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COVER: A Day in the Life of China
, Some of the world's foremost photographers capture 24 hours of the world's oldest living civilization, from a fleeting kiss in a Guangzhou restaurant to timeless landscapes in distant provinces to the beginning of the student protests against the government. TIME presents 27 pages of photographs from a forthcoming book that chronicles what turned out to be a portentous day. Following the portfolio, special correspondent Michael Kramer delves into the soul of post-Tiananmen China and wonders if, like captive birds, the Chinese can learn to fly and sing in their giant cage.
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NATION: Like a cruise ship from hell, Hugo hits the ports of call in the Caribbean, then turns its fury on the Carolinas
From Guadeloupe to Montserrat to St. Croix and Puerto Rico, one of the fiercest storms of the decade leaves a path of destruction. Charleston bears the brunt of the hurricane in the U.S. before it turns inland and diminishes. -- A ruling on embryos in Tennessee may complicate the debate over abortion.
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WORLD: Soviet President Gorbachev, still a master politician, has a problem with "the vision thing"
Though he can hire and fire the country's most powerful men, it seems he has no clear blueprint of the system he wants to build in place of the socialism that has failed. -- Shevardnadze and Baker talk turkey in Wyoming. -- In an exclusive pair of interviews, El Salvador's President and rebel leader explain why peace may now be possible.
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BUSINESS: The high cost of AZT sparks protest
After accusations that it overcharged for the anti-AIDS drug, manufacturer Burroughs Wellcome cuts its price 20%.
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MUSIC: Berlin, America's songwriter, dies
He wrote to celebrate the land that he loved, and his songs, from White Christmas to There's No Business Like Show Business, touched popular chords through a long history.
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ART: How Picasso and Braque created Cubism
A landmark show at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art traces the collaboration that, says curator William Rubin, was "the most passionate adventure in our century's art."
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SPORT: Baseball's pennant passion reaches a peak
In this final week of the season, some of the best races in years are coming down to the wire, complete with unlikely teams (the Cubs? the Orioles?) and contrasting philosophies of life.
6 Letters
13 Critics' Voices
14 American Scene
86 Environment
86 Medicine
86 Milestones
88 Books
90 Cinema
91 Living
94 Theater
Cover: Old woman in river town of Wuxi, photographed by Rick Rickman. From A Day in the Life of China