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THE WEEK 12

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COVER: The Doomsday Blueprints

Outpost Mission was one of the cold war's most closely guarded secrets. Senior U.S. officials spent their lives devising plans to prepare for the unthinkable -- nuclear war.

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THE U.S. CAMPAIGN: What's Wrong with Bush?

Only an ailing economy, dismal polls and a G.O.P. revolt

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THE POLITICAL INTEREST: Amateurs as Pros

The Republicans stumble, the Dems perform flawlessly

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FOREIGN POLICY: One Degree of Separation

Bush and Clinton share remarkably similar positions

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IRAQ: The Odd Couple

Why Bush and Saddam need each other

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SCANDALS: The Saudi Connection

B.C.C.I., U.S. intelligence and Middle East arms

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SOUTH AFRICA: De Klerk's Real Agenda

He seems determined to keep power in white hands

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TRADE: A Gamble Worth Taking?

North America is on the verge of signing a free-trade pact

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TECHNOLOGY: Machines with Ears

Could a computer that listens take your job?

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SCIENCE: The Mosquito Wars

To defeat the pest, it helps to understand its sex life

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SOCIETY: A Remedial Course in Fatherhood

Pathbreaking programs to make unmarried men better dads

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OLYMPICS: The Reward Rests in the Competition, Not the Result

Winning is wonderful, but a loss can be a victory

Swimming

Russians, Hungarians and a U.S. fleet make waves

Gymnastics

There's grace but no joy among the women

Basketball

Look past the Dream Team to the game for the silver

Television

NBC offers more than ever to uninterested viewers

REVIEWS

BOOKS Best sellers are born of Charles and Di's woes 65

CINEMA Clint Eastwood: his legend as a western hero 66

DESIGN Ottoman gold in the city of the blues 66

SHORT TAKES 69

DEPARTMENTS

PUBLISHER'S LETTER 4

LETTERS 6

GRAPEVINE 11

MILESTONES 23

PEOPLE 71

ESSAY 72

Cover: Photograph of thermonuclear detonation during the Pacific tests in 1958, from Los Alamos National Laboratory

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