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WORLD: Waiting for Nelson Mandela's anticipated release, South Africa stands at a political crossroads
In search of a just and peaceful future, millions of blacks and whites look to Mandela and President F.W. de Klerk to negotiate on power sharing. The education of De Klerk. -- What role did sanctions play? -- Mikhail Gorbachev faces another Afghanistan in Azerbaijan, and a Soviet general offers an eyewitness account of the bloodshed.
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NATION: Bush's narrow victory on his China policy foreshadows a rough year with Capitol Hill
Frustrated by the President's easygoing popularity, congressional Democrats are abandoning last year's spirit of bipartisan cooperation. -- On abortion, the G.O.P. plans to finesse. -- Mayor Marion Barry retreats to a Florida clinic, while Washington wonders who will clean up the mess.
INTERVIEW: A radical AIDS activist
Larry Kramer believes it is necessary to confront the government, the church and industry in order to fight the deadly plague.
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BUSINESS: All of a sudden, the bears are on the loose
Rising global interest rates spook Wall Street and threaten the U.S. economy. -- Video fans rush to build home theaters. -- Moscow faces a Big Mak attack.
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SPORT: Field of dreams, Super Bowl style
Drawn by forces they do not understand, politicians, overweeners and all the grand sachems of the nation's football tribes congregate in New Orleans.
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$ SPACE: The Japanese take a shot at the moon
A bid to be the third country in history to reach earth's nearest neighbor is only the first step in the island nation's long-term interplanetary strategy.
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TECHNOLOGY: Could they hit Air Force One?
A report that Colombian drug lords may be stockpiling antiaircraft missiles focuses attention on the President's plane and the electronic gear that guards it.
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ART: Revisiting the Bay Area painters' rebellion
In San Francisco an exhibition recalls how local artists shook loose from the dominant abstract-expressionist style of the 1950s to meld it with traditional figure painting.
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65 Environment
65 Health
66 Press
66 Milestones
67 Books
73 Cinema
75 Theater
77 People
78 Essay
Cover: Illustration by Paul Davis