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Contents

Vol. 5, No. 2 Issue 105

FEATURES

A CITY AND ITS SINS

p. 21

A penetrating look at the environment that killed Charlie Howard,

a young gay man who moved to Bangor to find a new life. Part One. By Peter Canellos..

By Michael Shepherd..

By Jan Carl Park.

SERIOUS BUSINESS: THE PLU FACTOR

That's "People Like Us"-and it's the secret to the phenomenal success of Soho Soda and the women who changed the soft-drink industry. Co-owner Connie Best tells all to a sister businesswoman. By Jennifer Romine..

THAT SPECIAL SOMETHING:

The Native's Christmas Gift Supplement, featuring: GIFT BOOKS

NEWS

December 17-30, 1984

NATIONAL NEWS

Edited by Matthew Stadler.. NEWS

Bangor Daily News

By Steven C. Arvanette,

Ray O'Laughlin, David France,

Charles L. Ortleb, Ken

COLUMNS

PASSION PLAY

An interview with Christopher Hampton, author of Total Eclipse, a play about Rimbaud and Verlaine.

O'Hara, Jan Carl Park.

.26

FASHION TRENDS & EXERCISE CLASSICS

Charles Hix and Donald Richardson explain how their books, Man Alive! and Balanced Body, can help you make the most of what you were born with.

LETTERS..

SCIENCE

.28

By Jane Teas, Ph.D..

THE WOMEN'S ROOM

By Laura Cottingham..

FIRST PERSON

By George Stambolian.

FILM

.30 By Felice Picano, Ed Sikov,

and Joel Weinberg..

.41

THEATER

By Michael Sommers and

Art & Photography by Mariette Pathy Allen. Biography-Auto & Other by John Morrone, Edward Swift, and Robin McCaffery.

Terry Helbing..

.45

ON THE BOARDS

By Richard Laermer.

.34

RECORDS

Food for Thought by Steve Trombetti..

.35

By Stan Leventhal, Frank Reardon,

A SPECTACULAR TRADITION

and Tony Furnari.

.48

MUSIC

The biggest and best gift of all-Radio City Music Hall! By Michael Sommers.

By Ivan Martinson, John Abbott,

.36

and Matthew Stadler...

.49

COME INTO LE SALON

CABARETS

Something to heat up those holiday nights alone or with someone special: the Boys of Le Salon.

By Michael Shepherd..

.51

DANCE

By John F. Karr....

By Charles Barber and Tom Brazil...52 GALLERIES

DIVINE ACCESSORIES

By Jack Bankowsky.

.53

Jane White is the resident goddess at Boutique Domel, and she'll change into anything you like.

ASTROLOGY BY MOONLIGHT

By Michael Jay..

.54

By Bob Grucela..

.38

UPTOWN

EROTIC CALENDARS

By Michael Grumley

.56

Unzipping 1985: One month-and man-at a time.

CLASSIFIEDS.

SECOND SECTION.

By Darrell Yates Rist..

ON THE COVER: Photo by Stephen AuCoin. From the book Man Alive! by Charles Hix (New York: Simon & Schuster). By permission of the author (see page 28).

PERSONALS.

SPORTS

58 2

By Jim Skofield and Bill Baumer....70

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