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COVER: A glut of lethal weapons. Are too many Americans now armed and dangerous?
A killer sprays a schoolyard with gunfire, police wage an arms race with trigger-happy criminals, and frightened citizens flock to buy firearms.
The U.S. is flooded with deadly weapons. Should AK-47 look-alikes be harder to get? -- Some Washington lawmakers think national service for the young is an idea whose time has come. -- Ted Bundy confesses and confounds to the end.
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WORLD: As the last of the Soviets leave Kabul, Afghans shudder at the prospect of the bloody siege to come
Afghanistan's war-weary people wonder when, not if, the Moscow-backed regime of President Najibullah will fall. -- A leftist attack reawakens Argentina's ugly memories of the 1970s. -- Nicaragua's Ortega says he is ready to make peace with Washington. -- The Soviet Union's first contested elections bring confusion and conflict.
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BUSINESS: Many workers act as if they own the place
Well, they're entitled, because they do. Employee stock-ownership plans, or ESOPs, have rapidly come of age as morale-boosting incentives and takeover tools.
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RELIGION: Life inside the Bible Beltway
From Quayle to Baker to Kemp to Nunn, big political names have joined Washington's prayer groups. -- European theologians criticize the Pope.
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PRESS: I Was a Socialist for the Wall Street Journal
In an extraordinary confession, reporter A. Kent MacDougall says that during his 24 years as a journalist he was a secret leftist "boring from within."
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LAW: A major setback for affirmative action
A Supreme Court decision spells trouble for government programs designed to aid minority businesses. -- Helicopter searches by the police get a green light.
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BEHAVIOR: The lasting wounds of bitter divorces
A family breakup is always a shock to the children, but a provocative report suggests that a disturbingly large number of youngsters are still feeling the trauma up to 15 years later.
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CINEMA: A great movie epic is gloriously restored
In the '60s David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia won seven Oscars and the hearts of a movie generation. Now the film that made Peter O'Toole a star is back, stronger and handsomer than ever.
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INTERVIEW: David Letterman, host of TV's funniest talk show, gets serious -- sort of -- about his career and his comedy
In 1982 he was a young stand-up comic with a little Tonight show experience under his belt. Now, on the eve of the seventh anniversary of his own late- night show, Letterman is riding high as TV's most inventive and influential comic. Yet he still looks up to Johnny Carson, gets annoyed at guests who don't come prepared, and wonders why some people think he's mean.
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TECHNOLOGY: The underground is Japan's frontier
Elaborate plans are being drawn up for 21st century subterranean cities that may relieve the country's space crunch. Offices below ground level could create a new class of vertical commuters.
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THEATER: Harlem goes to Broadway in Black and Blue
The sumptuous review is fun, but the funky essence of its blues numbers gets lost amid all the feathers and sequins. -- The revived Born Yesterday is a muddle today.
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13 Critics' Choice
14 American Ideas
57 Environment
70 Books
72 Show Business
78 Video
78 Milestones
81 People
82 Art
Cover: Photograph by Ulf Skogsbergh, Map by Frances Jetter