Pg… 6 Snapshots.

Pg… 12 Letters.

Pg… 17 The View from Here: Moola, Moola by Loudon Wainwright

Pg… 21 Interview: Cher… On movies, men and motherhood.

Pg… 24 Politics Free–For–All: Old Pro Tip O'Neill. handicaps the Democrats

Pg… 34 Cornfield Kingmakers: Iowa voters have their say.

Pg… 38 Celebration The Australians: Some upstanding down under overachievers

Pg… 53 Arts Forerunner of the New: David Hockney creates a "multi–original homemade print" Just for you

Pg… 58 Life Goes to a Wedding… Behind the Veil: an arranged marriage – can it work? – for Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto, by Anne Fadiman.

Pg… 64 Business… The World According to Ross Perot: The self–made billionaire Texan reveals what makes him and America great

Pg… 72 Life Visits, Michael Douglas: No more Mr. Nice guy

Pg… 76 Cover Story Gold Rush 88: America's best rev up for Winter Olympics

Pg… 88 Theater… Changing the Face of Broadway: British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber weighs in with another megahit.

Pg… 94 Glitz… Paparazzi Flash: An indecent amount of exposure for starlets

Pg… 96 Anniversary… Her Cause and Effect: Feminine mystique author Betty Frieden sees successes and setbacks after 25 years

Pg… 100 Special Report… The Hidden War: A Russian journalist in Afghanistan

Pg… 108 Music… New Age Nostrum: Soporific sounds sued the uptight

Pg… 112 Miscellany. : Cover photograph by Walter Loose Jr.