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THE GULF: Everybody is talking, but there isn't much to negotiate in the gulf
Both sides in the crisis seem to be looking for an exit, but neither gives way on its basic -- and irreconcilable -- demands. -- In an interview with TIME, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak voices fears of war. -- The loudest dissent against Bush's gulf policy comes from, surprise, the right wing.
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NATION: Black and female candidates are making politics a new ball game
For years, white males have had elections all to themselves. But the tactics they devised for running against each other can ricochet when their opponent is female or nonwhite. -- The other war -- on the mounting deficit -- resumes in Washington this week. The deficit is likely to win.
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WORLD: Civil war and tribal carnage in Liberia
No peace for West African troops to keep. -- East and West Germany have a bout of pre-unity nerves. -- In the Mohawk impasse, Canadian troops stage a raid.
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BUSINESS: Where to put your money in a time of crisis
TIME's Money Angles columnist offers survival guidelines for a time of economic turmoil. -- Who invented the microprocessor? Gilbert Hyatt did.
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LIVING: For the millions of workers who must make do on the minimum wage, life is no American Dream
These are the families whose entire household budgets shudder when the price of gasoline rises a dime a gallon; whose sons and daughters join the Army to pay for their schooling; whose jobs are most vulnerable when the economy crawls toward recession.
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PRESS: On a short leash
In the post-Vietnam era, reporters covering the gulf crisis must contend with a long list of Pentagon rules.
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ETHICS: Demanding the gift of life
In Illinois a father sues to force his three-year-old twins to donate bone marrow to save the life of his other son. If the courts agree, where will they draw the line?
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PROFILE: No one knows dinosaurs like Jack Horner
The unconventional paleontologist wants you to know them too. Who cares what killed them off? Horner is more interested in how they lived.
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MUSIC: A jazz masterpiece finally gets its due
More than two hours long, the late Charles Mingus' Epitaph blends atonal passages and improvised solos in a style as challenging as Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
8 Critics' Voices
11 American Scene
17 Grapevine
75 Nature
75 Religion
79 People
81 Theater
81 Milestones
82 Cinema
85 Books
87 Science
94 Essay
Cover: Photograph by Peter Kurz -- Gamma Liaison