Table of ContentsIMPERFECT, IRRESISTIBLE MARCELLO MASTROIANNI: 1924-1996THE REAL CHRISTMAS SPIRITTHE TAO OF HO HIS TENACITY AND LEGENDARY TRANQUILLITY BOTH SPRING FROM THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCETHE APOLOGY STRATEGY AS NERVOUS COLLEAGUES PONDER HIS RE-ELECTION, GINGRICH ADMITS VIOLATING HOUSE ETHICS RULESSECOND ACTS INTEREST IN MOST NEWS STORIES (O.J. EXCEPTED) FADES AFTER A WEEK OR TWO. BUT LIVES, CASES AND ISSUES KEEP UNFOLDING. WE REVISIT SOME OF 1996'S MOST INTRIGUING STORIESTO BE OR NOT TO BE...WHATEVER IN A YEAR MAINLY STARRING FOOLS, KNAVES AND DOLTS, HAMLET'S ENTRANCE WAS BEAUTIFULLY TIMEDTHE DISEASE DETECTIVE AS THE AIDS EPIDEMIC UNFOLDED, DR. DAVID HO HAD A KNACK FOR ASKING JUST THE RIGHT QUESTIONSA FRIEND IN NEED AN OLD CLINTON PAL AND ENERGETIC DONOR MAY HAVE TRIED TOO HARD TO BE HELPFULNOTEBOOKALGER AND O.J. TWO TRIALS OF THE CENTURY--AND OUR JOURNEY BETWEEN THEMBULL BONUS BONANZA WALL STREET NEVER UNDERPAYS ITSELF. BUT THIS YEAR'S BOUNTY MAKES THE GREEDY 1980S LOOK VIRTUOUSTO OUR READERSTURNING THE TIDEHOPE WITH AN ASTERISK FIFTEEN YEARS INTO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC, OPTIMISM IS A FOREIGN STATE. SHOULD WE LET THE NEW DRUGS TAKE US THERE?A YEAR WITHOUT MUTTERCHILD'S PLAYCoverPEOPLENOW IT'S AIDS INC. THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND THE GROWTH OF AWARENESS HAVE TURNED THE DISEASE INTO AN INDUSTRY. WILL THE POST-PLAGUE YEARS SOON BEGIN?RULING OUT "JUNK SCIENCE" THE EVIDENCE THAT BREAST IMPLANTS CAUSE SERIOUS ILLNESS ISN'T WORTH CONSIDERING, SAYS A FEDERAL JUDGELETTERSIMAGESGALA AT GUNPOINT PERU'S PRESIDENT FUJIMORI CONFRONTS A HOSTAGE CRISIS CREATED BY A BAND OF REBELS HE THOUGHT HE HAD DEFEATEDTHE GLOBAL EPIDEMIC AIDS IS TIGHTENING ITS GRIP ON THE DEVELOPING WORLD-- WHERE THE COSTLY NEW DRUGS WON'T DO MUCH GOOD AT ALLA RICH FILM FEASTAWAY TO DADDY'S HOUSE AS O.J. SIMPSON IS GRANTED FULL CUSTODY OF HIS CHILDREN, THEIR GRANDPARENTS PREPARE TO APPEALMILESTONESMAD FOR EVITA YOU'VE HEARD THE MUSIC, SEEN THE CLOTHES, READ THE HYPE. BUT CAN THIS MOVIE REVIVE MADONNA'S CAREER?A TEAM EFFORT HO IS ONE OF DOZENS OF RESEARCHERS WHO DESERVE RECOGNITION FOR THEIR HEROIC AND GROUNDBREAKING WORK BATTLING THE AIDS EPIDEMIC. HERE ARE JUST A FEW
