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NATION: After a noisy season of discontent, the voters decide to keep the bums in
The major issues that were supposed to matter vanished behind the voting-booth curtain. By and large, incumbents won, hypocrites lost, ballot initiatives, worthy or not, were voted down, and two-thirds of those eligible to vote stayed home. Though both parties found something to celebrate, the Democrats fared better in preparing for the redistricting of House seats. Neither party emerged with a clear mandate to carry it to 1992 -- and George Bush turned out to be vulnerable after all.
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WORLD: Bush gambles that doubling his troops in the Persian Gulf may avert a war
But pressure on him is mounting to spell out his long-term goals. Mexico's energetic leader gets high points for economic reform -- democracy is another matter.
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BUSINESS: '80s borrowing means '90s burdens
Companies and consumers struggle to reduce their debts and brace themselves for a slump. The Iraq embargo is hitting Western firms too. A peacock revolution in men's suits?
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RELIGION: America's black churches are under unprecedented strain
Since the days of slavery they have been the very heart of the African American community. Now, the first major scholarly survey of traditional black Protestant congregations since 1933 shows that they must cope not only with social stresses but a growing shortage of trained clergy, and that they have lost their appeal to alienated urban youth. But there are also hopeful signs of change and spiritual renewal.
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LAW: Were Manuel Noriega's calls illegally tapped?
A federal judge bans CNN from airing the Panamanian dictator's telephone conversations with his lawyers. The drug czar declares victory and resigns.
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PRESS: Rupert Murdoch proves he has nine lives
After a merger with a satellite TV rival in Britain averts a cash crisis for his sprawling News Corp., the global multimedia tycoon looks to video more than print for the future.
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SPORT: In search of God's next move
Forget about baseball and boxing. The chess battle between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov -- and the upstairs kibitzing -- has been the supreme contest of the season.
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SHOW BUSINESS: Prince's eminent domain
He made good while staying on the Minneapolis scene -- in fact, he is the scene. But his new movie and album suggest he needs to shake himself loose the way he once shook up music.
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VIDEO: Saying goodbye to the mass audience
It has been a woeful fall for the networks: hits are scarce and the ad market has plummeted. The Big Three are struggling to learn the rules of a new, more competitive game.
4 Letters
12 American Scene
24 Critics' Voices
29 Grapevine
99 Living
99 History
100 People
106 Theater
106 Milestones
108 Books
112 Cinema
124 Essay
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