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COVER: A Southern sweep gives Bush 'the Big Mo" toward the G. O. P. nomination
Momentum means crushing Bob Dole in 16 states and piling up 574 convention delegates in a single day. But Bush must still convince the public at large that he offers more than just loyalty to Ronald Reagan. -- For the Democrats, Super Tuesday ends in a three- way gridlock that could stretch to Atlanta. -- Garry Wills on Jesse Jackson' s politics of inclusion. See NATION.
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WORLD: Facing a U. S.- engineered cash crunch, Noriega may be ready to deal
The shortage puts Panama' s strongman in a painful squeeze. While he easily rides out street protests, the general may step aside if Washington drops drug charges. -- Besieged by critics, Israel' s Prime Minister Shamir prepares to visit Washington. -- The pace slows in Afghan peace talks, but a settlement is still in sight. -- Welcome to Medellin, the cocaine capital of the world.
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MEDICINE: Is the AIDS virus running rampant in the heterosexual population?
In their controversial new book, Crisis: Heterosexual Behavior in the Age of AIDS, Sex Therapists Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson answer yes, and provoke an uproar from the medical community. -- Amid popular confusion about the danger of AIDS, researchers are beginning to learn more about the virus and how it is transmitted during sex between men and women.
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Economy & Business
Japan challenges America' s reputation for innovation. -- After reform, taxpayers are caught in a brier patch of new rules.
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Press
Upstart Publisher Christopher Whittle launches a battle for previously undisputed territory: doctors' waiting rooms.
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Sport
Major league baseball teams are springing all around Florida, but the Grapefruit League state seems to have lost track of itself.
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Show Business
A puppet? For real? Whatever, NBC' s alien ALF is a lovable loudmouth who stars in the ratings and cleans up at toy counters.
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Music
In London, Conductor Roger Norrington lets Berlioz be Berlioz with performances of two masterworks on original instruments.
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Books
Physicist Freeman Dyson shows that science and imagination are Infinite in All Directions. -- Anita Brookner' s deft novel of illusion.
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Cinema
That caustic thriller The Manchurian Candidate is back after 25 years in the vaults. -- D. O. A.: this remake is dandy on arrival.
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Essay
Americans have too long been skittish about criticizing Israel and its policies. It is high time to show a friend what friends are for.
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10 American Scene
57 People
64 Education
68 Milestones
72 Living
Cover: Illustration by Daniel Schwartz