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COVER: China teeters on the brink of civil war as soldiers massacre student protesters in the streets
of Beijing
Hundreds -- perhaps 1,000 or more -- are killed and additional thousands wounded as the military acts to quash the democracy movement. -- Jeers turn to cheers as President Bush seizes the initiative in the East-West dialogue by proposing sweeping conventional-arms cuts in Europe. -- In the U.S.S.R., parliamentary passions erupt in the Congress of People's Deputies. -- Iran's Ayatullah Khomeini dies at 89. See WORLD.
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NATION: Wright hits "cannibalism" over ethics, but the real scandal in Congress is the legal grab for cash
Despite the poisonous atmosphere on Capitol Hill as House Democrats lose their Speaker, the new attention to speaking fees, lobbyist-paid vacations and pac money is long overdue. -- Republican pit bull Newt Gingrich, whose accusations scuttled Wright, thirsts for more blood. Some Democrats hope it will be his.
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BEHAVIOR: A rise in violent crime by the young sends Americans searching for explanations and solutions
Teenagers are committing more assaults, rapes and murders. And the aggression cuts across racial and class lines. Experts blame everything from physiological abnormalities to movies, rock music and TV cartoons glorifying brutality. Curbing the violence depends not on tougher punishment but on better treatment programs and restoring values that stress human worth.
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BUSINESS: Book publishers go on a bidding binge
Even though they call the huge payouts "hysterical" and "desperate," editors are frantically putting bets on potential best sellers with the hope of scoring big. As half a dozen cash-laden conglomerates battle for profits and prestige, rising prices for manuscripts are making some authors richer than they ever imagined. -- A look at agent Andrew Wylie, publishing's "naughty schoolboy." -- Amid hyperinflation and hunger, Argentina drifts into chaos.
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RELIGION: The new Methodist hymnal scores sexism
God may still be King, but "sons of men" no longer hail Easter, nor do Christmas angels promise peace to "men on earth." And you can forget God of our Fathers.
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PROFILE: The battling grande dame of Nicaragua
Violeta Chamorro, the publisher of Managua's opposition newspaper La Prensa, has defied by word and deed the Sandinistas she once supported.
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VIDEO: In late-night TV, politics is a laughing matter
What does America think of Jim Wright? Dan Quayle? The Exxon oil spill? Find out by turning to the comedy monologues of Carson, Leno, Letterman and Sajak.
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THEATER: Now plays premiere almost anywhere
Once they surely would have been limited to New York City, but today established playwrights launch shows in Miami, Denver, Seattle -- even Costa Mesa, Calif.
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ART: America's best-known woman painter sums up
A key influence on abstract expressionism in the '50s, Helen Frankenthaler opens in Manhattan a retrospective demonstrating that her lyrical canvases still give pleasure.
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SHOW BUSINESS: Can Hollywood save the planet?
The environmental movement enlists a passel of Tinseltown do-gooders to spread the ecological word through movies, TV, songs and newsworthy glamour.
4 Letters
9 Critics' Choice
10 American Scene
43 People
59 Science
61 Technology
61 Medicine
69 Books
71 Education
73 Cinema
73 Milestones
Cover: Photograph by Mark Avery -- AP