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NATION: At the summit, Reagan affirms the detente he has long deplored
On arms control and nuclear deterrence, ideology yields to four decades of reality in U. S.- Soviet relations. -- The lonely life of a twelve- year- old refusenik. -- Noriega thumbs his nose at the U. S. again while American officials wrangle over who is to blame for a backfiring bungle. -- The cross- border big stink about the polluted Pigeon River.
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WORLD: Overworked, underappreciated, Soviet women seek help in perestroika
Raisa Gorbachev projects a fresh image of her country' s female ideal, but the reality is far less glamorous. Although equal under the law, women in the U. S. S. R. are in many respects second- class citizens. Now Mikhail Gorbachev' s reforms are giving rise to hopes for change. -- The Soviet First Lady turns heads abroad and keeps tongues wagging at home.
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CINEMA: A beguiling comic fantasy may become one of the summer' s biggest hits
In Big, a twelve- year- old boy wakes up one morning and finds he is the size and shape of Tom Hanks. His secret is that he remains a child inside, which enables him to score a success in the toy business, then with a fetching co- worker, who falls in love with a man who is a boy trying to act like a man. -- Eternal cutup Hanks, 31, emerges in the film as one of Hollywood' s top comic actors.
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Economy & Business
The weak dollar brings a flood of tourists to America. -- A Canada- U. S. trade pact meets resistance in Ottawa. -- Rustling flourishes.
61
Space
A modest proposal by Gorbachev to mount a U. S.- Soviet mission to Mars gets an ambivalent reception from U. S. scientists.
62
Technology
Electronic fishing tackle takes much of the guesswork out of an ancient pastime. -- A new boost for liquid- hydrogen jet fuel.
67
Medicine
After a decade- long feminist- led campaign, the Government finally approves an ancient birth- control device: the cervical cap.
81
Show Business
In the gaudy playground of the Cannes Film Festival, Clint Eastwood wins respect but a Danish epic wins the Palme d' Or.
89
Behavior
American eccentrics have replaced their British brethren as the uncontested leaders of oddballitry -- and are less sarcastic to boot.
90
Living
As summer comes, skateboarders are grabbing air all across the country in a fad that is fast, funky and sometimes risky.
92
Essay
The dishonesty at the heart of the drug- legalization debate is the refusal by both sides to acknowledge the pleasure of getting high.
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9 American Scene
70 Education
73 Milestones
74 Sport
75 People
76 Health & Fitness
77 Press
84 Music
86 Food
87 Books
Cover: Painting by Robert Vickrey