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THE WEEK

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COVER: President Perot?

Three months ago, Ross Perot was just another talk-show guest. Now he's leading the field for President in the latest TIME/CNN poll. Does this populist plutocrat have the right stuff for the job -- or is he a dangerous diversion?

POLITICS: Perot and His Presidents. The self-styled outsider has clinked glasses with the best of them

ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Electoral Roulette. Perot could provoke a constitutional crisis by throwing the election into Congress

INTERVIEW: A Man Who Would Be Boss. Perot explains how he would break Washington's gridlock

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SOCIETY: How to Get America off the Dole

In the wake of L.A., welfare reform is an urgent priority

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PROFILE: Voice of Her People

Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi has given the Palestinians a new face

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DIPLOMACY: Chatting with the Gorbachevs

Looking back, looking ahead; he's confident, she's fearful

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DESIGN: Gilded Cages

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HEALTH: Fighting AIDS with Clean Needles

New Haven punctures myths about helping addicts

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ENVIRONMENT: The Stealth Secretary

Who is Manuel Lujan, and why did he choose jobs over owls?

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ART: Rembrandt Revisited

Egad! Many of his most beloved works were painted by others

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THEATER: The Second Coming of Guys and Dolls

The most Broadwayesque of musicals caps a banner season

REVIEWS

CINEMA Tom Cruise in a hell-for-leather frontier epic 67

BOOKS In defense of Reaganomics, by a leading advocate 67

Director John Huston, as recalled by Ray Bradbury 68

MUSIC Annie Lennox proves she's a fine Diva 69

TELEVISION MTV ventures out into the real world 71

DEPARTMENTS

PUBLISHER'S LETTER 6

LETTERS 10

GRAPEVINE 15

SHORT TAKES 73

PEOPLE 75

ESSAY 76

Cover: Photograph for TIME by Harry Benson