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- CONTENTS, Page 2TIME magazine contents pageVol. 133 No. 13MARCH 27, 1989
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- COVER: Was the fruit ban panic or prudence? How safe is our
- food and water? Two tainted grapes and a scare over apples lead
- to the destruction of tons of fruit. Are Americans overly
- sensitive to risk, or are there justifiable fears about what we
- eat and drink? -- Why Bush approved a ban on imported
- semiautomatic weapons. -- Did Reagan lie about, or merely
- forget, his efforts for the contras? -- A custody dispute over
- fertilized eggs.
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- WORLD: As ferment in Eastern Europe reaches new heights,
- the West debates whether it should seek an opening
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- Not since Stalin slammed down the Iron Curtain has the
- region experienced so much change. So far, Washington and its
- allies have been restrained in trying to turn events in Moscow's
- front yard to their advantage -- and they may keep it that way.
- -- British and U.S. officials acknowledge bomb alerts prior to
- Flight 103's ill-fated voyage. -- Peru lurches toward chaos.
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- SPACE: Discovery gets a big year off to a roaring start
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- A flawless lift-off and successful flight pave the way for
- missions that include the launch of the powerful space
- telescope and probes to Venus and Jupiter.
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- ENVIRONMENT: An immodest proposal to banish smog
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- After more than 30 years of struggling to clean up the
- nation's No. 1 air-pollution problem, Los Angeles adopts a plan
- that may end its love affair with the automobile.
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- BUSINESS: America's small towns, increasingly short of
- jobs, services and citizens, must fight to stay on the map
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- Hamlets like Clay Center, Kans., have been sapped by an
- epic postwar migration to cities and suburbs, a trend that has
- accelerated in the past decade. As small towns shrivel, so does
- a way of life that helped define the national character. --
- Despite qualms, the U.S. will assist Japan in building the FSX
- jet. -- The Mommy Track debate: Should motherhood put a woman
- on a slower career path?
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- RELIGION: A feast of Christian art from Africa
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- With wood, clay, paint and canvas, native artists across
- the continent are giving their own cultural expression to the
- themes that have inspired some of the greatest works of the
- Western tradition: the Nativity, the Madonna, the Crucifixion
- and the tales of the Bible. The results are vigorous, often
- passionate, testaments of faith.
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- HEALTH: Abortion involves little real risk
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- Surgeon General Koop testifies that the procedure has
- minimal physical and emotional consequences. -- Breathing
- cigarette smoke may cause cervical cancer.
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- PROFILE: Wendy Wasserstein writes of women
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- Her Heidi Chronicles tells of a heroine who grew up a
- feminist, as did the writer, in a tale that tempers anger with
- humor and a sense of loneliness.
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- MUSIC: With its new album, Green, R.E.M. is on the go
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- After a decade and six other records, this rock band based
- in Athens, Ga., has broadened its appeal without sacrificing
- its compelling, often eccentric style.
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- LAW: Can the courts safeguard battered women?
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- A brutal wife killing in Indiana shocks a community and
- raises questions about the limited reach of the American legal
- system's protective arms.
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- 8 Letters
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- 15 Critics' Choice
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- 16 American Scene
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- 85 Video
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- 85 Milestones
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- 86 People
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- 95 Books
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- 106 Essay
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- Cover: Photograph by Matthew Klein
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