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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER
52 THE LETHAL POLITICS OF BEAUTY
The new ideal of beauty—sexy, adolescent perfection—has sparked generational warfare. Older women, fearful of losing their appeal, are going to sometimes dangerous lengths to sculpt their bodies with surgery, manic exercise, and extreme diets. And some are literally dying to look good.
BY MICHAEL GROSS
PLUS: Plastic surgery: an offer she should have refused.
FEATURES
60 THE PLOTS TO KILL CASTRO
Tired of Fidel’s role with Elián? The CIA once tried to get rid of him, but its weapons—including an exploding seashell—blew up on us.
BY EDWARD JAY EPSTEIN
64 THE GEORGE INTERVIEW:
WORKING MAN MAKES GOOD
Meet the Press host Tim Russert describes how he rose from part-time garbage collector to become the hottest talker in politics.
BY NANCY COLLINS
68 NEW YORK TO HILLARY AND RUDY: SHUT UP!
Here’s why New York’s voters are already sick of the two stars running for Senate.
BY AARON LATHAM
72 DERN FOR THE BETTER
Laura Dern isn’t just another bleeding-heart Hollywood liberal. Unlike most celebrity do-gooders, this soft-spoken, steely actress doesn’t lie
78 RANTING WITH THE NEW RADICALS
An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the making of a global revolution.
BY STEPHEN RODRICK
86 IS THERE ANYTHING THIS WOMAN CAN’T DO?
Shaped in the segregated Old South, where whites killed her 11-year-old playmate in a church bombing, Condoleezza Rice has risen above all obstacles. Now, if George W. wins, she has a good chance to be our next secretary of state.
BY ANN REILLY DOWD
PLUS: Condi’s grueling workout.
92 HOW I JOINED THE VAST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY
A card-carrying member of the “peace and love generation” tells why he’s now proud to stand with conservatives he might once have reviled.
BY HARRY STEIN
15 PRIMARIES
THERE’S NO “GAY” WAY TO FILL A POTHOLE
Why voters are cheering a gay mayor.
24 ASK SENATOR AL
Al D’Amato counsels a Hillary addict.
25 WILD WAYS TO GET REDNECKS TO VOTE
Jeff Foxworthy on wooing trailer-park votes.
PLUS: Stephanopoulos’s new squeeze…Suck-up of the Month.
26 PODIUM
SHE’S FUR REAL
Alicia Silverstone trades in her Clueless ways to fight for animal rights.
BY CHRISTINA VALHOULI
28 POPWATCH
Jerry Bruckheimer’s new blockbuster, Gone in 60 Seconds; James Woods in Showtime’s Dirty Pictures; and overdue credit for Dennis Miller’s writers.
BY DAVID BLUM
32 WHITE HOUSE
GORE ON A TIGHTROPE
Al Gore’s big Elián misstep leaves him without a safety net as he attempts to stand on his own.
BY CARL CANNON
35 PROFILE IN COURAGE
PROTECTING THE EARTH AND THE POOR
The coveted Profile in Courage Award goes to California state senator Hilda Solis, who scored an impressive victory over the agents of environmental racism.
BY PETER KEATING
38 CAPITOL HILLBILLY
A HUNTER SPEAKS OUT FOR GUN CONTROL
A real hunter doesn’t need an Uzi to shoot deer. It’s possible to enjoy firearms—and still want them to be regulated.
BY PAUL BEGALA
42 POWER PLAYER
FAST EDDIE DANCING ON THE EDGE
As Philadelphia’s mayor, Ed Rendell saved the city; as DNC chair, he’s raking in the bucks for Al Gore. But you never know when he might erupt.
BY STEPHEN RODRICK
50 TOP 10
THE RACES TO WATCH
These high-stakes battles will determine which party rules Capitol Hill next year.
BY JAMES BURNETT
DEPARTMENTS
7 IN YOUR INTEREST
ONLY THE COURAGEOUS WIN THE KENNEDY AWARD
BY FRANK LALLI
10 WRITE IN
12 CONTRIBUTORS
110 IF I WERE PRESIDENT
THE ROCK
The superstar wrestler would “lay the smack down” on racists (which is good) and raise money by wearing a G-string (which is, er, unique).
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