Pg… 4 Editor's Note.

Pg… 7 The View from Here: a lifetime with Mr. Jefferson, by Loudon Wainwright.

Pg… 10 Camera at Work: the puzzling case of the faked photographs.

Pg… 19 Portrait, Philip Glass, composing classics from Raga to rock, by Todd Brewster

Pg… 28 Letters.

Pg… 32 The Forbidden Line: from Norway to Turkey, the Iron Curtain seals off the people of the Soviet bloc.

Pg… 53 Strike Robs Greatest Base Thief: Montr?al Expos Tim Raines's record–breaking streak is checked––for this year.

Pg… 61 Francis Ford Coppola: The Movie Man Who Plays God, by Aaron Lathman

Pg… 77 Young Turks of the Radical Right: a new breed of conservatives makes waves in Washington.

Pg… 84 What Makes Janet Tanner Tick? A woman executive reaches for power at the top.

Pg… 92 Eye Under the Knife: runaway advances in ophthalmic surgery

Pg… 100 Last One and Is a Rotten Egg: a gallery of the greatest U.S. swimming holes

Pg… 110 Life around the World: England's Long hot Summer.

Pg… 112 Life around the World: Gypsy Moths, same time next year.

Pg… 114 Life around the World: President goes a–courtin'

Pg… 116 Just One More. : Cover photograph by Co–Rentmeester