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THE WEEK 18

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COVER: Lies, Lies, Lies

From private fibs to public whoppers, rampant lying is a spreading dry rot in the American body politic

Dishonest Abe: Garry Wills on Lincoln's methods

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THE CAMPAIGN: Three's a Crowd

In the final stretch, Bush and Clinton cope with Perot

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THE POLITICAL INTEREST: Abortion Hypocrisy

Bush's disingenuous plan to close the gender gap

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DIPLOMACY: What Kissinger Didn't Know

The former Secretary of State and the bum rap on POWs

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SOCIETY: Breaking Out of the Ghetto

With less government support, it's tougher to beat the odds

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EUROPE: In the Hands of the People

Why citizens are thinking twice about a closer union

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INTERVIEW: Eduard Shevardnadze's Forecast

More ethnic conflicts and social explosions in the old U.S.S.R.

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TECHNOLOGY: Apple Blossoms in Japan

How the computer maker cracked a tough market

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BUSINESS: THE BIG GUNS TARGET BLOOMBERG

An upstart in the electronic financial information market

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PROFILE: Talk-Show Top Banana

Larry King is having the year of his life

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MEDICINE: The Fight Against Prostate Cancer

Can new tests make a difference?

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SCIENCE: Screening the Genes

Doctors can now spot defects in the tiniest of embryos

REVIEWS

THEATER A world-class visionary illumines Greek tragedy 83

TELEVISION The inventors of Big Bird lay an egg 83

CINEMA Billy Crystal's hugely funny Mr. Saturday Night 84

BOOKS The genius of Frank Lloyd Wright 86

SHORT TAKES 89

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS 6

TRAVELER'S NOTES 13

GRAPEVINE 17

MILESTONES 25

PEOPLE 91

ESSAY 92

COVER: Photograph for TIME by Chip Simons