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COVER: Against a backdrop of tempestuous change, Bush and Gorbachev hold a "productive" first summit

The U.S. President laid out several substantial proposals for his receptive counterpart. Among them was a bid to hold the next summit on dry land. Weather permitting.

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INTERVIEW: In a startling turnabout, East Germany's Communist Party leader, Egon Krenz, declares that "freedom of movement is a basic human right"

The man who succeeded Erich Honecker reveals to TIME that he told officials to disobey any order to shoot demonstrators in Leipzig. He invites "all political forces" to shape a consensus that will serve his country's majority. But he insists that present borders must be respected and takes a dim view of German reunification.

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WORLD: Another coup attempt imperils Aquino

With U.S. military help, she holds on to power. Salvadoran guerrillas declare near total war. The Palestinian uprising two years later.

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& BUSINESS: Bad times arrive for corporate raiders

Takeover artists once made U.S. industry tremble, but now it is their turn to shake. Many are saddled with debt-ridden companies or have little of their old clout left. The collapse of B. Altman.

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ETHICS: Is there a right to die? And who should decide?

The Supreme Court takes up the case of Nancy Cruzan and considers for the first time whether a family may stop the artificial sustenance of a helplessly ill and totally unaware patient.

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PROFILE: Faye Wattleton

Her carefully sheathed passion and cool rationalism make her Planned Parenthood's most persuasive leader and the pro-choice movement's most effective weapon.

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HEALTH: For baby Alyssa, a gift of life

Doctors in Chicago transplant part of a mother's liver to her daughter. Researchers discover a promising treatment for hepatitis C.

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BOOKS: The year's twelve outstanding works for children

These colorful, thoughtful and funny volumes range from woolly mammoths to myths to pizza, and all celebrate that greatest of time machines, a youngster's imagination.

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DESIGN: The doo-wop architecture of the 1950s -- slices of history or tacky nostalgia?

Supermarkets, drive-ins, car washes, neon signs and other exuberant examples of the postwar building boom are being touted for preservation. Some have already been set aside as, yes, historic landmarks, touching off a debate among the experts over what is worth saving and what deserves only to be targeted for the wrecker's ball.

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28 Critics' Voices

81 Environment

85 People

88 Video

89 Press

89 Milestones

93 Cinema

104 Medicine

106 Law

109 Show Business

109 Theater

112 Essay

Cover: Photograph by Diana Walker