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George Bush's High-Wire Act

On a mission to Poland and Hungary, the President walks a line between pushing reform and making too many promises

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Exxon Valdez: Joe's Bad Trip (Environment)

A TIME investigation of the Exxon Valdez fiasco finds that not only the tanker's captain is to blame for the worst oil spill in U.S. history

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One for The Books

In rejecting Paramount's challenge to the Time-Warner deal, a judge affirms the right of directors to determine the fate of their companies

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Russia's Prophet In Exile ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN (Interview)

ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN publishes the first volume of his epic on the Bolshevik Revolution and gives a rare account of his life in Vermont In his first major American interview since 1

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