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THE GULF: Quickening its military buildup, America prepares for war
As an international embargo begins to squeeze, Saddam adds American diplomats to his collection of Western hostages. U.S. forces are soon to be strong enough to go on the offensive. The biggest fear is that Iraq will attack civilians with poison gas. With events spiraling out of control, only an extraordinary breakthrough seems capable of averting disaster. -- Americans are rallying around the flag. But their long-term support depends on Bush's leadership. -- Saddam tries to put a kinder, gentler face on his seizure of thousands of hostages -- and fails.
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NATION: Fearing war and dreading an oil shock, financial markets sink
The showdown in the Persian Gulf has touched off a panic. In a month, investors in the U.S. have lost more than $600 billion. -- California debates a thicket of environmental proposals.
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BUSINESS: Why the Genovese clan is so powerful
John Gotti may get the headlines, but Vincent Gigante's Mob family is the dominant force in a $100 billion industry. -- Is the godfather insane, or crazy like a fox?
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PHOTOGRAPHY: One man's vision of wide-open spaces and the world unspoiled
The photographs of Ansel Adams are like national monuments on paper, more deeply embedded in the American consciousness than the actual places they depict. A new book combines his pictures and words to make a powerful case for the natural world that he loved.
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VIDEO: Embattled CBS News gets another new chief
While Dan Rather was anchoring in the Middle East, a big story broke back home: news president David Burke's ouster after two turbulent years of budget woes and declining ratings.
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EDUCATION: Vouching for competition
It began with conservatives, but now liberals are enlisting in the crusade to give parents the freedom and funds to send their children to any school -- public or private.
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NATURE: A new book details the lives of ants
Two noted Harvard scientists look to the world's most dominant social insect for behavior's roots and discover the iron laws of the superorganism.
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LIVING: Careers on a collision course
With two salaries, two egos and two sets of job demands, married couples today require mobility, flexibility and a dose of originality.
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ESSAY: Beware the masks of minority terrorism
Affirmative action, so noble in intention, is mostly a denial of the fact that we are all born different. No one gains if past oppression is replaced by condescension.
8 Letters
12 Critics' Voices
14 Interview
21 Grapevine
72 Cinema
72 Milestones
73 Books
74 Technology
81 People
Cover: Photograph by Dennis Brack -- DOD Pool