STAR TRACKS 6
Kathleen Turner croons with her husband. Danny Glover makes a sartorial adjustment. Kiefer Sutherland puckers up, and more
UP FRONT
32 Speedskater Dan Jansen didn't medal in '88 but showed mettle simply by skating, hours after his beloved sister died. Now he's sharpening his blades for Albertville gold
36 Stymieing the ever prying press, Ted Turner married Jane Fonda and Richard Gere wed Cindy Crawford in a pair of very private celebrity ceremonies
38 Once tainted by corruption and mob ties, the Teamsters have a new president, Ron Carey, determined to raise the state of the union
40 Cher, Sylvester Stallone, Don Johnson, Barbra Streisand and many more fab folks flit and stay fit through the holidays in angst-free Aspen
42 Country star Willie Nelson's son Billy is found dead, a suicide, on Christmas Day
COUPLES 45
Former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle and man-about-Hollywood Morgan Mason are expecting their first child in June
ROYALS 53
New bikes, fresh sweets and a reunion of cousins: At the Queen's Sandringham estate, the British royal family has a swell Noel
CRIME 55
When California car dealer Sal Ruscitti was murdered, his family's determination to find the killers helped kick the investigation into high gear
PAGES 59
In her bold best-seller A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley recasts King Lear as an Iowa farmer with vengeful, abused daughters
TRIBUTE 65
Actor Pierce Brosnan devotedly cared for his wife, actress Cassandra Harris, during her four-year battle with ovarian cancer, but finally, at 39, she succumbs to the disease
CONTROVERSY 66
For Russ and Laura Jones, the cross burning at their St. Paul home was a loathsome crime; now the Supreme Court will decide if it was also an exercise of free speech
COVER 72
Here's the latest weight-loss skinny on Liz, Oprah, Delta and Jack, plus their word and that of doctors on which diets work and the perils of yo-yoing
WINNERS 85
Miami schoolboy Aaron Cordon launches a one-kid campaign for school-bus seat belts
IN HIS WORDS 87
As the Commonwealth of Independent States rises from the ashes of the old Union, scholar Murray Feshbach offers some disturbing predictions for the former Soviet societies
TO THE TOP 93
Twenty-five years ago, Patricia Ireland was a flight attendant; today she's an unconventional president of NOW in a year of crisis
SCREEN 96
College student Kimberly Williams wins hearts as Steve Martin's daughter in Father of the Bride, but her own still belongs to her real-life daddy
TUBE 102
Rhonda Shear, the campy-sexy host of USA Network's Up All Night, goes for the glitter
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 9
THE INSIDER 31
PASSAGES 71
STYLE WATCH 101
CHATTER 104
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