ON THE COVER Claudia Schiffer, photographed by Steve Fonds. Her pictorial begins on page 144.
FEATURES
32 CALL ME MADAM Xaviera Hollander gives advice on oral sex do's and don'ts.
42 CYBERSPACE
A multimedia gift guide, by Keith Ferrell.
50 PLUNDERED LIVES
Investigative reporter Ron Ridenhour delves into America's explosion of insurance
scams.
74 THE REAL KRAMER Susan Shapiro profiles the man who inspired the character of Jerry Seinfeld's
eccentric neighbor.
80 TIS THE SEASON TO BE STYLISH
Fashion accessories, by Gerard Van der Leun.
86 HELPLESSLY HOPING (A.K.A. LOOKING FOR MS. GOODBAR)
Fiction by Richard Lewis
108 ADVISE & DISSENT Ivana Trump discusses the importance of sex education.
110 BASE JUMPING
Geoff Tabin explores the ultimate challenge in risk recreation.
128 UNHOLY IMMUNITY
Nicholas von Hoffman decries the Catholic Church's cover-up of its priests' sexual
abuse of children.
138 YASIR ARAFAT
Russell Warren Howe interviews the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
156 BEDTIME STORIES
"Crystal Underground," by Jane Merrill.
167 HOLI-DAZE SEASON
Satire by Ed Frascino
DEPARTMENTS
4 HOUSECALL
6 FORUM
20 FAST FORWARD
28 U.S.A. CONFIDENTIAL
30 MEN'S FITNESS & HEALTH
45 VIEW FROM THE TOP
55 HOFMEKLER'S PEOPLE
60 DREAMS & DIVERSIONS
106 MILITARY AFFAIRS
133 PENTHOUSE COMIX
152 SMART SEX
154 THE PENIS PAGE
161 HARD TIMES
164 PARTING SHOT
204 PENTHOUSE PERSONALS
206 X-RATED VIDEO
