| LETTERS | 1 |
| TILTING AT WINDMILLS | 6 |
| The Poker Player | 12 |
| Osborne, David | |
| Home Sweet Dome | 25 |
| Barnes, John A. | |
| WHO'S WHO in the Adminstration | 28 |
| The Chesapeake Bay Goose Hunt, the Beautiful Secretary, and Other Ways the Defense Lobby Got the B-1 | 29 |
| Kotz, Nick | |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 39 |
| The Real Monkey Business | 40 |
| Galtney, Liz | |
| THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY: Journalism Awards | 45 |
| You Say You Want a Revolution | 46 |
| DeParle, Jason | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 52 |
| Strict Nielsenism | 53 |
| Mikva, Abner J. | |
| The Fourth Quarter | 54 |
| Peters, Tom | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 57 |
| Barclay, John | |
| POLITICAL BOOKNOTES | 58 |
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