Vol. 131 No. 3

"Fat Boy" vs. "the Dirty Digger"

American Notes AIDS
Running Out Of Gloves

American Notes ARIZONA
More Trouble For Mecham

American Notes CURRENCY
A Columbus Copper Dollar?

American Notes ILLINOIS
Licking Drugs With Stamps

American Notes NEW YORK CITY
"No Sex, Only Death"

An Early Lock on Veep, at Least

Bush Bites Back
After tangling with Dole, he aggressively dodges Iranscam

Cold Comfort for the Homeless
Seeking shelter -- and compassion -- as temperatures drop

Strife And Death in the Family
An ex-FBI agent describes five chilling years inside the Mafia

The Budget's Hidden Horrors
How Congress tucked special goodies into its Christmas pie

The Presidency
Baker's End-Game Plan

Why Is This Man Running?
Haig still yearns to be in control

Afghanistan In Search of the Nearest Exit
Moscow speeds up its campaign to bring Ivan home

Austria Trapped in the Eye of the Storm
An ever more isolated Waldheim awaits the historians' verdict

Haiti Voting with Their Feet
Many threaten to boycott an election that promises to be a sham

Latin America Flames of Anger
Washington heats up its war against drugs south of the border

Middle East Deporting
Their Troubles Amid new violence, the U.S. again rebukes Israel at the U.N.

On Patrol in Nablus

Soviet Union Patients' Rights
An end to abuses?

World Notes DENMARK
New Status for Gay "Partners"

World Notes SAUDI ARABIA
The Taxman Goeth

World Notes SOVIET UNION
What's in A Name?

World Notes THE PHILIPPINES
Better Late Than Never

World Notes TRIALS
Intimidating Tactics

Nightmare on The Monongahela (Environment)
A winter oil spill creates havoc from Pittsburgh to Wheeling

Red Flag at a Weapons Lab
Did Edward Teller oversell the President on the X-ray laser?

Return of A Childhood Scourge (Medicine)
Rheumatic fever makes a mysterious and troubling comeback

In Maine: A Town and Its Paper (American Scene)

Welcome Back to Viet Nam (Living)
Returning natives and vets are booking package tours

Giving The Talmud to the Jews
An Israeli rabbi makes the sacred pages accessible to everyone

Billionaire on The Griddle (Economy & Business)

Business Notes CONTESTS (Economy & Business)
Say, Isn't That Our House?

Business Notes CRIME PREVENTION (Economy & Business)
En Garde, Frock Fakers!

Business Notes INVESTMENT BANKING (Economy & Business)
Mikhail, Meet Comrade Mike

Business Notes RESEARCH (Economy & Business)
Texas Corrals A Hot Property

Business Notes RETAILING (Economy & Business)
Poor Taste In Waste

Rogerama Comes to the Waldorf (Economy & Business)
General Motors stages a $20 million show of confidence

Teaming Up to Rescue the Dollar (Economy & Business)
Central bankers spend a bundle to boost a fragile currency

Wild Bears On the Loose (Economy & Business)
What should be done to calm Wall Street?

Tough Guy for a Tough Town
The beleaguered New York school system gets a stern headmaster

Back on The March at CBS News (Video)
New shows and rising ratings make the network feel good again

Chills, Thrills and Trapdoors (Show Business)

Magician of The Musical (Show Business)
Lloyd Webber scores again with Phantom

Daffy's Back (Cinema)
A cartoon legend shines again

Machiavellian Ike the Soldier (Books)
by Merle Miller Putnam; 859 pages; $24.95

Nights of The Falling Stars (Cinema)
Some familiar faces try to rediscover their old box-office magic

Sleazy Street AFOOT IN A FIELD OF MEN (Books)
by Pat Ellis Taylor Atlantic Monthly Press 166 pages; $6.95

The Poet As a Young Corpse CHATTERTON (Books)
by Peter Ackroyd; Grove; 234 pages; $17.95 THE FAMILY ROMANCE OF THE IMPOSTOR-POET THOMAS CHATTERTON by Louise J. Kaplan; Atheneum; 301 pages; $24.95

Up, Up and Away (Cinema)

A Letter From the Publisher (A Letter From The Publisher)