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COVER: In the Pacific Northwest's ancient forests, an epic confrontation between ecology and economy
With thousands of jobs and whole communities at stake, the timber industry asks how the U.S. can afford to save the northern spotted owl and the forest it inhabits. Environmentalists, fearful the rich legacy of old growth will vanish, wonder how we can afford not to.
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NATION: Washington has better things to do than posture about Old Glory
A Supreme Court ruling upholding flag burning ignites a political fire storm. But while the President and Congress wrap themselves in the flag, a host of serious problems is being ignored. -- An exclusive interview with antiapartheid leader Nelson Mandela, who arrives in the U.S. this week.
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WORLD: Allah wins at the ballot box
A fundamentalist victory alarms the Arab world. -- Israel vs. the U.S.: Who ya gonna call? -- In the Balkans the game is different, but the players are still pretty much the same.
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INTERVIEW: The unification Chancellor
An ebullient Helmut Kohl reflects on Germany's history, Europe's future and how America fits in.
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BUSINESS: An S&L tycoon faces a 38-count rap
The Government indicts Texan Don Dixon for his part in a $1.3 billion thrift failure. But how many other cases will the U.S. prosecute? -- A children's crusade against McDonald's.
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RELIGION: Excommunicating politicians?
Cardinal O'Connor raises a new ruckus over penalizing pro-choice Catholics. -- America's biggest Protestant group opts for Fundamentalism.
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SPORT: Nolan Ryan
Just when he was supposed to be over the hill, the fireballing pitcher for the Texas Rangers chalks up a record sixth no-hitter -- at the tender age of 43.
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IDEAS: Will computers ever really think?
A best-selling book by Oxford physicist Roger Penrose says the laws of nature forbid it -- and that riles artificial-intelligence researchers no end.
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TRAVEL: Eastern Europe offers a peek into the past
Gypsy wagons rolling down a main road, plows pulled by oxen, and other Bruegelesque scenes lend charm to Romania, Hungary and the rest of the East bloc. But be prepared for inconveniences and overcrowding.
8 Letters
10 American Scene
15 Grapevine
50 Ethics
53 Press
53 Milestones
67 People
69 Books
77 Cinema
77 Theater
80 Essay
Cover: Illustration by Robert Giusti