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EDITORIAL

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Contents

Vol. 6, No. 24

FEATURES

AFRAIDS IN MINNESOTA Is a nun the right person to be heading a state health department during the AIDS crisis? By Tim Campbell..

SERIOUS BUSINESS: MARCHING ON WALL STREET

Bob Casaletto, founder of Christopher Street Financial, talks about gay business. By Barry Adkins..

FAMILY TIES

LETTERS.

COLUMNS

CITY DESK

By Barry Adkins..

STONEWALLING

Issue 162

May 26, 1986

Anne-christine d'Adesky..

FILM

By Joel Weinberg and

John Morrone.

TELEVISION

By Ed Sikov..

.35.

THEATER

By Michael Sommers and

. 15

Terry Helbing.

HITS AND MISSES

By Thomas J. Jackson..

A guide to noteworthy theater

GERTRUDE'S FOLLIES

in New York.

By Tom Hachtman.

DANCE

SPACE AVAILABLE

By Timothy Murphy, Ph.D..

By Otis Stuart and

Robert Sandla.

NEWS HAWK

MUSIC

By Boyd McDonald.

.20

By Ivan Martinson..

.41

MEDIA WATCH

CABARETS

By Ed Sikov..

.21

By Michael Shepherd.

.41

SEX

CLASSIFIEDS

Edited by Boyd McDonald.. HER SEX

.23

SECOND SECTION.

.47

26 By Anne Francis..

FOR LOVERS ONLY

.50

BOOKS

THE PERSONALS.

.52

By Perry A. Bialor, Terry Miller, and John A. Fall.. FILMS AROUND TOWN..

CROSS COUNTRY.

.53

.28

ON THE COVER: Syndicated gossip

..32

columnist Liz Smith. Photo by Tom Gates.

.40

Barbara Peabody, author of The Screaming Room, talks about her experiences and insights resulting from her son's bout with AIDS. By John A. Fall.

CONTAGIOUS HUMANITY Whether she's singing for her supper or at an AIDS benefit, Margaret Whiting always gives her all.

By Michael Shepherd.

NEWS

NATIONAL NEWS..

NEWS

By Barry Adkins, Charles L. Ortleb, John A. Fall, and

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