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COVER: Skipper Dennis Conner presses his crusade to reclaim yachting' s grail
The best and unlikeliest sailor in the world cannot swim, does not really like sailing much, but single- mindedly loves competition. He has already written the book about how he comes back to capture the America' s Cup. Australian Iain Murray intends to rewrite the ending. -- All it takes to win is three years of planning, two years of training and millions of dollars. See SPORT.
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NATION: The State of the Union is vintage Reagan but hardly ripe for the time
Confronted with Democratic majorities in Congress and the still unresolved Iran scandal, the President resorts to familiar themes from his glory days. -- Capitol Hill' s new Democratic leaders offer a homespun rebuttal. -- A Senate investigation uncovers "real disarray" in the White House over Iran. -- Small private groups are finding creative solutions to the nation' s housing crisis.
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WORLD: Mikhail Gorbachev sets a bold agenda of reform for the Soviet Union
In a landmark speech, the Soviet leader offers a stunning catalog of troubles that face his country. He calls for new policies, but makes clear that nothing that would change the Communist Party' s role or power will be allowed. -- The U. S. bars travel to Lebanon, and Terry Waite vanishes. -- A bungled coup tests President Aquino as Filipinos prepare to vote on a constitution.
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Economy & Business
A White House assault on the horrendous trade deficit. -- More growth ahead for Europe. -- Toys that interact with TV.
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Science
A new book describes the research leading to a Nobel Prize in Physics and paints an unflattering portrait of the man who won it.
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Law
A libel suit over The Bell Jar sends a paradoxical message to writers and filmmakers: when you make things up, tell the truth.
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Books
Cambodian Witness remembers a country at war with itself. -- A Client Called Noah regards affliction with stoicism and comic belief.
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Art
At the Whitney Museum, the "appropriations" of Painter David Salle use images from mass media in smug, slack formulas.
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Video
ABC fights off a storm of protests against Amerika, its provocative mini- series about a Soviet takeover of the U. S.
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Living
Christian Lacroix conquers the Paris fashion world with bustles, ruffles and flaring taffeta. But how on earth does a woman sit down?
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Computers
At a Boston exhibition, robots display their growing intelligence by talking, drawing, feeling, seeing and playing a game of tic- tac- toe.
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Cover: Photograph by Daniel Forster