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Dec 31, 1990 Vol. 34 No. 26

Swayze Tops the List

December 31, 1990

Cover Story

Swayze Tops the List

Tall, Dashing and Incorporeal, Patrick Swayze, Along with Julia Roberts, Delta Burke, Princess Caroline, and M.C. Hammer Are the Most Intriguing People of 1990

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Table of Contents

Articles

Editor's Letter

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What a Year!

A Compendium of Noteworthy Events During the Year That May Have Escaped Your Notice—and a Few You May Wish You Could Have Heard a Little Less About

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George Bush

At the End of a Tumultuous Year, the Biggest Decision of His Presidency Lies Before Him

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Julia Roberts

Pretty Woman's Sweet and Sexy Cinderella Simply Seduced a Nation

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Ken Burns

With The Civil War, He Succeeded in Uniting the States—in Acclaim

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Francis Ford Coppola

In Godfather III, America's Most Embattled Director Takes on the Family Again, Aided by a Controversial Ally from His Own Clan

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Delta Burke

Large, Loud and Proud, This Designing Woman Battled Her Producers and Her Poundage

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Saddam Hussein

Not Just Another Middle East Terrorist, He Has Presented the West with a Quandary: to Fight Now or Risk Fighting Later

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Michael Ovitz

A Tough, Innovative Superagent Emerges as King of the Hollywood Deal

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Nancy Cruzan

Eight Years in a Coma, She Became a Powerful, Winning Argument for the Inalienable Right Simply to Die

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Colin Powell

The Master Planner of Desert Shield Is Ready for Its Ultimate Test

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Fidel Castro

Worshiper of a God That Failed, Cuba's Lion Keeps His Angry Faith

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Effi Barry

After Standing by Her Man, a Political Wife Says, 'Enough'

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Anthony Fauci

Ignoring the Slings and Arrows of Fractious Politics, the AIDS Man-in-the-Hot-Seat Focuses on One Goal: a Cure

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M.C. Hammer

He Mesmerizes as Rap's Slickest Attraction, but Cloning His Moves Could Put You in Traction

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Bart Simpson

Defiant, Saw-Topped and Cheeky—the Brat Terrible Gave Underachievers a Good Name

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Nancy Ziegenmeyer

An Iowa Housewife Uses Her Name and Her Rage to Bring the Crime of Rape Out of the Shadows

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Sinéad O'connor

An Outspoken Irish Import Makes Fans Cheer and Critics Churn

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Nelson Mandela

His Legend Grown Greater in Prison, a Hero Brings Cautious Hope to a Troubled Land

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Neil Bush

Tarred by the S&l Mess, He Protested His Innocence—but Became a Symbol of Fuzzy Ethics and a Scandal That Has Put the Country in Hock

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Keenen Ivory Wayans

From Hollywood Via Harlem, a Smoothly Hip Performer Creates a Black Comedy That Provocatively Pushes Network TV to New Limits

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Claudia Schiffer

The Wall Falls and the World Wonders: Is This What We Can Expect from the New Germany? and Are There Any More Like You Back Home, Fräulein?

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William Styron

Surfacing from the Depths of Depression, the Author Provides a Stunning Memoir of His Season in Hell

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Laura Palmer

Even in Death, the Daddy's Girl of Twin Peaks Stole Television's Most Bizarre Show

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Bo Jackson

As Mythic in Talents as Any Olympian, He's the Sports God of Madison Avenue

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Princess Caroline

Eight Years After Her Mother's Tragic Death, Monaco's First Lady Is Shattered by the Loss of Her Husband. At the Palace, They Wonder: Can She Recover?

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1-900-O-Shut-Up

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Double Takes

The Cash Culture Crashed, Rap Got Its Wrist Slapped, and Even Perrier Came with a Dangerous Fizz. Welcome to the No-Fun '90s! But the Human Spirit Is Still Capricious, as Evident in These Not-So-Grave Images of Year One

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Sequels

After the Tears and Triumphs, Jeanne White and Others Who Starred in the Year's Most Compelling—and Unusual—Stories Move Forward with Their Lives

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Marla Vs. Ivana (How to Tell Them Apart)

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Power Couples

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Children of the Blue & Gray

The Old Soldiers Faded Away, but Their Kin Live On, Reminding Us of the War a TV Series Recaptured

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Late Greats

Peers and Pals Fondly Recall Those Who Left Their Mark

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Above and Beyond

They Are Quiet Angels and Local Heroes Who Have Bettered the Lives of Those Around Them and, in the Process, Enriched Us All. Here, in Recognition, Are Some of Those Who in 1990 Took the Concepts of Duty, Love, Courage and Conscience...

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Lost in Space

Like the Hubble Telescope, They Aimed for the Stars. But Somewhere Along the Way, Lift-Off Gave Way to Letdown. Now They Float in Hubblespace, a Galaxy of 1990's Underachievers, Overcome by the Gravity of the Situation

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Bootie Camp

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Also In This Issue

Mailbag

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