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COVER: Dukakis' bandwagon rolls to sweet victory in New York, New York
The Democrats' disciplined, self- contained candidate surges halfway to the nomination and dims chances of a Jackson upset. But can the Duke pull together the party' s disparate elements? -- As President, Dukakis would be decisive and fast- moving on the domestic front. -- The candidate and his wife Kitty are a study in contrasts. -- Al Gore, we hardly knew ye. See NATION.
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WORLD: Palestinians stage a tumultuous funeral in Syria for a slain P. L. O. leader
As new details emerge about the assassination of Khalil al- Wazir by an Israeli hit squad, debate persists over whether his death will deepen unrest in the occupied territories. -- An interview with Jordan' s King Hussein. -- Mounting its most serious military strike in the gulf so far, the U. S. clobbers Iran at sea. -- In Moscow, signs of a Politburo power struggle between Gorbachev and his No. 2.
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VIDEO: Producer Steven Bochco keeps turning out hits by rocking the boat
His groundbreaking police series Hill Street Blues virtually reinvented TV drama. He followed up that success with the tony courtroom drama L. A. Law and the provocative "dramedy" Hooperman. Bochco is already the most influential and iconoclastic TV producer of the '80s. Now, with a lucrative deal to create ten shows for ABC, he is poised to put his stamp on the '90s.
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Nation
& Reagan gets an earful on the Meese malaise at Justice. -- A squabble over plant shutdowns imperils the trade bill. -- Ferries are back.
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Economy & Business
The superpower thaw is warming up interest in U. S.- Soviet ventures. -- The writers' strike brings on the reruns. -- GE jets to the top.
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Technology
A series of raids on U. S. military computers is traced to a hacker in Hannover, West Germany. -- First peek at the Stealth bomber.
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Medicine
A handful of AIDS sufferers are amazing and puzzling doctors by their ability to survive. -- New odds on heterosexual transmission.
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Education
On the fast- changing college- acceptance scene, elite students are ardently courted while merely respectable ones are hung out to dry.
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Ethics
America moves a step closer to making amends for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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Sport
Once they played the game smartly, happily and hard. Now the Baltimore Orioles are losing baseball games at a record clip.
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Essay
Books are life- forms, children of the mind. A fire that destroyed hundreds of thousands of books in Russia is deeply haunting.
5 Letters
13 Critics' Choice
14 American Scene
64 Law
67 Science
69 Milestones
79 Cinema
80 Theater
81 Art
84 Books
88 Behavior
94 People
Cover: Photograph by Steve Liss