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COVER: A victim of China' s Cultural 42
Revolution tells of torture and triumph
In 1966 Mao Tse- tung plunged China into the Cultural Revolution, a decade of madness during which millions were tortured or killed on ideological grounds. One victim was Nien Cheng, a diminutive but incredibly determined woman. In Life and Death in Shanghai, excerpted in this issue, she tells of her imprisonment, torture and ultimate triumph. See SPECIAL SECTION.
NATION: As the AIDS debate intensifies, 20
the Administration leans toward testing
The President decides on a policy of "routine" tests, while health workers fear that hysteria over the epidemic ignores its most likely victims. -- Reagan declares that the U. S. will keep the Persian Gulf open, but the details remain foggy. -- The Iran- contra hearings produce charges of profiteering among the patriots. -- Hugh Sidey discovers that he was "cut off" by Richard Nixon.
RELIGION: Preachers trade new 70
charges in televangelism' s unholy row
Jim Bakker, defrocked and exiled creator of the scandal- ridden PTL ministry, surfaces to accuse Jerry Falwell of stealing his empire through phony threats of a takeover. Falwell responds with new accounts of Bakker' s sexual and financial sins. Can PTL raise enough cash to survive? Has TV evangelism been fatally weakened? Stay tuned.
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World
A light plane lands in Moscow' s Red Square, and two top defense officials are sacked. -- Israel' s West Bank anniversary.
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Economy & Business
Troubled economic waters threaten the Venice summit. -- Has James Baker' s star waned? -- A new debt boom in home- equity loans.
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Law
The Supreme Court approves pretrial detention, meaning no bail for dangerous defendants. -- A verdict in the Landis case.
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Music
Samuel Ramey, opera' s booming superbass, is an American success story, except that most of the drama unfolded in Europe.
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Sexes
Outraged spouses and lovers, mostly women, are dragging their partners into court for infecting them with sexually transmitted viruses.
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Books
Nobel Laureate William Golding recounts a stirring voyage of discovery in Close Quarters. -- A. N. Wilson' s bravura sexual comedy.
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Cinema
No, not the old TV show. The Untouchables, a brilliant film by Brian De Palma, reimagines the era of Eliot Ness and Al Capone.
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Design
Two young masters, Michael Vanderbyl and Michael Manwaring, lead a splurge in San Francisco graphics -- fresh, playful, elegant.
9 Letters
15 American Scene
87 People
90 Press
90 Milestones
Cover: Illustration by James McMullan