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COVER: Supersecret U. S. bombmakers produce a dangerous mess that imperils the well- being of Americans
While belatedly admitting past horrors, weapons officials refuse to accept responsibility in their single- minded mission to make nuclear bombs at all costs. Charges mount that radioactive wastes are poisoning the air and water and contaminating residents near facilities. And the costs of cleaning up and making aging facilities safe are staggering. See Environment.
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NATION: Is it all over for Dukakis? How he might turn his campaign around with luck and late- inning lightning
"He can still win," says a G. O. P. pollster. But as Bush holds on to a commanding lead, the Duke needs a big break -- plus more of the populist passion he showed last week. -- Jesse Jackson is back on the stump for the Democrats -- and for himself. -- Nancy Reagan returns some designer dresses. -- Should the U. S. double the cigarette tax? A campaign Essay on health care.
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WORLD: Israel' s election campaign features a diet of demagoguery, diatribe, distortion and plain dirt
The Palestinian uprising turns the Nov. 1 vote into a referendum on policies toward the occupied territories. The Labor and Likud parties hope the ballot will grant them a divorce. -- Ferdinand Marcos is indicted on U. S. racketeering charges. -- In Afghanistan rebel leader Ahmad Shah Massoud girds for a showdown with government forces. -- Yugoslavia' s crisis deepens as politicians squabble.
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NATURE: Three whales icebound in the Arctic spur a rescue effort
What began as an unlikely alliance of whalers, oil companies, scientists and environmental activists became a massive project attended by a media circus, prompting questions about America' s conservation priorities. What about the plight of whales beyond the view of network cameras?
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BUSINESS: Corporate fat cats stage a comeback
Loopholes in the campaign reform laws have helped business donors make the 1988 election the most free- spending in history. -- A new wave of merger mania.
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INTERVIEW: A banker attacks entitlements
Peter Peterson, thinking the politically unthinkable, urges taxes on Social Security and cuts in Medicare for the well- off elderly in order to invest in America' s youth.
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NOBELS: Triumphs of patience
A slew of new Nobel laureates are recognized for developing drugs, insights into the subatomic world, unraveling the mysteries of photosynthesis, and a theory of prices and markets.
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ART: A look at the oldest visual tradition on earth
In Manhattan a show illuminates the art of Australia' s Aborigines, who evoke their Dreamings, or spirit ancestors, in works of striking beauty.
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BOOKS: Taking the full measure of Winston Churchill
Two biographers, William Manchester and Martin Gilbert, look at the statesman who was described as having "lightning in the brain." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer, 84, astonishes with a new novel.
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SPORT: Baseball anoints the poor little Dodgers
A World Series of ultimate fantasies takes one swing of Kirk Gibson, two games of Orel Hershiser, shakes it all up with Tommy Lasorda, and comes out with a clear- cut underdog and champion.
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9 Critics' Choice
10 American Ideas
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74 Technology
75 Education
75 Milestones
78 Video
80 Religion
85 Theater
90 Science
92 Music
93 Cinema
94 People
Cover: Photograph by Neil Leifer