VANITY FAIR

Volume 52 Number 9

September 1989

Features

Honky Tonk Women: The five blondes who've rocked the Rolling Stones, on the eve of the big U.S. tour. By Kevin Sessums; photographs by Annie Leibovitz.216

Hare Piece: Spotlight on playwright David Hare.228

The End of the Tyrannosaur: The senior citizen of world despots, Paraguay's Alfredo Stroessner, is finally ousted. Alex Shoumatoff explores the general's surreal national landscape of deceit, contraband, torture, hidden Nazis, drugs, and perversion .230

Goldie's Second Takeoff: Twenty years later, golden Goldie Hawn has a seven-picture production deal with Walt Disney that's set to reposition her stardom. By Ben Brantley; photographs by Herb Ritts.238

Khashoggi's Fall: The extravagant decline of the legendary Saudi arms dealer, Adnan Khashoggi, extradited to the U.S. on charges of mail fraud and obstruction of justice. By Dominick Dunne.244

The Healthy Wealthies: They can't be too rich or too healthy—that's why the first served are adopting a Third World diet. By Maureen Orth.252

The Prime Time of Mary Alice Williams: The face of CNN news has switched channels—but can she swim with the network sharks at NBC? By Leslie Bennetts; photographs by Horst .256

Power Pei: How I. M. Pei has weathered political battles and critical reversals to become the undisputed emperor of world architecture. Martin Filler reports.260

Columns

Editor's Letter: A despot deposed .8

Mixed Media: James Wolcott re-strings John Gregory Dunne's Irish-American Harp.74

Letter from Washington: Toby Thompson on class war at St. Albans, D.C.'s power prep school.87

Books: Patricia Bosworth on Shelley Winters's tail.124

Business: Joanne Kaufman on the serial breakfast.148

Environment: Michael Shnayerson on how Hollywood is warming up to a hot new cause.162

Cars: Mark Ginsburg, David Bailey, the Porsche 911 Carrera 4... 272

Wine: Joel L. Fleishman on vins extra-ordinaires.276

Et Cetera

Letters: Readers bite back.26

Fanfair: The bright stuff.199

Vanities: Come with us to the Casbah.309

Credits: page 307.