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COVER: Famine again stalks Ethiopia, and the West wrestles with the aid dilemma
At least 6 million people are threatened by starvation as another drought grips the impoverished East African nation. Thousands of peasants trek across parched landscapes in search of food -- recalling the apocalyptic images that filled television screens three years ago. -- What should be done when aid to the starving benefits those who made them starve? See WORLD.
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NATION: At the summit, smiles surmount continuing disputes over substance
Although it produced no new arms- control breakthroughs, Mikhail Gorbachev' s dazzling visit to Washington seemed to herald a new and more personable phase in the 40- year struggle between the U. S. and the Soviet Union. -- Vivacious and voluble, Raisa Gorbachev upstages Nancy Reagan. -- San Francisco' s newly elected mayor, Art Agnos, faces daunting problems.
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BOOKS: The holiday shelf glistens with varied and richly illustrated treasures
From a three- volume set on Chinese painting and calligraphy that costs, yes, $850 to a $14.95 paperback on vintage radios, from America' s quilts and the world' s water birds to the Hebrew Bible in medieval illuminated manuscripts, this season' s readings celebrate the realms of art, faith, nature and entertainment in varied, sumptuous style.
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World
In Manila, Aquino gets her man. -- Haiti announces a new try at elections. -- A Sandinista defector goes public in Washington.
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Economy & Business
While markets continue to gyrate, a TIME survey of economists shows no recession in the forecast. -- Boesky faces the judge.
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Technology
Today' s TVs and VCRS, with split screens, freeze frames and other dazzling features, are just a preview of coming attractions.
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Religion
A furor over the Archbishop of Canterbury' s leadership results in a cleric' s shocking suicide. -- U. S. Catholics, condoms and AIDS.
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Art
A new show in Chicago confirms Germany' s Anselm Kiefer, 42, as the best painter of his generation on either side of the Atlantic.
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Cinema
Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep go hobo in the drab Ironweed. -- Woody Allen gets serious about family life in September.
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Show Business
Actress Holly Hunter, a farm- girl sprite from Conyers, Ga., finds surprise movie stardom as a dynamic journalist in Broadcast News.
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Profile
A half- century ago, Paul Nitze joined the great debate over how America should use its power. Nearly 81, he is still a key player.
8 Letters
12 American Scene
58 Law
61 Music
63 People
67 Theater
68 Behavior
71 Milestones
Cover: Photograph by William Campbell