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NATION:

Showdown in Chicago

In a TIME exclusive, Clinton and Tsongas debate reviving the economy

Nobody Here but Us Chickens

How many Congressmen kited checks at their special bank? Almost all of them

Thunder on the Right

Buchanan isn't just gunning for Bush. He also wants control of the conservative movement

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WORLD:

The U.N. Marches In

Against long odds, the blue helmets will try to pacify Cambodia and Yugoslavia

Slow Death in Somalia

A bloody struggle among rival clans is destroying society and human dignity

One of Their Ships Is Missing

How missiles for Syria eluded the U.S.

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BUSINESS:

Japan Comes Down to Earth

After years of rapid expansion, the world's second largest economy loses steam

RELIGION Is the Messiah alive and living in Brooklyn? 49

MEDICINE Videoscopes are taking the ouch out of surgery 52

LAW Should castration be a permissible sentence for a sex offender? 54

SOCIETY Carnegie's Hamburg looks at the needs of a lost generation 59

PROFILE Director John Singleton: Hollywood's new kid on the block

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ETHICS A reviewer's ties with movie studios stirs a debate

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CINEMA Basic Instinct goes wrong, but not for the reasons you think 65

TELEVISION A 26-year-old wunderkind has Today back on track

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BOOKS Sensuous dreams of Cubans: Cristina Garcia's first novel

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MUSIC The hot (loud and ornery) rock scene of the moment is Seattle 70

PHOTOGRAPHY In William Wegman's jokey dog shots, who laughs last?

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ESSAY Charles Krauthammer bashes the Japan bashers 76

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS 8 PEOPLE 73

GRAPEVINE 13 MILESTONES 75

COVER Photograph for TIME by Gregory Heisler