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COVER: Antarctica, long protected by its isolation and unforgiving climate, is threatened by the activities of man
Growing crowds of scientists, workers and tourists have put increasing pressure on the frozen land's fragile ecosystems. More ominous are threats of oil drilling and mining. All agree development must be controlled, but squabbling over how may doom earth's last pristine continent.
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NATION: Noriega is finally in the cooler. Will he try to put the heat on George Bush?
Facing U.S. drug charges, the deposed Panamanian leader could raise embarrassing questions: What did the President know, and when did he know it? -- How a wily papal nuncio in Panama City outwitted an unwelcome guest. -- A baffling shift in a murder case stirs racial tension in Boston.
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WORLD: After the giddy celebrations of freedom, the dull throb of the hangover
East Europeans grapple with the sobering task of political, economic and moral reconstruction. -- Violence in the south and separatism in the north make nationalism one of Moscow's most pressing problems. -- An Iranian tanker spills nearly twice as much oil as the Exxon Valdez, but the immediate impact on the environment is less dire than that of the Alaska mishap.
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BUSINESS: Who's in a boom? Who's in a gloom?
In the topsy-turvy U.S. economy, it depends where you live. The Northeast is slumping; the Southwest is resurgent. -- Navy agents crack a bid-rigging scheme.
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PROFILE: Blue-blood historian Lady Antonia Fraser
She fights for dissidents, criticizes Thatcherism and dodges Fleet Street attacks in her activist life with Harold Pinter.
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EDUCATION: Check me out a ladder
Libraries are enjoying a surprising renaissance and expanding their roles, despite tight municipal budgets and cutbacks in government aid.
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HISTORY: The master spy who failed
Who really gave the H-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union? Newly revealed facts about one of the murkiest episodes in U.S. history yield some intriguing answers.
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SPORT: Who's on first? Only the polls know for sure
Notre Dame had the toughest schedule, topped the polls most of the season and won the biggest bowl victory. So, naturally, Miami is declared the champ.
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ESSAY: Even Darwin could not explain life's origin
California's decision to teach evolution as both fact and theory is a slippery equivocation that alloys science with dogma. But in a sense, we are all creationists.
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16 American Scene
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51 Milestones
52 Video
52 Cinema
53 People
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Cover: Photograph by Bruno J. Zehnder, NYC