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COVER: Scott Turow's new novel, The Burden of Proof, shows again why he is the Bard of the Litigious Age
Is he a lawyer who writes novels or a novelist who is a lawyer? In practice, as he demonstrated in his best-selling Presumed Innocent, Turow is both; his fiction bridges the divide between the popular and the serious, and the subject that keeps his readers turning pages is deeper than satisfactory verdicts. The pertinent evidence involves the redemption of souls.
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NATION: If summits aren't what they used to be, maybe that's for the best
Trying to put the cold war behind them, Bush and Gorbachev move toward more regular -- and routine -- meetings. -- Bonn takes the lead in seeking a formula to help Moscow accept a unified Germany. -- The First Lady bonds with Raisa and wows them at Wellesley.
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WORLD: Challenging Gorbachev on all fronts, Yeltsin wins power in Russia
As leader of the largest of the 15 Soviet republics, Yeltsin threatens Gorbachev's economic and political plans with a proposed program of sovereignty that would reduce the country to an alliance. -- In Poland, patience must not be in short supply if economic reforms are to succeed. -- A landslide victory for Burma's opposition. -- Iraq's Saddam Hussein: dangerous madman or cunning tyrant?
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BUSINESS: The new buzzword is creativity
In the hope of sparking some daring new ideas, corporate America is encouraging its workers to get wild and crazy. -- Robert Ball on the success of Britain's new Elizabethans.
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PROFILE: Paul MacCready's ideas really take off
Inspired while daydreaming, he conjures up innovative electric cars, aircraft powered solely by muscle power and sunlight, and strategies for saving the environment.
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TECHNOLOGY: The unpredictable Information Age
A new permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution reveals the fits and starts in the evolution of the electronic machines that have reshaped modern life.
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SPORT: Watch out World Cup -- here come the Yanks!
Shut out for 40 years, the American squad makes it to soccer's top contest in Italy, offering fans a preview of the 1994 event, which will be held in the U.S.
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THEATER: Three to the rescue of a dim London season
Sparkling exceptions to the West End blahs turn up in plays by Alan Ayckbourn, a stunning performance by Michael Gambon and a remarkable new production by director Peter Hall.
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TRAVEL: Europe's most dynamic city? Barcelona!
Set in a natural amphitheater framed by mountains and sea, the Catalan capital is undergoing an exuberant revival as it gears up for the 1992 Olympics.
6 Letters
10 Interview
13 Grapevine
55 Medicine
55 Science
62 Religion
62 Press
67 Education
75 People
79 Music
81 Ethics
84 Living
85 Cinema
85 Milestones
88 Essay
Cover: Photograph by Theo Westenberger -- Sygma