STAR TRACKS 14
Mickey Rourke makes a big impression on Cindy Crawford. John Goodman gives pointers to pros. Matt Dillon and Danny Glover are down and out, and more

UP FRONT

46 A host of stars including Jane Fonda, Molly Ringwald and Joanne Woodward join a vast crowd supporting abortion rights at a rally in Washington, D.C.

50 With dignity, eloquence and emotion, tennis ace and champion of black athletes Arthur Ashe announces he is HIV-positive

52 In South Africa, she was once known as the Mother of the Nation, but now Winnie Mandela's life, and her marriage to black nationalist leader Nelson, may be in ruins

54 The family of Harvard medical student Paul Lozano accuses his psychiatrist, Margaret Bean-Bayog, of seducing him, abandoning him—and causing his death

HAPPY 61
Disoriented and near death in a wilderness blizzard, 15-year-old Matt Meyers and his dog, Katie, cuddled for dear life

TO THE TOP 65
Basic Instinct's sizzling Sharon Stone brashly set her sights on stardom as far back as her days as a Saegertown, Pa., beauty queen

FED UP 69
Frustrated with the legislative gridlock on Capitol Hill and with life in Washington, "a phony city," New Hampshire Sen. Warren Rudman decides to call it quits

BIO 93
Thanks to entrepreneur Steven Brill's new Court TV, Americans can witness the drama—and drudgery—of the legal system at work

WINNERS 99
Kung fu master Bon Scanlon, a paraplegic since age 9, has a fearless nature, a hot temper and a supporting role in an NBC-TV movie this week

MU'GHOM NGOTLH 105
So you say, "tlhingan Hol vljatlhlaHbe' (I can't speak Klingon)"? Qay'be' (No problem)! Linguist Marc Okrand has written mu'ghom tlhingan (The Klingon Dictionary)—and Star Trek fans are all Sey (excited)

TRIBUTE 107
In such film classics as Now, Voyager and Casablanca, actor Paul Henreid radiated Old World charm

COVER 108
After a chaste one-year courtship, TV's John Tesh and Connie Sellecca throw a splendiferous wedding and afterward enjoy, well, Entertainment Tonight

CRIME 117
When an 8-year-old classmate fires a gun in school, frail third-grader Michelle Rodriguez escapes paralysis by a mere millimeter

IN HIS WORDS 121
A shocking loss of ozone in the upper atmosphere vindicates scientist F. Sherwood Rowland, who first sounded alarms in 1974

CONTROVERSY 125
Blasting the Ivy League, feminists and plenty else, acid-tongued scholar Camille Paglia is the raging bull of academe

SONG 133
Once the star of a TV chicken ad, Shanice, 18, finds fans hunger for her amazing vocals

STYLE 136
For one magical, polyester weekend, Des Moines is the Brigadoon of leisure suits

ON THE MOVE 139
Marilyn Quayle and her sister, Nancy Northcott, turn out a political thriller full of—surprise—smart Republicans and dumb, deceitful Democrats

SCREEN 141
The idea of marriage made him run faster than a speeding bullet, but now Christopher Reeve heads for the altar—with a baby on the way

MAIL 8
PICKS & PANS 17
THE INSIDER 45
PASSAGES 130
PUZZLER 135
CHATTER 144

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