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VIETNAM: For America, the war remains a guilty mystery
But the U.S. can help build a stable peace. -- With an impoverished North and a reviving South, Vietnam is still divided. -- In strife-torn Cambodia, the killing has never ceased.
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WORLD: By cutting the flow of oil and gas to Lithuania, Gorbachev hopes to snuff the republic's declaration of independence
How the West responds may shape its relations with the U.S.S.R. and Gorbachev's future. -- Nicaragua's Chamorro brokers a cease-fire. Will it stick?
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NATION: Would a hostage soon be set free?
Or were the kidnapers still up to their same old tricks? -- An intrepid researcher provides a scary portrait of the evolution of Detroit gangs. -- Hugh Sidey on the noncampaign of 1992.
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BUSINESS: U.S. military suppliers face hard times
Pentagon cutbacks will force many defense contractors to shift from military to commercial work.
-- Junk-bond wizard Michael Milken slouches toward a guilty plea.
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ENVIRONMENT: A sizzling debate on global warming
Skeptics say evidence for the greenhouse effect is not so hot. But many scientists counter that failure to curb CO2 emissions amounts to a dangerous experiment with the atmosphere.
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LAW: A Supreme Court victory for civil rights
In a busy week the Justices rule on a new desegregation tactic. -- Biographers fear the chilling effect of restrictive interpretations of the current copyright law.
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PROFILE: Philosopher David Hartman
The American-born Israeli scholar fights to heal his nation's trauma by teaching tolerance and pluralism in the midst of conflict.
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DESIGN: A cult hero wins the top architecture award
This year's $100,000 Pritzker Prize goes to Italy's Aldo Rossi, 58, who has inspired a generation of architects with his urban theories as well as his bold, austere buildings.
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RADIO: Going beyond headlines and Haydn
To hold a new generation of listeners, National Public Radio is enlivening its lineup of news and classical music with some fun -- and even some fluff.
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SHOW BUSINESS: Remembering the real Greta Garbo
To recent generations, she was only the world's most famous recluse. But what secures her legend is that she was the most haunting beauty, and the finest actress, in movie history.
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11 American Scene
17 Grapevine
79 People
88 Medicine
89 Press
89 Milestones
96 Technology
104 Books
106 Education
108 Essay
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