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COVER STORIES
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RELIGION:
Thoroughly Modern Mary
The mother of Jesus draws new devotees -- and inspires a theological tug-of- war
Lance Morrow on Miracles
Are they real events or hallucinations?
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NATION:
No-Go from Mario
Why Cuomo bowed out of the race
Clinton: On Top for Now
Will he blow his lead by being smug?
Home for the Holidays
A family gets a place of its own
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WORLD:
Unmerry Christmas
Russians prepare to ride out famine
Shock of Recognition
Germany prods E.C. to act on Croatia
Reprieve for Catholics
Mexico moves to lift anticlerical laws
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IMAGES:
A Turbulent Year in Pictures
War, upheaval, a planetary neighbor and a man from the 3rd millennium B.C.
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BUSINESS:
GM Cuts to the Bone
Closing plants and slashing workers are the price of survival
A Deal B.C.C.I. Couldn't Refuse
The corrupt bank pleads guilty and forfeits $550 million
ETHICS After demanding her privacy, Willie Smith's accuser goes public 61
HEALTH The high cost of pooch medicine 61
CINEMA For most new Christmas movies, 'tis the season to be solemn 70
SCIENCE How to make atoms jump through hoops 75
LIVING Throwing a party? Why not in the bathroom? 79
BOOKS Lyndon Johnson: the bully with a cause 80
MUSIC Wonder of wonders: a new opera with popular appeal
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ESSAY Charles Krauthammer on the Great Depression of the psyche
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DEPARTMENTS
GRAPEVINE 17
LETTERS 8 MILESTONES 72
CRITICS' VOICES 12 PEOPLE 81
COVER Detail of Raphael's Madonna del Granduca from Scala/Art Resource N.Y.