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COVER: The superwomen are weary; the young are complacent. Is there a future for feminism?
In the '80s American women learned that "having it all" meant doing it all, and some look back wistfully at the simpler times before women's liberation. But very few would really like to turn back the clock. As America heads into the '90s, the battle over abortion rights is regalvanizing feminism, amid a slow awakening to the realization that there's still a long way to go.
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EAST-WEST: Yet another regime topples in Eastern Europe, helping set the agenda of the Malta summit
Following eight nights of tumultuous demonstrations and calls for democracy, Czechoslovak party leader Milos Jakes resigns. The day in 1968 that Soviet tanks rolled into Prague. Prepping for his shipboard sessions with Gorbachev, Bush gives some signs that the meetings just might go beyond the get- acquainted exercise he originally envisioned. How the President's thoughts on the Soviet Union -- and its daring leader -- have evolved from standoffishness to engagement.
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NATION: The White House applies a litmus test
The key to jobs is often abortion foe John Sununu. Charles Keating takes the Fifth on his savings and loan debacle. Congress passes a budget that includes (Shhhhh! Don't tell Bush) tax increases.
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WORLD: Rebels in El Salvador besiege a hotel
The leftists' new offensive shows some staying power, as critics in Washington raise more questions about the murder of six Jesuit priests. A President is assassinated in Beirut.
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INTERVIEW: Mother Teresa, doing God's work
In bringing succor to the poor and dying of Calcutta and Kalighat, Mother Teresa finds richness in utter poverty and hope in the darkest corners of despair.
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RELIGION: Ending a bitter 72-year war against the church
Gorbachev's implausible visit this week to Pope John Paul II, who helped ^ inflame the fervor for freedom, follows an era of brutal Kremlin terror against Eastern Europe's Christians.
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BUSINESS: An ill wind blows for the Soviet economy
So far, perestroika has only aggravated food shortages and increased public discontent. Robert Ball on business prospects in Eastern Europe. The White House waffles on high-tech funding.
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TRAVEL: With the high season fast approaching, the battered Caribbean rushes to be ready
When Hurricane Hugo ravaged America's paradise from Guadeloupe to Puerto Rico, the tourism industry shuddered to a halt. After two months of eager, endless work, most islands have recovered, but devastated St. Croix is still struggling to rebuild its ruins -- and its image.
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70 Ethics
79 People
92 Video
94 Technology
96 Books
101 Cinema
101 Milestones
102 Profile
Cover: Sculpture for TIME by Marisol. Courtesy Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Photograph by Roberto Brosan