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NATION: As the cold war comes to a close, the U.S. is cutting defense. With vision, Bush could prune billions more
Does the Pentagon still need all its bombers, missiles, aircraft carriers and soldiers? Experts think the U.S. could pare down to a smaller, faster military without sacrificing security. Three scenarios for deeper cuts. -- The peace dividend is not as big as it looks. -- A State of the Union speech with Democratic rhetoric and a Republican budget. -- The Star-Spangled Banner is hard to sing; its words are hard to remember. Should the anthem be replaced?
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WORLD: Suddenly the train destined for German unification picks up speed
Citizens in a cluster of border towns are already uniting the two Germanys through efforts both large and small. -- Though Gorbachev wants to keep his title as party chief, he aims to strengthen the presidency. -- South African President de Klerk announces that Mandela can go free. But when? -- Traffic jams and pilfered caviar in Bucharest.
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BUSINESS: Can the U.S. avoid a recession?
The President's budget assumes that growth will surge, but America's debt burden leaves the economy highly vulnerable. Andrew Tobias on a better way to cut the capital-gains tax.
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EDUCATION: All talk and no action
Long on rhetoric but short on cash, Bush unveils six national goals in his State of the Union address.
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CINEMA: A flinty filmmaker raises a ruckus
As proved by last week's events in Flint, Mich., General Motors chairman Roger Smith is far from the only one who quarrels with Michael Moore's wry documentary Roger & Me.
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MEDICINE: The spreading scourge of A-Shanghai
A virulent flu virus sweeping across the U.S. and Europe has swamped hospitals, emptied offices and closed schools. The good news: it is not too late to be vaccinated.
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PROFILE: William Safire, top pop pundit
Who says a good newspaper column has to be dull? Not this provocative punster and old Nixonian whose contrarian views and nose for news enliven the New York Times.
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ENVIRONMENT: How greed can lead to cleaner air
Letting companies buy and sell the "right" to pollute may give them a strong incentive to scrub their smokestacks. But such a market could be a bureaucratic tangle.
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MUSIC: A bravura voice and matching temperament
Soprano June Anderson, opera's newest diva, evokes comparisons to Maria Callas -- for her command of bel canto as well as her tendency to stir things up.
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ESSAY: The planting of the Earth Corps
Ronald Reagan once said trees were poisonous, but out of the Bush White House has come a new idea for recruiting the young to reforest America.
8 Letters
12 Critics' Voices
45 People
55 Religion
55 Law
57 Press
57 Milestones
59 Theater
66 Books
68 Technology
Cover: Photograph by Neil Leifer