Monday, Mar. 26, 1990

Time

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WORLD: Germany's imminent unification revives old myths, stirs new concerns and demands clarity on which is which

Many Europeans see a nation that is no longer there. But the emergence of a mightier Germany means it will have to be reassuring to its neighbors while the Atlantic partners try to redesign the alliance. -- Mikhail Gorbachev takes on more powers -- and more problems. -- Israel's government stumbles and falls over the peace process.

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NATION: Will a bold plan for deficit reduction turn into deja voodoo?

Democrat Dan Rostenkowski urges higher taxes and a freeze on social spending, but some White House aides seem more interested in playing an old political game. -- In Montana Guru Ma and her followers get ready for Armageddon. -- Why is Bill Smith calling Ronald Reagan?

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MEDICINE: An anti-AIDS drug stirs concern

A surge in deaths during early testing of the medication DDI raises questions about relaxed FDA regulations. -- Nuns and priests are sought for Salk's anti- AIDS tests.

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ART: With Monet's later paintings, ripeness is all

A superb show of the artist's serial works of the 1890s -- depicting, among other things, grainstacks, poplars and Rouen Cathedral -- proves how much more than "only an eye" he was.

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BUSINESS: Strike at your own risk

At Greyhound and elsewhere, workers who walk out learn they might not be welcome back. -- Investigators complain that they lack the man power to nab crooked savings and loan executives.

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INTERVIEW: Straight-talking chairman speaks out

Exxon bashing is popular these days, but Lawrence Rawl is mad as hell and doesn't think his company should have to take abuse anymore.

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VIDEO: In sports, TV is calling the shots

Time-outs for commercials have slowed football games to a crawl. World Series contests are played on frigid October nights so home viewers can watch them in prime time. And the networks are spending billions in an escalating battle to win the rights to major events. Television, the medium that once merely covered America's favorite sports, has virtually taken them over.

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EDUCATION: Can parent power work in the Windy City?

Chicago's bold experiment in school decentralization has critics up in arms as a rash of principal firings prompts bitter clashes and ignites racial tensions.

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BOOKS: An adultery that is mostly all talk

Philip Roth's new novel Deception is an eavesdropper's fantasy. -- Shana Alexander's When She Was Bad recounts Bess Myerson's fall from grace.

6 Letters

9 American Scene

64 Press

65 Milestones

69 Sport

69 Technology

71 Cinema

75 People

84 Behavior

87 Music

88 Essay

Cover: Top photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann -- Time Inc. Picture Collection: Bottom photograph by Thierry Orban -- Sygma