitutional issues -- especially abortion --are largely unknown. He could be a Stealth candidate whom George Bush can slip past the Senate. -- The bookish nominee has a deep respect for tradition. Does he have a heart?
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WORLD: Brazil's Fernando Collor de Mello tries the most radical economic reform ever -- but struggles to make it stick
While economists believe Collor's program is well reasoned, it has angered Big Business, alienated much of the middle class and invited the risk of a major recession. -- Old demons vs. new democracy could re-Balkanize Yugoslavia.
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BUSINESS: Iraq emerges as oil's crude enforcer
Saddam Hussein cows his overproducing neighbors and prompts OPEC' s first price increase in four years. -- Eastern Air Lines gets a tough rap for poor maintenance.
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RELIGION: Surprise leader for the Anglicans
Lack of the usual upper-crust credentials could be a plus for George Carey, a junior English prelate from the evangelical wing who is the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
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EDUCATION: Mining diamonds in the rough
An unusual program in North Carolina propels young blacks toward college by involving parents and administering large doses of sustained attention.
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LIVING: A new generation of roller coasters hurtles their human cargo through hair-raising plunges, stomach-churning twists and turns, unrelenting loops and rolls, and more!
* Faster, higher and wilder rides are roaring into amusement parks. These megacoasters use computer technology and sophisticated engineering to create rides that send coaster enthusiasts reeling and keep them coming back for more and more.
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TECHNOLOGY: The search for artificial life
Some scientists believe the programs inside their computers could actually be alive. What's really frightening is that they may just be right.
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SHOW BUSINESS: What's up, Doc? Cartoons are back!
It was a craft that had sadly fallen into neglect. But spurred by hits like The Simpsons and The Little Mermaid, animation on both the big and small screen is booming once again.
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PROFILE: Is she the elusive new woman executive?
At 37, Robin Burns is the new head of Estee Lauder. She hates hierarchies, loves risks and schussing through a negotiation as if it were powder on a slope in her native Colorado.
8 Letters
13 Grapevine
45 People
57 Science
57 Milestones
65 Sport
75 Law
76 Behavior
79 Medicine
79 Press
80 Design
82 Essay
Cover: Illustration by Paul Davis