COVER STORY
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NATION: Call for a Cure
Medical costs are out of control. TIME offers 10 remedies for the crisis
ALSO: Louisiana proves that racial politics still works
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WORLD: War's Human Toll
Both Croatians and Serbs are starving and dying
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SOCIETY: How Safe Is Sex?
Magic's case puts the risks to heterosexuals in center court
INTERVIEW Former East German spy chief Markus Wolf reminisces
about the cold war 24
BUSINESS Stocks skid as low interest rates fail to spur the U.S. economy 64
MEDICINE The perils of breast implants and being short
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PROFILE John Bradshaw draws meaning...