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COVER: Man- made chemicals may be hastening shifts in the earth' s climate
A remarkable scientific expedition takes the measure of the Antarctic ozone hole and spurs concern that life on earth may become increasingly vulnerable to cancer- causing ultraviolet radiation. Disturbing evidence is mounting that emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases are heating up the world' s climate at a rate unseen since the end of the ice age. See ENVIRONMENT.
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NATION: Gulf tensions rise as the U. S. and Iran clash again in a shootout at sea
American choppers sink one gunboat and disable two others after Iranians open fire. -- Robert Bork vows to take his futile Supreme Court confirmation fight to a vote on the Senate floor. -- A young Al Gore, the South' s articulate contender, stakes out a hawkish role in the Democratic nomination race. -- Clare Boothe Luce, a woman who triumphed in a man' s world, dies at 84.
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BUSINESS: U. S. industry fights to regain its prowess in the global marketplace
Competitiveness has become a top economic priority from Main Street to Capitol Hill. American companies have slimmed down and smartened up in the nick of time, because a bruising global battle has only just begun. As more countries become industrial powerhouses and their companies seek larger marketplaces, the U. S. will meet more and stronger competitors.
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World
The exiled Dalai Lama calls for nonviolent rotest in Tibet after Peking blames him for pro- independence riots in his homeland.
-- Reagan sticks to his guns as the search for peace in Central America continues. -- Shipwrecked illegal immigrants are eaten by sharks. -- Inside Haiti today. -- Monkey business in space.
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Medicine
A stunning book tells of the tragic mishandling of the AIDS epidemic and the $ eerie role of Patient Zero. -- AIDS and circumcision.
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Behavior
Each year some 300 children in the U. S. murder one or both of their parents. Increasingly, they argue that abuse drove them to it.
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Sport
Unable to control either the "scabs" or themselves, the N. F. L. players appear to be losing their strike inside and out.
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Books
In a yuppie market, hot new writers like Tama Janowitz and Bret Easton Ellis are packaged and hyped as fashionable commodities.
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Show Business
Roll over, Beethoven; Chuck Berry, turning 61 but still supple and satanic, is reelin' and rockin' with a movie and an autobiography.
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Essay
Subliminally or with sticky fingers, two composers using twelve notes come up with the same tune. Has a song been stolen?
5 Letters
9 American Scene
45 Health & Fitness
71 People
74 Religion
74 Milestones
76 Cinema
85 Theater
Cover: Photograph by Elle Schuster