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COVER: In a terrifying dress rehearsal for the Big One, a killer earthquake shakes Northern California
Reverberating from the San Andreas fault, the tremor collapses roadways, causes more than 100 fatalities, levels homes from Santa Cruz to San Francisco and forces suspension of the World Series. The destruction would have been worse if the region had not been prepared. But nothing could prepare survivors for the emotional aftershock of the disaster.
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WORLD: East Germany gets a younger leader, but changes at the top may not alter the mounting crisis down below
Egon Krenz, 52, succeeds the deposed Erich Honecker, 77, but Krenz's hard-line credentials suggest that social and economic reform will not soon follow. -- In South Africa, the white government and black leaders tiptoe closer to negotiations. -- An interview with black leader Walter Sisulu. -- Touchy times for the Soviet press -- and Boris Yeltsin.
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BUSINESS: Why are computer sales stalling?
After years of red-hot growth, the industry is maturing. Companies are launching more products, yet few are truly innovative. -- But Compaq's new laptop is likely to score a hit.
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BEHAVIOR: Here come the Russian psychiatrists!
After a stormy session, the World Psychiatric Association decides to readmit the Soviet delegation -- with some important strings attached.
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SCIENCE: The golden treasures of mighty Nimrud
The first close-up look at a recently discovered trove of exquisite Assyrian jewelry that experts are calling the most significant archaeological find since King Tut.
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MUSIC: New maestros in two top jobs
Fresh winds are blowing through concert music as important orchestral posts in Berlin and Los Angeles go to innovative, vigorous conductors.
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CINEMA: Big bear plus little bear equals great Bear
Jean-Jacques Annaud's captivating fable comes to the U.S. after earning a phenomenal $100 million in Europe. -- Fat Man and Little Boy: Paul Newman drops a well-meaning bomb.
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ESSAY: When the earth cracks open and talks
Of all natural disasters, earthquake is somehow the most unnerving.
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77 Environment
77 Medicine
82 Religion
82 Milestones
86 Video
86 Nobel Prizes
87 Press
90 Books
99 People
Cover: Photograph by Rory Lysaght -- Gamma Liaison