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COVER: Mississippi Burning rekindles memories and ignites debate

In 1964 the Ku Klux Klan murdered three civil rights workers. A stark new film about the case has won acclaim for its cinematic bravado and for Gene Hackman' s career- capping performance. The movie has also stoked questions about the ways history may be bent in pursuit of rebel- razin' entertainment. See SHOW BUSINESS.

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WORLD: Drowning in debt and with little expectation of boom times, Latin America looks to Washington for help

The region' s fragile democracies face social unrest and political turmoil if their massive foreign loans are not reduced, but U. S. institutions have yet to come up with many acceptable solutions. -- Why do Australia' s Aborigines die at alarming rates in police custody? -- South Yemen embraces a modest version of perestroika. -- Racial troubles flare in the Chinese city of Nanjing.

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BUSINESS: The economy will have no joyride in '89. Growth will slow, and the chance of a recession will increase

Now entering its seventh year, the expansion is straining against a shortage of workers and plant capacity. According to economists surveyed by Time, the resulting inflationary pressures will force the Federal Reserve to restrict growth. But the risk is that the Fed will hit the brakes too hard and put the economy into a stall. -- A stock scandal exposes the cozy ties among Japan' s power elite.

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NATION: Facing unmet needs, millions of Americans are lending a helping hand

In a decade too often marked by selfishness and greed, a growing legion of & "Samaritans" is devoting time, energy and imagination to aiding others. -- Tight airline security measures go into effect as the hunt for the bombers of Pan Am Flight 103 begins.

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PROFILE: He' s not Superman but oh, can he fly !

Basketball' s most exciting player, Michael Jordan, is a driven man on the court, but he' s just a kid from Carolina at heart.

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LAW: A changing of the guard among divorce lawyers

Charging $450 an hour to win huge settlements for his famous clients, Raoul Felder replaces Marvin Mitchelson as America' s No. 1 celebrity unhitcher.

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EDUCATION: A heavenly way to learn about science

Project STAR, a novel program now offered in 13 states, uses the heavens as a textbook to teach students about math and science principles.

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THEATER: Wanted -- a new American musical

With Carrie down and the newly opened Legs Diamond stumbling after a fusillade from critics, the chief remaining prospects in a sour season at the end of a fallow decade just recycle the past.

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ART: An abiding passion for trenchant realism

The character and genius of the flamboyant, narcissistic and defiant French painter Gustave Courbet are captured in a rich new retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum.

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VIDEO: Two "nice guys" challenge Johnny Carson

The late- night talk shows of Wheel of Fortune' s Pat Sajak and Eddie Murphy' s sidekick Arsenio Hall are debuting with healthy station lineups and old- fashioned approaches.

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