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COVER: Secretary of State James Baker, one of George Bush's best friends, is first among equals in his inner circle
Whether he's hunting turkey on his spread in Texas, running a bare-knuckles presidential campaign, or cutting a deal with world leaders, Baker works hard at "getting an edge." -- In a TIME interview, the Secretary discusses the new Administration's policies for the Soviet Union, Japan, the Middle East and Central America.
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NATION: Bush's nominee to head the Pentagon runs into a buzz saw of questions about his conduct
The Senate probes new allegations about John Tower's drinking and sex life that could delay his confirmation. -- Flying solo on his first diplomatic mission, Dan Quayle voices support for human rights in El Salvador. -- Feeling voters' heat, Speaker Jim Wright changes strategy on congressional pay hikes. -- Had October's missiles flown, John Kennedy would have stayed home.
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WORLD: With relations on the verge of normal, Beijing and Moscow schedule the first summit in 30 years
Once unequal partners, then fierce and feuding competitors, the leviathans of the Communist world have finally attained a measure of mutual respect. -- How the U.S. can profit from the new detente. -- In Paraguay, longtime dictator Alfredo Stroessner is toppled. -- Inside the KGB: rare photos of the supersecretive Soviet security agency at work.
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BUSINESS: Michael Ovitz has a pocketful of stars
The talent agent has become perhaps the most powerful figure in Hollywood. -- President Bush and Prime Minister Takeshita try to start off on the right foot.
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ENVIRONMENT: A bitter cold wave heads east
As thermometer readings fall to -75 degrees, even hardy Alaskans find it tough & going. Then the frigid front blows through Canada into the American Midwest, putting an end to unseasonably hot weather.
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LAW: A guilty verdict in a wrenching case
Joel Steinberg is convicted of manslaughter, but to some a shadow of complicity touches his companion Hedda Nussbaum -- and the child-welfare system itself.
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EDUCATION: The new lure of the classroom
More and more professionals in midcareer are turning to teaching, where the pay is better than it once was and the rewards are immediately palpable.
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PEOPLE: Regal welcome for a working Princess
Diana takes Manhattan, and a bit of Brooklyn too, during a whirlwind royal visit (sans Prince Charles) that includes a night at the opera and a day with the homeless.
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INTERVIEW: Tom Wolfe turns his X-ray eye on American society, and himself
The defiantly individualist novelist-journalist-social commentator, whose dissection of our contemporary culture has won comparisons with Dickens and Balzac, looks ahead to the '90s. Instead of the rampant greed of the waning decade, he foresees a slowing of the sexual revolution, a reviving interest in religion and a retreat from the vanities he has been chronicling so deftly.
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ART: Reassessing the best and worst of Andy Warhol
Two years after his death, a Manhattan show traces the Pop artist's powerful vision of, and later surrender to, mass imagery. Ultimately, his most authentic creation may have been his own fame.
8 Letters
16 American Scene
25 Critics' Choice
64 Science
65 Medicine
73 Music
76 Sport
76 Milestones
80 Living
82 Books
86 Health & Fitness
96 Essay
Cover: Photograph by William Coupon