NATION

Bush: Eating His Words

Cornered by the deficit, Bush proclaims his own brand of "thinking anew" and signs on to the T word. But who will be paying what?

California: In The Blazing Eye of the Inferno

As one of the worst fires in California history destroys more than 500 homes and causes $500 million in damage, a TIME contributor watches his house turn into a gutted skeleton -- and then narrowly es

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Canada Designing The Future

Now that the Meech Lake accord is dead, what kind of structure will satisfy French Quebec and English Canada in the 21st century?

Germany: Down Memory Lane (Germany)

For the class of '56, no high points and no heroes, but pride in having built a sturdy democracy and belonging to the European family

Germany: The Big Merger (Germany)

Nothing like this instant melding of two fundamentally disparate economies has ever happened before, anywhere

Germany: The Power to Shock (Germany)

On a heavily subsidized stage, a Walpurgisnacht of excess -- and an enduring courage to confront uncomfortable issues

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