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- CONTENTS, Page 4TIME magazine contents pageVol. 133 No. 15APRIL 10, 1989
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- THE NEW U.S.S.R.
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- The faces express determination, involvement, expectation
- but also anxiety, for Mikhail Gorbachev is well on his way to
- creating a new U.S.S.R. TIME presents a 63-page report on how
- his reforms are changing the Soviet Union, from polling booth
- to factory, from classroom to stage, from wheat field to
- metropolitan market. Whatever course the Gorbachev revolution
- finally takes, it is already one of the most momentous events
- of the second half of the 20th century.
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- THE UNION: YELTSIN'S GREAT COMEBACK
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- Election victories give populists more clout. -- An
- exclusive poll shows what the comrade thinks. -- Haunted by
- history's horrors.
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- 74
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- BUSINESS: LOOSENING THE ECONOMIC GRIP
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- Self-financing brings cash -- and confusion. -- The co-op
- movement is running into resentment. -- Meet the yuccies. --
- Joint misadventures.
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- 86
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- LIVING: HOW REFORMS FARE IN THE PROVINCES
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- A visit to Tambov, a town in the Russian heartland,
- uncovers far more change than expected and a cadre of new
- thinkers ready to carry the torch.
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- 98
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- RELIGION: ISLAM BEGINS TO FLOWER
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- Soviet Muslims are cautiously regaining their
- long-suppressed public voice. -- A photo essay explores
- Christianity and Judaism.
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- 108
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- ARTS: A SPRING FLOOD OF CULTURE
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- Theater premieres, art exhibitions, poetry readings, film
- previews, cultural debates. There are too many to attend. But
- is it really a new Soviet Renaissance?
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- 129
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- ESSAY: AN EMIGRE RETURNS TO MOSCOW
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- Andrei Sinyavsky finds his countrymen relishing greater
- liberty but, after run-ins with the KGB, questions whether
- perestroika and glasnost can survive.
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- 3 Critics' Choice
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- 8 Letters
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- 10 Soviet Scene
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- 35 Milestones
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- 38 Nation
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- 94 Medicine
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- 95 Technology
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- 96 Education
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- 102 Health
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- 105 Behavior
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- 106 People
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- 110 Music
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- 112 Theater
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- 116 Art
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- 120 Books
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- 124 Press
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- 127 Cinema
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- 128 Fashion
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- Cover: Neon sculpture by Let There Be Neon
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- Photograph by Roberto Brosan
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